I had just remembered they had exposed the "speak" api to the android scripting environment (or ASE).
http://code.google.com/p/android-scripting/wiki/Tutorials Notably check out these scripts: http://pastebin.com/f3f741b5a http://www.prupert.co.uk/2010/04/28/python-android-weather-forecast-script/ http://publicint.blogspot.com/2010/06/build-talking-calendar-with-googlecl.html http://www.submergedspaceman.com/blog/?p=29 In the python dialect of the ASE: import android droid = android.Android() droid.ttsSpeak("Hello, World!") Vern's probably got the code written in his head by now. ;) On Sat, 2010-08-07 at 22:48 -0600, [email protected] wrote: > I'm not sure that the following info will help you right now, but like > Vern said, it might not be too hard to write it yourself. > > Google Code Eyes-Free page including instructions to get started > developing your own app: > http://code.google.com/p/eyes-free/ > > Project Eyes-Free project announcement: > http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2009/04/announcing-eyes-free-shell-for-android.html > > Android Talkback: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8QqTugasx0 > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ARE0mPriEE > > The Eyes-Free YouTube channel: > http://www.youtube.com/user/EyesFreeAndroid > > From what I see browser reading hasn't been implemented yet, but it does > sound like everything is in place within the API to do it. I haven't > written any Android apps since the platform first came out though, so I > can't really say what would be involved. > > Jeremy > > > On Sat, 7 Aug 2010 21:00:12 -0400, Travis Paul <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Does anyone know of an android app that will read webpages? > > I'm on a long trip and all I want to do is some reasearch but seeing > > that I'm driving its probaly not a good idea to browse(read) the web. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Fwlug mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Fwlug mailing list > [email protected] > http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org _______________________________________________ Fwlug mailing list [email protected] http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org
