[arm-allstar] Using Android to create text to audio

[WD9EQD (Bill)]

Thanks for the tip on Bluestack.  I wasn't aware of it.
But I'm not sure if X11-Basic is one of the apps it supports.

The easiest way I have found so far is to just send the audio out Bluetooth
to
my PC and then record it there.  That works with no cables required.

I also thought of running Android in Virtual Box, but so far have
been able to get Android to install.

73
Bill
WD9EQD




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From: arm-allstar [mailto:arm-allstar-bounces at hamvoip.org] On Behalf Of
"Pierre Martel via arm-allstar"
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2017 9:39 PM
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Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] Using Android to create text to audio

I have a solution for sending it to a file.

use an android emulator on your pc like bluestack use the software to create
the sounds.

pipe the adio of bluestack to audacity (with the good sampling and all set
in the explanation on how to record audio file with audacity.)

with a virtual audio cable like VAC and there are some free software that do
the same thing. press record or record on vox with audacity


2017-02-23 20:26 GMT-05:00 "WD9EQD (Bill) via arm-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>:

> There's been some discussion on creating audio file from text.
>
> The Android operating system has a very nice Text to Speech (TTS) 
> built in and can be used without having an internet connection.  I'm 
> using the X-11 Basic application.
> It's easy to write a basic program that can speak whatever you wish.
>
> For example, a one line program to say your callsign:
>
> SPEAK "WD9EQD",1,1,"us"
>
> This will say "WD9EQD" in a woman's voice, normal speed, and English 
> locale.
> The first parameter is the pitch (<1 male, >1 female), second 
> parameter is the rate (<1 slow, >1 fast), and the third parameter is 
> the locale as follows:
>
> "de" for German pronunciation
> "en" for English
> "us" for English
> "fr" for French
> "es" for Spanish
> "it" for Italian
>
>
> A very simple program will read and say a text file:
>
> OPEN "INPUT,#1,"/DIR/DIR/DIR/FILE.TXT"
> WHILE NOT EOF(#1)
>          LINEINPUT #1,T$
>          SPEAK T#,1,1,"us"
> WEND
> END
>
>
> So it's a simple, free, decent voice quality method.
>
> BUT..
>
> You knew there was a BUT and it's pretty big.
>
> There is no-way that I know of to send the voice output to a file.
> You would need to use a  cable from the headphone jack to a Recording 
> device (ie, another computer).
>
> The other downside is That it is in Real Time, so if you have to 
> create a ten minute Voice file,  it will take ten minutes for the 
> program to say it.
>
> I've searched for Android Apps that would record the speaker output 
> but haven't found one.
>
> But it is fun to play with.
>
> Bill
> WD9EQD
>
>
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