[android] Text to speech(TTS)-Android

Try this, its simple : **speakout.xml : **

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#3498db"
android:weightSum="1"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView
android:id="@+id/txtheader"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_weight=".1"
android:gravity="center"
android:padding="3dp"
android:text="Speak Out!!!"
android:textColor="#fff"
android:textSize="25sp"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<EditText
android:id="@+id/edtTexttoSpeak"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_weight=".5"
android:background="#fff"
android:textColor="#2c3e50"
android:text="Hi there!!!"
android:padding="5dp"
android:gravity="top|left"
android:layout_height="0dp"/>
<Button
android:id="@+id/btnspeakout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight=".1"
android:background="#e74c3c"
android:textColor="#fff"
android:text="SPEAK OUT"/>
</LinearLayout>

And Your SpeakOut.java :

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.speech.tts.TextToSpeech;
import android.speech.tts.TextToSpeech.OnInitListener;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
public class SpeakOut extends Activity implements OnInitListener {
private TextToSpeech repeatTTS;
Button btnspeakout;
EditText edtTexttoSpeak;

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.speakout);
    btnspeakout = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnspeakout);
    edtTexttoSpeak = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.edtTexttoSpeak);
    repeatTTS = new TextToSpeech(this, this);
    btnspeakout.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            repeatTTS.speak(edtTexttoSpeak.getText().toString(),
            TextToSpeech.QUEUE_FLUSH, null);
        }
    });
}

@Override
    public void onInit(int arg0) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    }
}

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