Text to speech(TTS)-Android

Question

Hi,

I am new to this android platform.now I am Working on TTS(Text to Speech).what I am trying to do is that when i enter the text in the Text area it has to be converted to speech,when i click the speak button.can anyone help me out.Thanks in Advance.

Answer 1

Text to speech is built into Andoird 1.6+. Here is a simple example of how to do it.

TextToSpeech tts = new TextToSpeech(this, this);
tts.setLanguage(Locale.US);
tts.speak("Text to say aloud", TextToSpeech.QUEUE_ADD, null);

More info: http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/09/introduction-to-text-to-speech-in.html

Here is another, better example: developer.android.com/resources/samples/ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app/TextToSpeechActivity.html