How can I convert text to speech for using PhoneGap on the iPhone

Question

I have a list of words which I want to convert the text to voice functionality for PhoneGap iPhone. Is there any API or Plugin for TTS? Please let me know of any alternatives.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1102244/iphone-api-for-text-to-speech-feature — Kiran, Sep 17 '12 at 23:12

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 17 '12 at 19:23

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because there is not any phonegap way(javascript) way to do this i recommend using one of the native TTS opensource libraries like :

https://bitbucket.org/sfoster/iphone-tts/src

or

https://github.com/todoroo/iPhone-Speech-To-Text

and then connect them to your javascript-html code with simple plugin(find more about writing a plugin : http://docs.phonegap.com/en/2.0.0/guide_plugin-development_index.md.html

just simple as that!

answered Sep 17 '12 at 19:23

Duke

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thanks..will it work in android os??,bcoz i'm developing this app in android os for phonegap iphone.. – pujitav Sep 18 '12 at 11:15
for android you need a TTS java library there are some like : http://freetts.sourceforge.net/docs/index.php and then connect it with a simple plugin – Duke Sep 18 '12 at 11:27

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 03 '12 at 12:50

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Did you check the Github repo for PhoneGap Plugins? (Located here: https://github.com/phonegap/phonegap-plugins) There is indeed a TTS plugin for Android: https://github.com/phonegap/phonegap-plugins/tree/master/Android/TTS

answered Sep 03 '12 at 12:50

Raymond Camden

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thanks for the reply,even i could found the same,but i want to implement only for IOS devices rather than android.. – pujitav Sep 03 '12 at 12:53
I missed the iPhone text above. Sorry! – Raymond Camden Sep 03 '12 at 13:16

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 03 '17 at 10:42

The cordova plugin tts works in iPhone:

  TTS
    .speak('hello, world!', function () {
        alert('text spoken');
    }, function (reason) {
        alert(reason);
    });

The plugin uses the AVSpeechSynthesizer class in iOS and works in Android, Windows Phone too.

How can I convert text to speech for using PhoneGap on the iPhone

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