Multilingual TTS is a text-to-speech (TTS) application designed to streamline the experience of listening to content in multiple languages on Android devices. It addresses the common inconvenience of needing to manually switch between different TTS engines when encountering text in various languages, such as when reading e-books, web pages, messages, or emails.
The core functionality of Multilingual TTS lies in its ability to automatically detect the language of the input text. Based on the detected language, it intelligently selects and utilizes the appropriate TTS engine and voice that you have configured for that specific language. This automation eliminates the need for constant manual adjustments.
Key features offered by Multilingual TTS include:
- Automatic Language Detection and Switching: Seamlessly identifies the language of the text and switches to the corresponding pre-configured TTS tool without user intervention.
- Accessibility Service Compatibility: Designed to integrate smoothly with Android's accessibility services, including screen readers like TalkBack and features like Select to Speech.
- Per-Language Tool and Voice Selection: Allows users to choose their preferred TTS engine (tool) and specific voice for each language they use.
- Voice Customization: Provides options to adjust the speech rate (speed) and pitch for the selected voices to suit personal preferences.
- Offline Operation: The language detection and TTS switching mechanism, based on machine learning, functions entirely offline for both short and long texts after initial setup.
- Standard Android TTS Integration: Fully compatible with the standard Android TTS service interface, ensuring it works correctly with e-book readers, web readers, and many other applications relying on system TTS.
Multilingual TTS aims to make reading multilingual text significantly easier and provide a more seamless user experience. For individuals who frequently interact with multiple languages in their daily life, this application can save considerable time and enhance overall efficiency by automating the TTS switching process.