is there any service for that (i saw that in Thunkable) that there is an hebrew tts
I believe your device has to have a Hebrew TTS engine installed. Thunkable does not have this built in as far as I can tell.
I found Aharon Hebrew TTS by googling.
It may work. Let us know if it works. I have no idea about the quality of this TTS engine. How does it work? I have no idea. Most TTS engines have to be installed and set using the device Settings.
As far as I know, Hebrew is not one of languages available using the Google TTS. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Text-to-Speech
According to
http://ai2.appinventor.mit.edu/reference/components/media.html#TextToSpeech
that depends on the available languages on the device ...
TextToSpeech
The TextToSpeech
component speaks a given text aloud. You can set the pitch and the rate of speech.
You can also set a language by supplying a language code. This changes the pronunciation of words, not the actual language spoken. For example, setting the Language
to French and speaking English text will sound like someone speaking English (en) with a French accent.
You can also specify a country by supplying a Country
code. This can affect the pronunciation. For example, British English (GBR) will sound different from US English (USA). Not every country code will affect every language.
The languages and countries available depend on the particular device, and can be listed with the AvailableLanguages
and AvailableCountries
properties.
Properties
AvailableCountries
List of the country codes available on this device for use with TextToSpeech. Check the Android developer documentation under supported languages to find the meanings of these abbreviations.
AvailableLanguages
List of the languages available on this device for use with TextToSpeech. Check the Android developer documentation under supported languages to find the meanings of these abbreviations.
Country
Country code to use for speech generation. This can affect the pronunciation. For example, British English (GBR) will sound different from US English (USA). Not every country code will affect every language.
Language
Sets the language for TextToSpeech. This changes the way that words are pronounced, not the actual language that is spoken. For example, setting the language to French and speaking English text will sound like someone speaking English with a French accent.
Pitch
Sets the speech pitch for the TextToSpeech.
The values should be between 0 and 2 where lower values lower the tone of synthesized voice and greater values raise it.
The default value is 1.0 for normal pitch.
Result
Returns true
if the text was successfully converted to speech, otherwise false
.
SpeechRate
Sets the SpeechRate for TextToSpeech.
The values should be between 0 and 2 where lower values slow down the pitch and greater values accelerate it.
The default value is 1.0 for normal speech rate.
Events
AfterSpeaking( result )
Event to raise after the message is spoken. The result
will be true
if the message is spoken successfully, otherwise it will be false
.
BeforeSpeaking()
Event to raise when Speak is invoked, before the message is spoken.
Methods
Speak( message )
Speaks the given message.