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Blind Android Users Podcast Episode 27, Rave that TTS Engine!

2021/6/13
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Blind Android Users Podcast

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Thank you for joining us on Episode 27.

This episode is presented by:

· Ed Green

· Warren Carr

· Austin Pinto

· Mariam Mohsen

Ø And our guest, Alina Heiburger.

In this episode, we cover…

Announcements

· We Thank Top Tech Titbits) for continuing to be a friend of the show.

· Austin reflects on the recent One plus) event, which saw the launch of the OnePlus Nord CE 5G.

An information to our listeners, recently, some security bugs are found in samsung stock apps including nocks)

An Android basics

Our third app category is Text to Speech engines, which determine the voice that your phone uses. We demonstrate ESpeak which is available in several variants from the Play Store including this one), Acapella TTS Voices) and Vocalizer TTS). We also mention the voices from Cereproc Text to Speech), which you need to install as separate apps – one app per voice. We also give honourable mentions to Flite), as well as to Ivona and Voxygen which are no longer available on the Play Store, but which we will post to the Telegram group so be sure to join!

Commentary

Mariam brings us the next episode in her popular series demonstrating the Commentary)screen reader.

App of the week

This week, Ed demonstrates the UK pub app Wetherspoon).

My Android Journey

Finally, our Android Journey story this week comes from Alina Heiberger.

Staying in touch.

Email us) with suggestions or comments, Send in)your Android journey stories, subscribe to our Email list), join our Telegram) group, follow us on Twitter),subscribe to our Youtube)channel and join our Club) on Clubhouse. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy) for more information.