Text to speech(TTS)-Android

I am new to the android platform. Now I am working on TTS(Text to Speech).If I enter the text in a TextArea and I would like it to be converted to speech when i click the speak button.

Can anyone help me out?

Text to speech is built into Android 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

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Here are instructions on how to download sample code from the Android SDK Manager:

1. Launch the Android SDK Manager.

a. On Windows, double-click the SDK Manager.exe file at the root of the Android SDK directory.

b. On Mac or Linux, open a terminal to the tools/ directory in the Android SDK, then execute android sdk.

2. Expand the list of packages for the latest Android platform.
3. Select and download Samples for SDK. When the download is complete, you can find the source code for all samples at this location:

/sdk/samples/android-version/

(i.e. \android-sdk-windows\samples\android-16\ApiDemos\src\com\example\android\apis\app\TextToSpeechActivity.java)

MainActivity.class

import java.util.Locale;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.SharedPreferences.Editor;
import android.speech.tts.TextToSpeech;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.EditText;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

	String text;
	EditText et;
	TextToSpeech tts;

	@Override
	protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
		super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
		setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
		
		et=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.editText1);
		tts=new TextToSpeech(MainActivity.this, new TextToSpeech.OnInitListener() {
			
			@Override
			public void onInit(int status) {
				// TODO Auto-generated method stub
				if(status == TextToSpeech.SUCCESS){
					int result=tts.setLanguage(Locale.US);
					if(result==TextToSpeech.LANG_MISSING_DATA ||
							result==TextToSpeech.LANG_NOT_SUPPORTED){
						Log.e("error", "This Language is not supported");
					}
					else{
						ConvertTextToSpeech();
					}
				}
				else
					Log.e("error", "Initilization Failed!");
			}
		});
		
		
	}

	@Override
	protected void onPause() {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
		
		if(tts != null){
			
			tts.stop();
			tts.shutdown();
		}
		super.onPause();
	}
	
	public void onClick(View v){
		
		ConvertTextToSpeech();
		
	}

	private void ConvertTextToSpeech() {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
		text = et.getText().toString();
		if(text==null||"".equals(text))
		{
			text = "Content not available";
			tts.speak(text, TextToSpeech.QUEUE_FLUSH, null);
		}else
			tts.speak(text+"is saved", TextToSpeech.QUEUE_FLUSH, null);
	}

}

activity_main.xml

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    tools:context=".MainActivity" >

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button1"
        style="?android:attr/buttonStyleSmall"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_marginTop="177dp"
        android:onClick="onClick"
        android:text="Button" />

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/editText1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignBottom="@+id/button1"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_marginBottom="81dp"
        android:ems="10" >

        <requestFocus />
    </EditText>

</RelativeLayout>

A minimalistic example to quickly test the TTS system:

private TextToSpeech textToSpeechSystem;

@Override
protected void onStart() {
  super.onStart();
  textToSpeechSystem = new TextToSpeech(this, new TextToSpeech.OnInitListener() {
        @Override
        public void onInit(int status) {
            if (status == TextToSpeech.SUCCESS) {
                String textToSay = "Hello world, this is a test message!";
                textToSpeechSystem.speak(textToSay, TextToSpeech.QUEUE_ADD, null);
            }
        }
   });
}

If you don't use localized messages textToSpeechSystem.setLanguage(..) is important as well, since your users probably don't all have English set as their default language so the pronunciation of the words will be wrong. But for testing TTS in general this snippet is enough

Related links: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/speech/tts/TextToSpeech

Try this, its simple : **speakout.xml : **

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#3498db"
android:weightSum="1"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView
android:id="@+id/txtheader"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_weight=".1"
android:gravity="center"
android:padding="3dp"
android:text="Speak Out!!!"
android:textColor="#fff"
android:textSize="25sp"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<EditText
android:id="@+id/edtTexttoSpeak"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_weight=".5"
android:background="#fff"
android:textColor="#2c3e50"
android:text="Hi there!!!"
android:padding="5dp"
android:gravity="top|left"
android:layout_height="0dp"/>
<Button
android:id="@+id/btnspeakout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight=".1"
android:background="#e74c3c"
android:textColor="#fff"
android:text="SPEAK OUT"/>
</LinearLayout>

And Your SpeakOut.java :

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.speech.tts.TextToSpeech;
import android.speech.tts.TextToSpeech.OnInitListener;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
public class SpeakOut extends Activity implements OnInitListener {
private TextToSpeech repeatTTS;
Button btnspeakout;
EditText edtTexttoSpeak;

