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Please suggest TTS / screen reader applications you use.
Espeak
Only Expeak NG is working on recent android versions. But the build on f-droid does not contain languages, neside English… So the only way to install and use espeak for other than English is to download it from github releases.
Working version: https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng/releases
- Related issue: https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng/issues/1078
- Espeak NG built without language files: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.reecedunn.espeak/
- Old Espeak not working on recent versions: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.googlecode.eyesfree.espeak/
The one on F-droid worked for me without issue
NG or the old? Which Android version are you on?
I tried the old version on Android 13. With NG I had the same problem as in the Github issue
I’m on Lineage os (android 13) and I am using the new version of espeak. For me it worked after installing it.
Strange. For me the fdroid NG didn’t contain any languages, it started, I could set it as the TTS engine, but no sound came from it. Maybe device language also matter?
Possibly. I don’t speak anything but English so I couldn’t say