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Option to highlight words as the tts reads aloud #656

Open tuomas2 opened 4 years ago

tuomas2 commented 4 years ago

Via user feedback:

Suggestion: Add option to highlight words as the tts reads aloud.

tuomas2 commented 4 years ago

It seem to me that Android TTS engine framework does not currently provide a way to follow text word-by-word.

Approximation would be possible but it would probably not lead to nice user experience.

https://developer.android.com/reference/android/speech/tts/UtteranceProgressListener

timbze commented 4 years ago

Review on Google Plays says:

Highlighting words as they are spoken would be a huge plus. Reader and Edge browser for Android prove that it is possible.

tuomas2 commented 4 years ago

We could check how well Edge browser does it. I wonder what he means by 'Reader'?

I know it would be possible if text is fed to the TTS engine word-by-word, but it does not produce good reading result (sentences / intonation etc broken).