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.speakout);
    btnspeakout = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnspeakout);
    edtTexttoSpeak = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.edtTexttoSpeak);
    repeatTTS = new TextToSpeech(this, this);
    btnspeakout.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            repeatTTS.speak(edtTexttoSpeak.getText().toString(),
            TextToSpeech.QUEUE_FLUSH, null);
        }
    });
}

@Override
    public void onInit(int arg0) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    }
}

SOURCE Parallelcodes.com's Post

public class Texttovoice extends ActionBarActivity implements OnInitListener {
private TextToSpeech tts;
private Button btnSpeak;
private EditText txtText;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
	super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
	setContentView(R.layout.activity_texttovoice);
	tts = new TextToSpeech(this, this);

	// Refer 'Speak' button
	btnSpeak = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnSpeak);
	// Refer 'Text' control
	txtText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.txtText);
	// Handle onClick event for button 'Speak'
	btnSpeak.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {

		public void onClick(View arg0) {
			// Method yet to be defined
			speakOut();
		}

	});

}

private void speakOut() {
	// Get the text typed
	String text = txtText.getText().toString();
	// If no text is typed, tts will read out 'You haven't typed text'
	// else it reads out the text you typed
	if (text.length() == 0) {
		tts.speak("You haven't typed text", TextToSpeech.QUEUE_FLUSH, null);
	} else {
		tts.speak(text, TextToSpeech.QUEUE_FLUSH, null);
	
	}

}

public void onDestroy() {
	// Don't forget to shutdown!
	if (tts != null) {
		tts.stop();
		tts.shutdown();
	}
	super.onDestroy();
}

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
	// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
	getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.texttovoice, menu);
	return true;
}

@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
	// Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
	// automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
	// as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
	int id = item.getItemId();
	if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
		return true;
	}
	return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}

public void onInit(int status) {
	// TODO Auto-generated method stub
	// TTS is successfully initialized
	if (status == TextToSpeech.SUCCESS) {
		// Setting speech language
		int result = tts.setLanguage(Locale.US);
		// If your device doesn't support language you set above
		if (result == TextToSpeech.LANG_MISSING_DATA
				|| result == TextToSpeech.LANG_NOT_SUPPORTED) {
			// Cook simple toast message with message
			Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Language not supported",
					Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
			Log.e("TTS", "Language is not supported");
		}
		// Enable the button - It was disabled in main.xml (Go back and
		// Check it)
		else {
			btnSpeak.setEnabled(true);
		}
		// TTS is not initialized properly
	} else {
		Toast.makeText(this, "TTS Initilization Failed", Toast.LENGTH_LONG)
				.show();
		Log.e("TTS", "Initilization Failed");
	}
}
   //-------------------------------XML---------------

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="#ffffff"
android:orientation="vertical"
tools:ignore="HardcodedText" >

    <TextView
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:gravity="center"
    android:padding="15dip"
    android:text="listen your text"
    android:textColor="#0587d9"
    android:textSize="26dip"
    android:textStyle="bold" />

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/txtText"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_margin="10dip"
    android:layout_marginTop="20dip"
    android:hint="Enter text to speak" />

<Button
    android:id="@+id/btnSpeak"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_margin="10dip"
    android:enabled="false"
    android:text="Speak" 
    android:onClick="speakout"/>

// variable declaration
TextToSpeech tts;

// TextToSpeech initialization, must go within the onCreate method
tts = new TextToSpeech(getActivity(), new TextToSpeech.OnInitListener() {
 @Override
 public void onInit(int i) {
  if (i == TextToSpeech.SUCCESS) {
   int result = tts.setLanguage(Locale.US);
   if (result == TextToSpeech.LANG_MISSING_DATA ||
    result == TextToSpeech.LANG_NOT_SUPPORTED) {
    Log.e("TTS", "Lenguage not supported");
   }
  } else {
   Log.e("TTS", "Initialization failed");
  }
 }
});

// method call
public void buttonSpeak().setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
 @Override
 public void onClick(View view) {
  speak();
 }
});
}

private void speak() {
 tts.speak("Text to Speech Test", TextToSpeech.QUEUE_ADD, null);
}

@Override
public void onDestroy() {
 if (tts != null) {
  tts.stop();
  tts.shutdown();
 }
 super.onDestroy();
}

taken from: Text to Speech Youtube Tutorial

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzBKpZ4nzNzUR05nVUI1aVF6N1k

package com.keshav.speechtotextexample;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Locale;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.ActivityNotFoundException;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.speech.RecognizerIntent;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.ImageButton;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

   private TextView txtSpeechInput;
   private ImageButton btnSpeak;
   private final int REQ_CODE_SPEECH_INPUT = 100;

   @Override
   protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
      super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
      setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

      txtSpeechInput = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.txtSpeechInput);
      btnSpeak = (ImageButton) findViewById(R.id.btnSpeak);

