On Android 2.1 and earlier, only some apps, like Google Translation, support changing voices. You can change the phone language in Android Settings -> Language & keyboard -> Select language .Ģ. Google Navigation requires that the Text-to-Speech voice matches the phone language. Open Svox Classic TTS app to browse the voice catalog and download a trial/full voice for your language.ġ. Activate SvoxClassic at the bottom of the screen, then select SvoxClassic as the Default Engine.ģ. Go to Android Settings -> Voice Input & Output -> Text-to-Speech settings.Ģ. Language availability: Arabic (male), Australian English (female), Brazilian Portuguese (female), Canadian French (male/female), Cantonese (female), Czech (female), Danish (female), Dutch (male/female), Finnish (female), French (male/female), German (male/female), Greek (female), Hungarian (female), Italian (male/female), Japanese (female), Korean (female), Mandarin (female), Mexican Spanish (male/female), Norwegian (female), Polish (female), Portuguese (male/female), Russian (male/female), Slovak (female), Spanish (male/female), Swedish (female), Thai (female), Turkish (male/female), UK English (male/female), US English (male/female).Īfter installing Svox Classic TTS, enable it as follows:ġ. Our voices are great with Google Navigation (on Android 2.2 and later), Moon+ Reader PRO, Voice Actions Plus, TalkToMe Classic, Book Speech Audio Books, Transzilla, Good Morning, WakeVoice. You can listen to the voices and then select the most suitable tone for your ears.
tap the settings icon on Preferred engine > Install voice data, then select your language. TTS engines convert written text to be output as sound. Voice packages can be tried out for 2 weeks FOR FREE, or purchased separately. Google and Samsung TTS engines are among the best free android Text-to-Speech engines.
The free Classic Text To Speech Engine installs a full fledged TTS engine to your Android and comes with demo mp3''s for 40+ voices. NEW! Pronunciation correction feature: correct the default output according to your preferences! help you learn by reading aloud the correct pronunciationĪnd much more… the possibilities are limitless!īrowse for a list of compatible apps and voice demos.
read aloud your favorite e-books or pdf documents read a notification containing the caller / sender''s name, and read the content of an incoming call / sms / mms / email give directions, allowing you to keep your eyes on the road while you''re driving When combined with TTS-enabled apps, our voices can: Make your life easier Here are 10 best text to speech apps that can quickly convert web pages, articles, news, emails, docs, PDFs, e-books., etc into voice. Get the most natural sounding voices for messages, navigation directions, translations, and more.Ĭlassic Text To Speech Engine from SVOX, in combination with our 40+ male/female voices portfolio of 25+ languages, allows you to read aloud texts from your e-book, navigation, translation and other apps. *** Now with a 2 weeks FREE trial for all voices ! *** As with most things in Android, if you are not a fan of the default voice, you can change it.Did you know that your mobile can speak more than 25 languages? The default voice is fairly high quality and stands up well to the other top digital voices out there. Android has a built-in speech engine – you know this, one of the coolest features of the modern smartphone is its ability to talk to you. That said, manufacturers like Samsung have been known to install their own speech engines, please be aware of the differences if your device is different. I’ll show you screenshots from a pure experience Lollipop powered device, but I’ve gone through the steps on a vanilla Android 6.0 Marshmallow device as well, there are no differences worth speaking of. The basics of what we are doing today require nothing more than a modern Android device. android mediaplayer android-mediaplayer texttospeech ibm-watson watson-text-to-speech texttospeech-android. I may have some ideas in here for advanced users and Tasker fans, but if you’ve ever installed a third party speech engine, you likely know all I have to say today. Tutorial create an Android App that uses IBMs Watson Text To Speech service for adding realistic sounding text to speech to your mobile app.