A while ago I asked whether there was any way to do Text-To-Speech (TTS) for Android. Unfortunately there were no replies. Since then I came across a browser JavaScript API that seems to provide speech synthesis:
Here's a sample HTML that plays through my default browser on my Mac: --------- <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN'> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1"> <title>TTS Generator</title> </head> <body> <script type='text/javascript'> var u = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(); u.text = '[PHRASE]'; u.lang = 'en-GB'; u.rate = [RATE]; u.name = "[VOICE]"; speechSynthesis.speak(u); </script> <h2> Generating speech for: <i>Hello, how are you?</i> </h2> </body> </html> --------- The method is as follows: 1. Create an HTML file with the above content, replacing the [...] elements with specific text. 2. Use 'launch' to open the HTML file in the Android tablet's default browser (Firefox works well) that synthesises and plays the phrase: launch url [path to HTML file] 3. Wait for speech to finish (I calculate an approx. duration based on the number of characters spoken) 4. Bring my app to the front or quit browser - DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THIS! Note that I tried using a browser widget to play the HTML/phrase but it is silent on the Android tablet (it speaks OK on the Mac). My questions are: Q1. Is there a simpler way of getting TTS for Android? Q2. How can I make my app the front app and/or how can I quit another app? Q3. How can I get the list of voices available on an Android tablet? Q4. When will LiveCode fully support TTS and STT across Mac, Win, iOS and Android?! Thanks Peter -- Peter Reid Loughborough, UK _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode