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Please make Espeak TTS available on Android 2.1 also #68

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 8 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
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Currently Espeak TTS only runs on Android 2.2 and up. However very few devices 
are available that meet this requirement and also have a physical keyboard and 
mechanical control and navigation buttons, at least the latter is essential for 
screen readers. Furthermore those devices are way too expensive for blind 
people in a lot of countries (e.g. in Hungary). If Espeak TTS ran on Android 
2.1, this would widen the choice among suitable devices, e.g. the multilingual 
Espeak could be used with the excellent Alcatel OT 980 (Android 2.1.1.) with 
the help of "TTS Extended" app. This phone is quite cheap (about 100 pounds), 
has hardware keyboard and all control and navigation buttons are also 
mechanical. Currently it can only speak with the built-in SVox Pico TTS and 
eventually with the not free SVox Classic engine.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by papp.las...@gmail.com on 10 May 2011 at 1:33

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
or you can buy a phone that has Android 2.3.4 preloaded, as you have said the 
phone you baught is quite cheap, sometimes buying a cheap phone doesn't mean 
you're getting a good deal - Android is designed to work on many phones as long 
as the drivers are Linux compatible.

so as a short answer, buy a phone that can be updated to Gingerbread or better, 
you will find more apps will be supported and you won't have this reason to 
complain about them.

Original comment by SkashThe...@gmail.com on 5 Jul 2011 at 6:44

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Original comment by alanv@google.com on 17 Dec 2011 at 6:05

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Do not plan to support Eclair.

Original comment by alanv@google.com on 3 Jan 2012 at 10:11