      // hide the action bar
      getActionBar().hide();

      btnSpeak.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {

         @Override
         public void onClick(View v) {
            promptSpeechInput();
         }
      });

   }

   /**
    * Showing google speech input dialog
    * */
   private void promptSpeechInput() {
      Intent intent = new Intent(RecognizerIntent.ACTION_RECOGNIZE_SPEECH);
      intent.putExtra(RecognizerIntent.EXTRA_LANGUAGE_MODEL,
            RecognizerIntent.LANGUAGE_MODEL_FREE_FORM);
      intent.putExtra(RecognizerIntent.EXTRA_LANGUAGE, Locale.getDefault());
      intent.putExtra(RecognizerIntent.EXTRA_PROMPT,
            getString(R.string.speech_prompt));
      try {
         startActivityForResult(intent, REQ_CODE_SPEECH_INPUT);
      } catch (ActivityNotFoundException a) {
         Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
               getString(R.string.speech_not_supported),
               Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
      }
   }

   /**
    * Receiving speech input
    * */
   @Override
   protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
      super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);

      switch (requestCode) {
      case REQ_CODE_SPEECH_INPUT: {
         if (resultCode == RESULT_OK && null != data) {

            ArrayList<String> result = data
                  .getStringArrayListExtra(RecognizerIntent.EXTRA_RESULTS);
            txtSpeechInput.setText(result.get(0));
         }
         break;
      }

      }
   }

   @Override
   public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
      // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
      getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
      return true;
   }

}


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<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:background="@drawable/bg_gradient"
    android:orientation="vertical">

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/txtSpeechInput"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_marginTop="100dp"
        android:textColor="@color/white"
        android:textSize="26dp"
        android:textStyle="normal" />

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_marginBottom="60dp"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:orientation="vertical">

        <ImageButton
            android:id="@+id/btnSpeak"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:background="@null"
            android:src="@drawable/ico_mic" />

        <TextView
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
            android:text="@string/tap_on_mic"
            android:textColor="@color/white"
            android:textSize="15dp"
            android:textStyle="normal" />
    </LinearLayout>

</RelativeLayout>
===============================================================
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>

    <string name="app_name">Speech To Text</string>
    <string name="action_settings">Settings</string>
    <string name="hello_world">Hello world!</string>
    <string name="speech_prompt">Say something&#8230;</string>
    <string name="speech_not_supported">Sorry! Your device doesn\'t support speech input</string>
    <string name="tap_on_mic">Tap on mic to speak</string>

</resources>
===============================================================
<resources>

    <!--
        Base application theme, dependent on API level. This theme is replaced
        by AppBaseTheme from res/values-vXX/styles.xml on newer devices.
    -->
    <style name="AppBaseTheme" parent="android:Theme.Light">
        <!--
            Theme customizations available in newer API levels can go in
            res/values-vXX/styles.xml, while customizations related to
            backward-compatibility can go here.
        -->
    </style>

    <!-- Application theme. -->
    <style name="AppTheme" parent="AppBaseTheme">
        <!-- All customizations that are NOT specific to a particular API-level can go here. -->
    </style>

</resources>

    package com.example.text_to_speech;

import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.speech.tts.TextToSpeech;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Toast;

import com.example.fyp.R;

import java.util.Locale;

import cn.pedant.SweetAlert.SweetAlertDialog;

public class textTospeech_class extends AppCompatActivity {
    TextToSpeech textToSpeech;
    String text;
    int result;
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_text_tospeech);
        textToSpeech = new TextToSpeech(textTospeech_class.this, new TextToSpeech.OnInitListener() {
            @Override
            public void onInit(int i) {
                if (i == TextToSpeech.SUCCESS) {
                    result = textToSpeech.setLanguage(Locale.ENGLISH);
                } else {
                    Toast.makeText(textTospeech_class.this, "Not Support in your device", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                }

            }
        });
    }
    public void tts(View view)
    {
        switch (view.getId()) {
            case R.id.speechid:
                if (result == TextToSpeech.LANG_MISSING_DATA || result == TextToSpeech.LANG_NOT_SUPPORTED) {
                    Toast.makeText(textTospeech_class.this, "Not Support in your device", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

                } else {
                    textToSpeech.speak("a for apple", TextToSpeech.QUEUE_FLUSH, null);
                }
                break;
            case R.id.bid:
            {
                if(result==TextToSpeech.LANG_MISSING_DATA || result== TextToSpeech.LANG_NOT_SUPPORTED)
                {
                    Toast.makeText(textTospeech_class.this, "Not Support in your device", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

                }
                else
                {
                    textToSpeech.speak("b for ball",TextToSpeech.QUEUE_FLUSH,null);
                }
                break;
            }
}