Android not acknowledging TTS Engine

Question

I am developing a very simple app in here. It\'s for my Cerebral Palsy daughter. It\'s just a big YES and NO buttons, so she can press them when requested.

Well... I am

Answer 1

I had the same problem and solved. Maybe it's a timing issue in bounding, not sure, but a simple action before speak helped me. Anyway I did this:

mTts = new TextToSpeech(this, this);

String engine = mTts.getDefaultEngine();

mTts = new TextToSpeech(this, this,engine);

Log.d("","...something here...");

Then when I hit my speak button, it speaks. You should watch your variable status on OnInit method. Maybe a separate thread can help talking in the app.

By the way, if you are sure TTS is installed, you can remove the block Intent checkIntent = new Intent(); for checking.

I definitely hope this helps you.