Text-to-speech engine for Android. Based on the eSpeak engine.
About this app
The eSpeak NG is a compact open source software text-to-speech synthesizer for Linux, Windows, Android and other operating systems. It supports more than 100 languages and accents. It is based on the eSpeak engine created by Jonathan Duddington.
eSpeak NG uses a "formant synthesis" method. This allows many languages to be provided in a small size. The speech is clear, and can be used at high speeds, but is not as natural or smooth as larger synthesizers which are based on human speech recordings. It also supports Klatt formant synthesis, and the ability to use MBROLA as backend speech synthesizer.
Features:
• Includes different Voices, whose characteristics can be altered.
• Can produce speech output as a WAV file.
• SSML (Speech Synthesis Markup Language) is supported (not complete), and also HTML.
• Compact size. The program and its data, including many languages, totals about few Mbytes.
• Can be used as a front-end to MBROLA diphone voices. eSpeak NG converts text to phonemes with pitch and length information.
• Can translate text into phoneme codes, so it could be adapted as a front end for another speech synthesis engine.
• Potential for other languages. Several are included in varying stages of progress. Help from native speakers for these or other languages is welcome.
Licensed under GPL-3.0-or-later.
What's New in v1.52.0
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
Version history
Dec 17, 2024 · 10 MB · Android API 21–33 · code 22
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
SHA-256 0a7822fec54d7f7ae759ffedc9afeaa77f809587b171fb2101998787821ec790
Jun 30, 2022 · 5.8 MB · Android API 14–26 · code 21
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
SHA-256 da6cea7dbf79a25a8d99531d9f182bf183fa62780c9454235fdf90d4d5659078
Apr 9, 2021 · 5.3 MB · Android API 14–26 · code 20
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
SHA-256 715083ec20bd267373fd040446515bb62f6416b9eeeee7740fbedac1bfd139d6
Will it run on your device?
87%
- Runs on a broad range of modern Android versions.
- Multiple CPU architectures are covered.
Installation Guide
Open Settings on your Android device
Go to Security → Unknown sources (or Install unknown apps)
Enable "Allow from this source" for your browser or file manager
Open the downloaded APK file from your Downloads folder
Tap "Install" and wait for installation to complete
Launch the app from your home screen
Make sure to re-enable Unknown Sources restrictions after installation for security.
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