Google Text-to-Speech
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| Developer(s) | Android, Inc. |
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| Initial release | Nov. 6, 2013, 3.3 years ago |
| Stable release |
3.10.10 / October 10, 2016
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| Development status | Active |
| Operating system | Android |
| Type | Screen reader |
Google Text-to-Speech is a screen reader application developed by Android, Inc. for its Android operating system. It powers applications to read aloud (speak) the text on the screen. Currently, the supported languages include Bengali (Bangladesh), Cantonese (Hong Kong), Chinese (China), Chinese (Taiwan) Danish, Dutch, English (Australia), English (India), English (United Kingdom), English (United States), Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish (Mexico), Spanish (Spain), Spanish (United States), Swedish, Thai, Turkish, and Vietnamese. Text-to-Speech may be used by apps such as Google Play Books for reading books aloud, by Google Translate for reading aloud translations providing useful insight to the pronunciation of words, by Google Talkback and other spoken feedback accessibility-based applications, as well as by third-party apps. Users must install voice data for each language.
Some app developers have started adapting and tweaking their Android Auto apps to include Text to Speech, such as Hyundai in 2015. Apps such as textPlus and WhatsApp use Text to Speech to read notifications aloud and provide voice-reply functionality.
The Google Chrome extensions "Chrome Speak" and "Speak It" can read aloud any selected piece of text within the browser.
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