I want to use revSpeak command on app

[sunkim]

help me
I made a app
and I used revSpeak command for text to speech
but it's not works on android,
I need text to speech on android.

and I put this standalone apk file into my samsung phone
but not installed, what is problem?
please good answer me,

[Mark]

Hi,

RevSpeak isn't supported on Android. I hoped that speak.js could be a solution, but unfortunately, that doesn't work on mobile devices. The only option seems to be an external.

Kind regards,

Mark

[sunkim]

thank you for reply,

[jim1001]

The only option seems to be an external

Just wondering if this is still the only option. If so does anyone have any examples of using an external for this? Does Mark mean external code or a ready made external app?

I tried using the Select to Speak option in my Android tablet’s Accessibility settings. This will read out loud text in a Google doc (for example) but for text on a LiveCode app screen gives the spoken error No text found at the location.

Was Android text to speech due to be in LiveCode 9 or was this just Android audio recording?

ps: perhaps this post would be better in the Android Deployment forum?

Thanks,
Jim

[Mark]

Hi Jim,

Do you know externals? An external is a piece of compiled code that is installed next to the LiveCode engine. Using the externals property, LiveCode is told to read this compiled code into memory, making it available to all scripts in the message hierarchy. It originates from the HyperCard times and was known as XCMD for commands and XFCN for functions. Currently, we simply call them externals.

Kind regards,

Mark

[jmburnod]

Hi,
I use the external sunnytext2speech for my iOS app. Thierry Douez is the author.
As far I know there not an external for Androïd but I'd like to get one
Best regards
Jean-Marc

[jacque]

Does Android's native speech work if you use native input fields instead of LC fields? I haven't tried it but it seems logical that the OS would only recognize its own native fields.

[jim1001]

Mark - thank you for explaining externals. I haven't used them knowingly. I may have read about them in the past but obviously it didn't stick!

Jean-Marc - thanks for sharing what you use and know.

Jacque - didn't think of that but it does sound promising. I'll try asap - thanks!

Best wishes,
Jim