<p>The idea of a module-supplied CSS in the confFile has been rejected time and time again. Because a single application is incapable of using CSS. Very few of our apps have TTS integration.</p>
<p>Ergo this is very far from a viable suggestion at the module level. It is, though, possible for each application to offer this support where available.</p>
<p>--Greg</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Aug 18, 2012 9:33 AM, "David Haslam" <<a href="mailto:dfhmch@googlemail.com">dfhmch@googlemail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I've just added this idea "* Per module assignment of speech synthesis<br>
voices, or none." in<br>
<a href="http://crosswire.org/wiki/Frontends:FeatureList#General_UI_features" target="_blank">http://crosswire.org/wiki/Frontends:FeatureList#General_UI_features</a><br>
<a href="http://crosswire.org/wiki/Frontends:FeatureList#General_UI_features" target="_blank">http://crosswire.org/wiki/Frontends:FeatureList#General_UI_features</a><br>
<br>
My suggestion is prompted by learning about the <a href="http://www.ivona.com/" target="_blank">http://www.ivona.com/</a> IVONA<br>
*TTS Engine* for Android, and the choice of voices available for various<br>
languages.<br>
<br>
Some languages already have more than one voice. e.g. Geraint or Gwyneth for<br>
Welsh.<br>
<br>
"Geraint and Gwyneth, first natural sounding Welsh voices are now available,<br>
for individuals and non-commercial entities in the UK for free, as a result<br>
of partnership between the Welsh Government, the Royal National Institute of<br>
Blind People and IVONA. "<br>
<br>
Arfon Jones just installed this with his Android phone, and has used it<br>
successfully with *and-bible* to read passages from the WelBeiblNet module.<br>
He's very pleased with it. Minor quirks are the occasional reading out of<br>
the word "comma" when the punctuation is present.<br>
<br>
btw. IVONA is still in Beta, and is free of charge until the end of the<br>
Beta period.<br>
/I'm merely using this as an example, not seeking to advertise on their<br>
behalf./<br>
<br>
This is something for front-end developers to consider, in as much as it<br>
relates to the UI and the platform, as well as any preloaded TTS engine<br>
and/or installed TTS application.<br>
<br>
David<br>
<br>
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