I know of a few text to speech engines out there such as eloquence, acapela, google tts and ivona. What other engines are out there and what are people using (especially for non-English tts)?
Thanks in advance
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Author: courtneyl
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Hi there,
Have you heard of the Speak TTS app for Android? It basically allows you to install more natural-sounding voices (from rSpeak) as system voices. You can use it in any Android app that employs speech using the system voice. In my opinion, it makes listening to content on your Android device much more pleasant.
Post date: Thursday, November 2, 2017 - 06:56
Author: bhavyashah
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Among the number of choices of text to speech engines available for Android, I find ESpeak the winner due to several factors. It can speak 88 languages, and partially supports languages that are not officially listed in the app. It is fluent in all its supported languages. It is opens source, and to support and fund its development, users pay for the Android app of ESpeak by Caintewar Technologies, which costs $1.60 only, much less compared to Vocalizer, Eloquence and others. You can choose from many different variants, variants are voices that slightly alter the speech attributes, to suit different users' needs. ESpeak is well-maintained by Reece Dunn, and its only disadvantage is lack of Emoticons reading support, which I'm helping to add, and it'll be included soon. ESpeak, ESpeak & ESpeak, is THE BEST!!!!
Post date: Monday, February 16, 2015 - 23:49
Author: Kyle
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The article linked above mentioned an older version of Espeak, and indicates it is the worst the writer ever heard. This was certainly true of the old Espeak, which indicates its developer is the Eyes-Free Project. The newer version that is kept up-to-date is Reece Dunn's Espeak, and is far superior to the version that was available for Android when the article was written. It is priced at $1.60, and includes a rather large number of voice variants, both male and female. It also includes the GPL license, which guarantees the freedom to use, study, modify and share it with others, either modified or unmodified, giving it a considerable advantage over most other available speech synthesizers currently available. If you've ever used anything on Linux that uses speech-dispatcher or if you have used NVDA, Espeak is the voice you have heard, and the Android version sounds the same. So don't be afraid to give it a try, as it's quite good these days.
Post date: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 - 18:30
Author: Belovedmisanthropy (not verified)
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Another option are voices by voxygen. They have a mix of novelity and serious voices in the following languages/dialects
English
German
Italian
Arabic
Spanish(i think it's spanish spain but i'm not sure)
French (canada)
French (france)
French (african 3 different variants)
As stated above how you feel about a tts is Subjective but these voices may be a good option for someone.
Post date: Monday, December 29, 2014 - 04:47
Author: erik-burggraaf
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Inclusinve android has a comprehensive catalog of all text to speech synthesizers. They can be found by using the keyword search text to speech or by browsing the utilities category of the app and game directory. You may also be interested in the following article. The seven best speech synthesizers for android
This is a few years old and contains at least one that is no longer available, that being loquendo.
At the time of this writing, inclusive android is farely new and many apps ar not yet rated by anyone. Please keep in mind that while some speech software performs petter, and others have diverse feature sets beyond delivering speech output, user preference regarding the speech output itself is entirely subjective and based on personal comfort. Even if we should be lucky enough to acquire hundreds of user ratings for the various speech software that we know about, your mileage will certainly vary.
Most of these developers do offer some sort of a demo and I would encourage any one looking for a solution along these lines to take some time over listening to several speech demos, especially if you plan to purchase voices.
Post date: Saturday, September 27, 2014 - 15:09
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the best synthesizers for android
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Voxygen voices.
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Another option are voices by voxygen. They have a mix of novelity and serious voices in the following languages/dialects
English
German
Italian
Arabic
Spanish(i think it's spanish spain but i'm not sure)
French (canada)
French (france)
French (african 3 different variants)
As stated above how you feel about a tts is Subjective but these voices may be a good option for someone.
Don't be afraid to try the newer Espeak
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The article linked above mentioned an older version of Espeak, and indicates it is the worst the writer ever heard. This was certainly true of the old Espeak, which indicates its developer is the Eyes-Free Project. The newer version that is kept up-to-date is Reece Dunn's Espeak, and is far superior to the version that was available for Android when the article was written. It is priced at $1.60, and includes a rather large number of voice variants, both male and female. It also includes the GPL license, which guarantees the freedom to use, study, modify and share it with others, either modified or unmodified, giving it a considerable advantage over most other available speech synthesizers currently available. If you've ever used anything on Linux that uses speech-dispatcher or if you have used NVDA, Espeak is the voice you have heard, and the Android version sounds the same. So don't be afraid to give it a try, as it's quite good these days.
ESpeak: multi-lingual, fluent, well-maintained, the best TTS
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Among the number of choices of text to speech engines available for Android, I find ESpeak the winner due to several factors. It can speak 88 languages, and partially supports languages that are not officially listed in the app. It is fluent in all its supported languages. It is opens source, and to support and fund its development, users pay for the Android app of ESpeak by Caintewar Technologies, which costs $1.60 only, much less compared to Vocalizer, Eloquence and others. You can choose from many different variants, variants are voices that slightly alter the speech attributes, to suit different users' needs. ESpeak is well-maintained by Reece Dunn, and its only disadvantage is lack of Emoticons reading support, which I'm helping to add, and it'll be included soon. ESpeak, ESpeak & ESpeak, is THE BEST!!!!
New Speak TTS app for Android
Answer:
Hi there,
Have you heard of the Speak TTS app for Android? It basically allows you to install more natural-sounding voices (from rSpeak) as system voices. You can use it in any Android app that employs speech using the system voice. In my opinion, it makes listening to content on your Android device much more pleasant.