I got ant working. Now, how do I get the build.xml file for your HelloWorldTTS example?

The HelloWorldTTS example just uses Eclipse, so you don't need ant for it.

I was saying you needed ant to build your own version of the TTS so that you could try it out since you can't grab it from Market; however, this will no longer be necessary as I am posting preview versions of the APK and associated library stub on the downloads page here: http://code.google.com/p/eyes-free/downloads/list

Version 1.3 adds multilingual support.

BTW, versions posted on the downloads page are signed with my dev key. This means that you can easily install it over the version you got from Market (and later on, when it goes official and ends up on Market, you can install from Market over it).

clc, it works with the apk!!! Thank you. If you need any help with testing, you can always contact me.

Ok, a release candidate for version 1.2 of the TTS is now out. Get it at the downloads section:
http://code.google.com/p/eyes-free/downloads/

(My earlier post about a preview of version 1.3 was actually a misnumbering - correct number is 1.2.)

Please try it out and let me know if you have any issues. Thanks!

BTW, plusminus, your hack is reasonable, but here is a better way to check for isInstalled:
public static boolean isInstalled(Context ctx){
try {
Context myContext = ctx.createPackageContext("com.google.tts", 0);
} catch (NameNotFoundException e) {
return false;
}
return true;
}

This is much simpler and doesn't involve starting up the binder. I have now added this to the library stub - thanks for the feature suggestion.

I tested version 1.2 in the emulator and it works.

Hi clc ,

First of all thanks for the TTS lib.

We are developing an market app using your lib,

The problem we ran into was that, when we use your TTS_library_stub_1.3.1_Market.jar along with our app. On first time launch, it prompts to install the TTS, when we press install ActivityNotFound exception is thrown:

02-18 20:54:54.037: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(432): Uncaught handler: thread main exiting due to uncaught exception
02-18 20:54:54.049: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(432): android.content.ActivityNotFoundException: No Activity found to handle Intent { action=android.intent.action.VIEW data=market://search?q=pname:com.google.tts }
02-18 20:54:54.049: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(432): at android.app.Instrumentation.checkStartActivityResult(Instrumentation.java:1471)
02-18 20:54:54.049: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(432): at android.app.Instrumentation.execStartActivity(Instrumentation.java:1441)
02-18 20:54:54.049: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(432): at android.app.Activity.startActivityForResult(Activity.java:2526)
02-18 20:54:54.049: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(432): at android.app.Activity.startActivity(Activity.java:2570)
02-18 20:54:54.049: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(432): at com.google.tts.TTSVersionAlert$1.onClick(TTSVersionAlert.java:70)
02-18 20:54:54.049: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(432): at com.android.internal.app.AlertController$ButtonHandler.handleMessage(AlertController.java:148)
02-18 20:54:54.049: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(432): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:88)
02-18 20:54:54.049: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(432): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
02-18 20:54:54.049: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(432): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3739)
02-18 20:54:54.049: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(432): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
02-18 20:54:54.049: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(432): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
02-18 20:54:54.049: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(432): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:739)
02-18 20:54:54.049: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(432): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:497)
02-18 20:54:54.049: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(432): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)


But, whereas the voice data files gets installed successfully through your market shared library apk - tts_1.3.2_market.apk , when we launch it.

Any idea why this happens?

As we are developing a market app, its very important that the lib gets installed when our app is launched rather than the user have to download another TTS service app and launch it to get the lib installed.


any help?

Thanks,
Shibbs

Market is not available on the emulator.

The prompt for installing tries to launch Market, so it will fail if you try to use that part of it on the emulator. The solution is to install the apk manually.

Oh... means on the real device, when we click on the Install App button inside an app which uses your lib, would launch the market and would get the tts_1.3.2_market.apk from the market & install it on the device but on emulator it fails as we dont have the market, thus the tts_1.3.2_market.apk need to be present already. right ?

We just spend a day or so in figuring out why our app couldn't download the voice data files when launched, whereas the other tts_1.3.2_market.apk does...

Cool! got it now, Thanks for the info.

Sorry couldn't test the behavior on real device because we don't have the device yet....


Thanks,
Shibbs

clc - Thanks for great piece of work
plusminus - Thanks for anddev.org and your tutorial

plusminus wrote:@2 I queried Charles if he will put the Stub to the Download-Page: http://code.google.com/p/eyes-free/downloads/list
Nicolas

Hi,
I download "tts_1.8_market.apk " and have it installed on my Emulator

SDK 1.6
Emulator 5556 with 256M of SD card
Internet connection OK (via built-in browser).

However, it appears the following text for a long while and closes.
Please wait while voice data is being downloaded...
How can I install TTS library and make the application works.
Many thanks,
-
Ohyes

If you are using Android 2.0 or 1.6 , then no need to download the library from market .
Its already available with donut.

TTS Library/APIs information :
Package
↳ android.speech.tts
Classes
↳ TextToSpeech
↳ TextToSpeech.Engine

ohyes wrote:

plusminus wrote:@2 I queried Charles if he will put the Stub to the Download-Page: http://code.google.com/p/eyes-free/downloads/list
Nicolas

Hi,
I download "tts_1.8_market.apk " and have it installed on my Emulator

SDK 1.6
Emulator 5556 with 256M of SD card
Internet connection OK (via built-in browser).

However, it appears the following text for a long while and closes.
Please wait while voice data is being downloaded...
How can I install TTS library and make the application works.
Many thanks,
-
Ohyes

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