Speak It

SpeakIt is in the TOP 8 software for deaf people.

A serious tool that is known, however, for its frequent out of ordinary usage.

Some of the usages include: learn foreign language phrases, practice pronunciation, pranks.

Languages supported: Dutch, English (India), English (United Kingdom), English (United States), French, German, Hindi, Italian, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish (Spain), Spanish (United States).

There is a drop down list with all of the the languages that are available for speech generation.

When using a language for the first time you will need an internet connection to download the language files.

This application has the following features:

1. Talking device - write text and click on Play button, TTS engine will generate voice from text.

2. Talking ringtone - write text and choose 'Set as ringtone&alarm' from the menu, TTS engine will generate a voice ringtone. It will be available as a 'SpeakIt' ringtone in the default ringtones' location and as an alarm sound.

3. A fast/emergency button on the Home Screen - write text and choose 'Save on Home Screen widget'. This could be used by deaf to save an urgent warning/message on Home Screen and play it by just taking the phone out of the pocket and pressing the button. It takes a couple of seconds to do this.

4. Timer talk - write text and choose 'Start timer'. Voice message will be played when the countdown reaches zero. You can change the countdown value in Settings. This could be used for pranks.

5. Different voice talk - change voice pitch to low, normal or high.

6. Talking notification - write text and choose 'Set as notification' from the menu. It will be available as a 'Speak It' notification sound.

7. Speaking SMS messages aloud - start Speak It SMS service to read aloud all incoming SMS messages.

8. Adjust sound volume with the device's media volume button.

9. STOP key - click on the back button to stop the playback

10. Save a sound file and send it over skype or email

11. A 'speaking' indicator shows when the device is actually speaking

12. Save voice messages to a list.

Requires Android version 2.3.3 and higher.

The application must be installed on the internal device storage only since it contains a Home Screen widget and a Service. Cannot move to SD card.