I wrote a Sony Small App to use the Android built-in TTS engine.
It's basically a TTS Client and I hope that someone will find it useful!
It's free and Ad-free!
Download at Google Play
or
download the apk here: View attachment 2284311
Voice Out is a simple Text-to-speech client that makes your device speak texts with the Android Text-to-speech Engine (TTS). Your phone must be capable to run Small Apps and have a Text-to-Speech engine to make it work.
To check if you have a Text-to-speech Engine installed, go to Settings -> Accessibility -> System -> Text-to-speech output.
Tested on Sony Xperia Z Ultra with the following TTS Engines:
- Google Text-to-speech Engine
- Pico TTS
- Ekho TTS (余音), for Cantonese and Mandarin support
This small application access your device clipboard to get the copied text so you don't need to paste it manually.
This small application can be minimized or moved around the screen.
Small apps extension for Sony products.
For the users who doesn't have a device with Small Apps support can always try the Voice Out for Android 2.1 and up available here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2462021&highlight=voice+out
goodjob
Sounds good but how do you use Google TTS engine ? I don't have it on my phone , is there an apk available ?
Thanks
That's strange, what phone do you have? Z Ultra?
Try to install the Google Search and see if it comes with the Google TTS Engine:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox
Yogaxl said:
Sounds good but how do you use Google TTS engine ? I don't have it on my phone , is there an apk available ?
Thanks
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luisarn said:
That's strange, what phone do you have? Z Ultra?
Try to install the Google Search and see if it comes with the Google TTS Engine:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox
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Yes i have Z Ultra. Here is a screenshot
Google Search is installed.
Yogaxl said:
Yes i have Z Ultra. Here is a screenshot
Google Search is installed.
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Honestly I don't know where the Google TTS came from, I though it was installed by default but now seems it's not the case.
I never installed a Google TTS apk but I installed the following apps from Google, maybe you can give them a try one by one to see if it comes with the TTS:
Google Search
Voice Search
Google Translate
Maps
Google+
G+ Photos
Hangout
Luis
thx for sharing
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anyone try using one of the samsung voices which are much nicer than pico..
well the concept is good but on google maps the damn thing keeps reading xml and http urls (presumeably to download the missing stuff) instead of giving navigation directions..
pico seems to work ok.
No idea, where do you get Samsung voices??? I have Susan pico as my text to voice for co-pilot.
Under settings/ voice input and output / text to speech settings / default engine
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1 any app that can Read LOUDLY the text messages !!
2. any Voice apps Like IRIS for WM !!
is there any Voice apps like those where seen in NOKIA phones that Tells the contact name when an incoming call arrives ?
is there any voice app that Speaks/Tell the message so that it would be useful while driving !!
Try eSpeak, the TTS-engine many navigation apps use.
DL: http://espeak.sourceforge.net/download.html
jwoegerbauer
But it can't be installed on my win mobile..Its installed on my PC
So what's the use ??
Uploaded the (correct) package here:
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?6u5swub8h36aa1l
HTH
Such a app is there for android by the name Speaktoit Assistant .
but i dont think there is a decent speaking assistant app for window mobile.
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Another TTS engine
Flite: a small, fast speech synthesis engine (a WinCE native application - freeware)
http://cmuflite.org
Hi
I noticed that the mic button of Samsung keyboard on any v4.1.2 rom is only available when Google search (The one with the annoying Google Now, aka velvet.apk) is installed. I've tried older Google Voice search instead of Google now but it did not work for the Sammy keyboard. Is there an alternative voice input/search to google now? Can velvet.apk be patched so it will only provide voice search/input functionality but not appear as a search app that runs in the background?
Any tip will be welcomed
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Amazon
Amazon app suite
Amazon Kindle
Amazon Music
Amazon Appstore
Audible
Black Hole
Bubbles
Caller ID
Cloud
Enchanted Forest
FamilyBase Companion
Gmail (I use Cloudmagic)
Google Korean Keyboard (include Chinese if you don't use Chinese either)
Google Play Books
Google Play Games
Google Play Movies & TV
Google Play Music
Google Play Newsstand
IMDb
Isis Wallet
Message+
My Infozone
News & Weather
NFL Mobile
Phase Beam
Pico TTS
Podcast
Slacker Radio
TalkBack
TV Launcher
Verizon Location Agent
Verizon Support & Protection
VZ Navigator
Wikipedia Extension
Wireless Emergency Alerts
Xperia Social Engine Sharing
Xperia with Twitter
Youtube karaoke extension
I'd disable the Email app, but there were frequent popups telling me is crashes. So I just leave it enabled instead. Also I am aware what the Wireless Emergency Alerts is supposed to be about. It's not illegal per se to disable it, is it?lol
Well guys, you're free to add on to this list if you got anything else. STOP THE BLOATWARE INVASION!
Awesome... Now others can add their suggestions and we can keep the OP updated as we go.
Wireless emergency app will let you disable the Amber alerts, so you can keep the severe weather alerts going.
We might find a dev that is familiar with Verizon bloat and they may be able to help figure out what apps are and do, and what is safe to remove.
How to do this? pm command through adb? Or any app can help?
It is kind of weird since you can't do it through the launcher. Go to settings > application manager. Then swipe over to all to view all installed and system apps. Select them individually and disable them.
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It is kind of weird since you can't do it through the launcher. Go to settings > application manager. Then swipe over to all to view all installed and system apps. Select them individually and disable them.
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Thanks a lot.
Using a Samsung S7 Edge for T-Mobile on Nougat 7.0 with Google Text-to-Speech version 3.11 is installed. Previously on the Samsung S5 there was an option to have Google TTS speak out loud any highlighted text via the "Speak" option - kindly note, I'm NOT referring to the highlight to speak option using Google Talkback but rather after highlighting text in say a browser, there usually are the following options: Copy, Share, Select All, Web Search, Translate, and Speak. Unfortunately, on the S7 Edge the "Speak" options isn't available after highlighting text.
I've tried the following to no avail:
1. Uninstalling and reinstalling the latest Google Text-to-Speech
2. Under Accessibility --> Text-to-Speech --> selected Google Text-to-Speech Engine with Language set as English and Default language shows that English is fully supported
3. In Settings under General Management --> Language and Input --> Speech --> Text-to-Speech (repeated the same process as above)
4. Restarting Phone
5. Clearing Phone Cache
6. Installing Google Talkback and turning on Highlight-to-Speak option - that's how I know it wasn't the same. Please note Talkback has since been uninstalled
If anyone has any suggestions on how to turn on or make the Speak option show up after selecting text it would be greatly appreciated!
Same problem here: ZTE Axon 7. Extremely difficult to find any information about this issue - it seems, not many people use it...