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Feels like a one man quest for iOS text to speech. Working with special education, language pathology and early childhood education. Speech is a must.

Scott

Hi Scott,
Dixie has made a stack using text to speech on IOS.
I know how speak a text of a native multiline control (Thanks again Dixie) and select chunk (with selectedrange)
The next step would be speak directly the selected text
Best regards
Jean-Marc
P.S: I works also with children who have special needs

What we really need is like

Revspeak "hello" with voice "victoria" slowly

One of my stack for Spanish can speak the hilited text in its native field. So its possible, but we need ability to Revspeak a word.

I have a language App called Talking Picture Board with over 1000 pictures, but my wife had to record each word so my picture dictionary can talk.

I also have a Korean language App, that my wife also had to spend hours to record the voices.

And then there is my medical Spanish app which, has no speech. I don't speak perfect Spanish so can't record the some 3000 phrases.

So just these three Apps, I need English, Korean and Spanish. And iOS native voices can't be used by Livecode.

My App can shrink by 50 mb in size if I can only use native speech, instead of voice recordings.

Such a simple idea, yet seems so unattainable through Livecode.....been using since hypercard and Metacard days. This lack of speech In iOS Livecode is so frustrating...


Scott

Hi Scott,
I have the same problem with an app "EcrireEnPictos" that use 158 Mo .aif files.
I also search a way to use a native multiline control to speak a word or a sentence in french with only one message.
it works fine,except you have to double click on a word to open native control cut,copy,paste,replace,define and speak and click on speak.
It works fine except that is very difficult to do this for people with special needs.

Best regards
Jean-Marc

Jean Marc,

Do you have the script for this double click way to say a word? But then how would you select a language or voice?

Scott

Hi Scott,
I have opened a topic "How speak directly text of native multiline ?" in iOS deployment:
http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=23317

how would you select a language or voice?

I don't know.
Best regards
Jean-Marc