How do you make text to speech to speak numbers?

[sangeet]

Can text-to-speech components be used for speaking numbers?? I tried using it but it keeps saying 6 inches, 8 inches, etc.

[TIMAI2]

Show the value you are sending to text to speech / your relevant blocks

[ABG]

Are you sending " with the numbers?

[RamNaresh]

@sangeet

6 inches, 8 inches

It pronounces as eight feet five inches, so what you are providing as argument to TTS.Speak method.

And, it say eight five

[RamNaresh]

@sangeet

Can text-to-speech components be used for speaking numbers??

No, I think not with perfection, as I can check,

[ABG]

People have written apps to spell out numbers in words, including thousands, millions, etc.

Here is one from 2 years ago ...

Very Large Number to Text Conversion experimental log

This project was in response to this post on the AI2 help board ... [Homework] Convert number to its text For those who want just to jump to the end of the book, here is the source: source https://github.com/AGetzler/number_to_text/blob/main/number_to_text.aia The first attempt at the interface is simple, with a Text box to receive a number, a Label to show its English expansion, and a Button to trigger the conversion: Designer (first attempt) [image] The button Click event starts the conve…

[sangeet]

[sangeet]

was trying to make it speak from a list- multiplication table

[TIMAI2]

Use the list separator block with a comma, instead of split at spaces

[sangeet]

thanks