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

Thank you for joining us on Episode 27.
This episode is presented by:
• Ed Green
• Warren Carr
• Austin Pinto
• Mariam Mohsen
 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.
you can subscribe to them by visiting.
https://www.toptechtidbits.com/
• Austin reflects on the recent One plus event, which saw the launch of the OnePlus Nord CE 5G and the oneplus u1s series of tv.
https://www.oneplus.com/uk/livestream
there are also security bugs in samsung stock apps.
https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/10/security-flaws-found-in-samsungs-stock-mobile-apps/
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.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.redzoc.ramees.tts.espeak
Acapella TTS Voices.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.acapelagroup.android.tts
Vocalizer TTS.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=es.codefactory.vocalizertts
We also mention the voices from Cereproc Text to Speech.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=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.
which can be installed from.
https://github.com/nirenr/jieshuo/
App of the week
This week, Ed demonstrates the UK pub app Wetherspoon.
which can be installed from.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wetherspoon.orderandpay
My Android Journey
Finally, our Android Journey story this week comes from Alina Heiberger.
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