eSpeak for Android is a small, lightweight text-to-speech (TTS) program that supports a large number of languages. It has a more robotic sounding voice than other engines due to its small size
(see http://espeak.sourceforge.net/samples/raven.ogg for an example of what it sounds like). The trade-off for this somewhat harsher sound is a very responsive and resource-friendly engine with voices which remain intelligible at much higher speeds than other, more human-sounding alternatives.
eSpeak supports all 79 languages including popular Indian languages, and accents of eSpeak (see http://reecedunn.co.uk/espeak-for-android for the list).
eSpeak is free for Android, Windows and Linux platforms. But this version of eSpeak is not free, It is built on the eyes-free version, fixing multiple issues found in the eyes-free version.
Improvements over the eyes-free eSpeak port:
Android 5.0 support
Fixes crashes on Android 4.3
Speech rate and pitch are correctly handled, so eSpeak on Android
sounds like it does on the desktop
Speech rate is set as words per minute
Pitch, base pitch and volume are configurable as percentages
The eSpeak variant can be selected, including the NVDA voice variants
Punctuation level and punctuation characters are configurable
Languages are correctly selected (e.g. selecting Slovak and
Slovenian, or selecting Cantonese Chinese)
Language names are correctly displayed (e.g. "Scottish English" is
displayed as "English (United Kingdom, Scottish Standard English)")
Accent and special characters are supported
MIPS-based devices are supported
Various memory leaks and crashes are fixed
SSML is only processed if the SSML markup is wrapped in a <speak> tag
Support for importing custom-built eSpeak dictionaries.
(see http://espeak.sourceforge.net/samples/raven.ogg for an example of what it sounds like). The trade-off for this somewhat harsher sound is a very responsive and resource-friendly engine with voices which remain intelligible at much higher speeds than other, more human-sounding alternatives.
eSpeak supports all 79 languages including popular Indian languages, and accents of eSpeak (see http://reecedunn.co.uk/espeak-for-android for the list).
eSpeak is free for Android, Windows and Linux platforms. But this version of eSpeak is not free, It is built on the eyes-free version, fixing multiple issues found in the eyes-free version.
Improvements over the eyes-free eSpeak port:
Android 5.0 support
Fixes crashes on Android 4.3
Speech rate and pitch are correctly handled, so eSpeak on Android
sounds like it does on the desktop
Speech rate is set as words per minute
Pitch, base pitch and volume are configurable as percentages
The eSpeak variant can be selected, including the NVDA voice variants
Punctuation level and punctuation characters are configurable
Languages are correctly selected (e.g. selecting Slovak and
Slovenian, or selecting Cantonese Chinese)
Language names are correctly displayed (e.g. "Scottish English" is
displayed as "English (United Kingdom, Scottish Standard English)")
Accent and special characters are supported
MIPS-based devices are supported
Various memory leaks and crashes are fixed
SSML is only processed if the SSML markup is wrapped in a <speak> tag
Support for importing custom-built eSpeak dictionaries.
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