How to make a Text to Speech Application Android? - ABNHive

Reading the tiny text on a mobile screen is never a fun experience. That text reading done by your android application is another level of experience. Now, get ready to make a Text to speech application.

Now Open Android Studio and create a project.

After creating the project, you can open the activity_main.xml file in res/layout and type the following code.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:background="#3498db"
    android:weightSum="1"
    android:orientation="vertical" >
    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/text_enter"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_weight=".5"
        android:background="#fff"
        android:textColor="#2c3e50"
        android:hint="Type Here!!!"
        android:padding="5dp"
        android:gravity="top|left"
        android:layout_height="0dp"/>
    <Button
        android:id="@+id/btn_speakout"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="0dp"
        android:layout_weight=".1"
        android:background="#e74c3c"
        android:textColor="#fff"
        android:text="SPEAK OUT"/>
</LinearLayout>

Now, its time to code java file. Open Main Activity and type the following code. 

package com.abnhive.tts;

import android.speech.tts.TextToSpeech;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements TextToSpeech.OnInitListener {
    private TextToSpeech readTTS;
    Button btnSpeak;
    EditText textEnter;
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        btnSpeak = findViewById(R.id.btn_speakout);
        textEnter = findViewById(R.id.text_enter);
        readTTS = new TextToSpeech(this,this);
        btnSpeak.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                readTTS.speak(edtTexttoSpeak.getText().toString(),TextToSpeech.QUEUE_FLUSH,null);
            }
        });
    }

    @Override
    public void onInit(int status) {

    }
}

Our app is ready. You can run the app or build the apk file and test on your device. The output looks like this. 

- Aswin Bhim Nath