Text to speech(TTS)-Android

Question

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

Answer 1

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");
    }
}
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