Simple TextToSpeech Example in Android

Now possible to hear the spoken of words by Android.

Screenshot:

Code:

TextToSpeechActivity.java

package com.android.texttospeach;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.speech.tts.TextToSpeech;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;

import java.util.Locale;

public class TextToSpeechActivity extends Activity implements
  TextToSpeech.OnInitListener {

 private static final String TAG = "MyTextToSpeechDemo";

 private TextToSpeech mTts;
 private Button mPlayButton;
 EditText mEditText;

 @Override
 public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
  super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
  setContentView(R.layout.text_to_speech);

  // Initialize text-to-speech. This is an asynchronous operation.
  mTts = new TextToSpeech(this, this);

  mPlayButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
  mEditText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText1);
  mPlayButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
   public void onClick(View v) {
    play();
   }
  });
 }

 @Override
 public void onDestroy() {
  // Don't forget to shutdown!
  if (mTts != null) {
   mTts.stop();
   mTts.shutdown();
  }

  super.onDestroy();
 }

 // Implements TextToSpeech.OnInitListener.
 public void onInit(int status) {
  // status can be either TextToSpeech.SUCCESS or TextToSpeech.ERROR.
  if (status == TextToSpeech.SUCCESS) {
   int result = mTts.setLanguage(Locale.US);
   if (result == TextToSpeech.LANG_MISSING_DATA
     || result == TextToSpeech.LANG_NOT_SUPPORTED) {
    Log.e(TAG, "Language is not available.");
   } else {
    mPlayButton.setEnabled(true);
    play();
   }
  } else {
   Log.e(TAG, "Could not initialize TextToSpeech.");
  }
 }

 private void play() {
  String hello = mEditText.getText().toString();
  mTts.speak(hello, TextToSpeech.QUEUE_FLUSH, null);
 }

}

text_to_speech.xml

<?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:orientation="vertical" >

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/editText1"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:ems="10" >

        <requestFocus />
    </EditText>

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
        android:enabled="false"   
        android:ems="7"
        android:gravity="center"    
        android:text="Play" />

</LinearLayout>

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