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TTS BlackBerry API


Is there any API to use TTS (Text-To-Speech) in BlackBerry? This could be on any version of the OS.


Solution

  • this is what RIM has to say about Text to speech API

    The Text-To-Speech API in the BlackBerry® Java® Development Environment permits a developer to create a BlackBerry device application that converts information into audio output. The Text-To-Speech API uses the JSR 113 specification (also known as the Java® Speech API 2.0 specification) to support a speech synthesizer. The developer can use the Text-To-Speech API and the Accessibility API to create a screen reader application. The Accessibility API retrieves information from device applications and sends the information to the Text-To-Speech API. The Text-To-Speech API can use the information that the Accessibility API provides to create audio output. For example, the Oratio™ for BlackBerry® smartphones application uses the Accessibility API and the Text-To-Speech API to convert information into audio output for users who are blind or visually impaired.

    Currently, RIM limits the use of the Text-To-Speech API.

    For more information about the JSR 113 specification, visit http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=113.

    There are other apis which you can try

    http://www.ispeech.org/text.to.speech.tts.saas.api