Android/Kindle
You can try to control the app via your voice see - Get started with Voice Access Spoken commands
You need Android 14+ on tablet plus a stylus
Latest is v2.16 on Google Play and on Amazon Appstore
v2 to works on newer android versions including 15.
Please note that v1.42 has not been tested on v6 of Android
This app does work on the new Android 5 devices, however upon testing on a real device e.g. NVidia Shield that the default App icon is missing from the main screen, and is replaced with the default android icon.
The following steps are a workaround to get the audio output from Robot Talk v2 to another device supporting audio output. This has been tested with Google Home, Robot Talk v2, Google Nest Mini speaker, and a Samsung Phone running android 13.
- Run up Robot Talk, get it in a ready to play mode.Not actually playing though.
- Run up Google Home
- Goto devices
- Select a device with audio playback capability
- Set volume, then click on 'Cast my audio'
- Go back to Robot Talk, and click Play
- Hopefully, you should hear the audio playback on the selected device
The following steps are how you change between Dark/Light mode for Robot Talk v2
- Force stop Robot Talk - (go to settings, then choose apps option, then select Robot Talk from the list of apps, then select the force stop option).
- Go to settings.
- Click on the display option.
- In dark mode settings select dark/light.
- Open Robot Talk.
- Synthesis Data Installer runs - this may occur even though the data has been installed, but you have manually removed the sdcard/you are running your device under a piece of software like samsung kies which loads the sdcard as a removable device on your computer.
- Samsung devices copy and paste bug - see Guardian Article on bug
- Firstly, start up RobotTalk
- Select with TTS engine/language you wish to use, by choosing them via the settings screen accessible the menu option 'Settings' on the main screen.
- Close settings screen by clicking the back button. Taking you back to the main screen.
- On the main screen, type text in the textbox.
- Increase your devices volume, so you can hear sound.
- Next press the button labelled 'Talk'
- You should hear the text being spoken.
- Firstly, start up RobotTalk
- Select with TTS engine/language you wish to use, by choosing them via the settings screen accessible the menu option 'Settings' on the main screen.
- Close settings screen by clicking the back button. Taking you back to the main screen.
- On the main screen, type text in the textbox.
- Next press the button labelled 'Save'
- You should receive a message telling you where the saved message has been saved to.
- You will also notice that the email/message buttons are enabled.
- Next, click on the button labelled 'Email'
- This will launch your default email client
- It will attached the saved file to the email, and load the default email settings (these defaults are changeable via the settings screen.
- Next you can send your email as normal
- Next, click on the button labelled 'Message'
- This will launch your default messaging client
- It will attached the saved file to the message, and load the default message settings (these defaults are changeable via the settings screen.
- You will need to add recipient(s) for the message.
- Next you can send your message as normal
Sending saved text to speech via email
Sending saved text to speech via messaging
- Firstly, start up RobotTalk
- Goto the settings screen (available from the main screen via the menu option 'Settings')
- Check the option 'Save file to notifications' (should see a tick).
- Check the option 'Set as default notification' (should see a tick).
- Check the option 'Save file to ringtones' (should see a tick).
- Check the option 'Set as default ringtones' (should see a tick).
- Check the option 'Save file to alarms' (should see a tick).
- Check the option 'Set as default alarms' (should see a tick).
- Then follow steps 2-7 of 'Saving text as speech'
Save a default notification
Save a default ringtone
Save a default alarm
Main screen at startup
Main screen showing options menu
Main screen with file saved
Settings Screen
Main screen at startup
Main screen with Menu Options
Settings Screen
Main screen with file saved
Main screen in dark mode
Main Screen (Dark mode)
Main Screen showing menu options (Dark mode)
Settings Screen (Dark mode)
Main Screen playing text (Dark mode)
Main Screen File Saved (Dark mode)
Storage Screen (Dark mode)
Main screen at startup
Main screen with text entered
Main screen with text played
Main screen with text saved
Main screen with menu shown
Storage screen
Settings
Settings 2
Settings 3
Main screen at startup
Main screen with text entered
Main screen with text played
Main screen with text saved
Main screen with menu shown
Storage screen
Settings
Settings 2
This is the only different screen to those on Android 2.3.3
Storage screen
Phone running RobotTalk v1.40 on Android 2.3.3
Main screen at startup
Main screen with text entered
Main screen with text played
Main screen with text saved
Main Menu with new Dropbox upload option
Dropbox upload screen - to continue click on the button 'Link to Dropbox'
Dropbox Authorization screen - to continue click 'Allow' option, this will then take you back to the Dropbox upload screen
Dropbox upload screen after authorization - to continue to upload files, click the button 'Upload All Robot Talk Files'. once this is complete the 'Delete All Robot Talk Files' button is enabled, which allows you the option of deleting all Robot Talk files from the SD card.
Storage screen
Settings
Settings 2
Settings 3
Settings screen displaying engine menu option
Engine selection screen
Showing that Language menu option removed until TTS engine initialised