AVSpeechSynthesizer is not working After use one time

Question

I'm using AVSpeechSynthesizer for voice out some text data, it'll work for first time but it didn't work after that.

I'm getting below messages.

Error:-

AppName[859:101035] [AXTTSCommon] Failure starting audio queue alp! 2018-10-26 18:06:53.253536+0530 AppName[859:101035] [AXTTSCommon] _BeginSpeaking: couldn't begin playback

Below i share my code.

 let synth = AVSpeechSynthesizer()

 fileprivate func speakText(voiceOutdata: String )
 {
    let utterance = AVSpeechUtterance(string: voiceOutdata)
    utterance.voice = AVSpeechSynthesisVoice(language: "en-US")
    synth.speak(utterance)
 }

Answer 1

You need to set the AVAudioSession for performing such tasks. Here is my working code. Hope this helps.

func speakText(voiceOutdata: String ) {
    do {
        try AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setCategory(AVAudioSession.Category.playAndRecord, mode: .default, options: .defaultToSpeaker)
        try AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setActive(true, options: .notifyOthersOnDeactivation)
    } catch {
        print("audioSession properties weren't set because of an error.")
    }

    let utterance = AVSpeechUtterance(string: voiceOutdata)
    utterance.voice = AVSpeechSynthesisVoice(language: "en-US")

    let synth = AVSpeechSynthesizer()
    synth.speak(utterance)

    defer {
        disableAVSession()
    }
}

private func disableAVSession() {
    do {
        try AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setActive(false, options: .notifyOthersOnDeactivation)
    } catch {
        print("audioSession properties weren't disable.")
    }
}