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Hi,

I am trying to write an app for the iPad and have the functionality of text to speech. I just need to have the iPad read out loud a simple text field. I am told that the rrenarrator can do this, but I can't seem to get the example to work. I have LiveCode 5.4 and Xcode 4.6. This is what I did:

1) Installed the LiveCode SDK R-14 package.
2) Opened the rrenarrator example stack.
3) Made sure the rrenarrator.Icext file was in the Copy Files section of the Standalone settings.

It copies to the iOS simulator and crashes on launch. It also crashes on launch on the iPad itself.

I was wondering if any one has gotten this to work correctly and may have a simple Hello world type project that illustrates it.

And help would be appreciated.

James

Hi James,

It seem you did all right.

rrenarrator work for me (unfortunately in english only) in this context

• LC 5.5.4
• xCode Version 4.2 (4C199)
• LiveCode SDK R-14

Standalone setting
• IOS 3.1.3 or later
• Arm v6

I hope this help

Best regards

Jean-Marc

I think anybody wanting to do the text speech thing should just wait. I'm, yes, a bit disappointed in the speech part. iOS has so many languages, different dialects, the speech in chinese, english, korean all sound pretty darn good. Many apps I use to translate and learn Chinese incorporate native Text to Speech, unfortunately Livecode doesn't support native speech of iOS. I have a few Apps in mind dealing with foreign languages. For one of my Apps called Talking Picture Board, initially written for kids with Autism, some 100,000 downloads or more....have requests from other countries in Italy, Mexico, wanting it in their native language. Unfortunately without Text to Speech, my wife has to record for me each word, some 900 words. If there is native iOS Text to Speech, the Talking Picture Board, other Spanish Apps could have been translated already to many languages so Special Needs schools lacking Speech Apps can use it in their classroom. Sadly most autistic, developmentally disabled programs in Schools outside of the US are poorly funded or privately funded and resources are scarce for developmentally disable kids in countries Asia, Latin America, etc. The ability to produce speech is the limiting factor in communication. If Livecode uses native iOS speech, it will have profound impact on special education through the world, instantly making what's available in the US, to the rest of the no-english speaking world...as many of us using Livecode....are educators....