How can I convert text to speech for using PhoneGap on the iPhone

Question

I have a list of words which I want to convert the text to voice functionality for PhoneGap iPhone. Is there any API or Plugin for TTS? Please let me know of any alternatives.

Answer 1

because there is not any phonegap way(javascript) way to do this i recommend using one of the native TTS opensource libraries like :

https://bitbucket.org/sfoster/iphone-tts/src

or

https://github.com/todoroo/iPhone-Speech-To-Text

and then connect them to your javascript-html code with simple plugin(find more about writing a plugin : http://docs.phonegap.com/en/2.0.0/guide_plugin-development_index.md.html

just simple as that!

Answer 2

Did you check the Github repo for PhoneGap Plugins? (Located here: https://github.com/phonegap/phonegap-plugins) There is indeed a TTS plugin for Android: https://github.com/phonegap/phonegap-plugins/tree/master/Android/TTS

Answer 3

The cordova plugin tts works in iPhone:

  TTS
    .speak('hello, world!', function () {
        alert('text spoken');
    }, function (reason) {
        alert(reason);
    });

The plugin uses the AVSpeechSynthesizer class in iOS and works in Android, Windows Phone too.