collective.texttospeech 1.0b1

Known Issues

• Voice playback rate is slow on Android native browser

• Voice is cut off in shorter text on Android native browser

• Audio doesn’t play on Firefox Android

For more information, see ResponsiveVoice FAQ.

Some browser add-ons (e.g., Privacy Badger), could block ResponsiveVoice library disabling the Text-to-Speech feature. In those cases the ‘🔊 Listen’ button will not be available, neither the Text-To-Speech control panel configlet will work.

Installation

To enable this package in a buildout-based installation:

1. Edit your buildout.cfg and add add the following to it:

[buildout]
...
eggs =
    collective.texttospeech

After updating the configuration you need to run ‘’bin/buildout’’, which will take care of updating your system.

Go to the ‘Site Setup’ page in a Plone site and click on the ‘Add-ons’ link.

Check the box next to collective.texttospeech and click the ‘Activate’ button.

Usage

After installing the package, go to the Text-To-Speech configlet on Site Setup.

Select which content types will have the feature enabled and select which voice will be used.

A viewlet with a ‘🔊 Listen’ button will be displayed on objects with the feature enabled.

You can pause/resume the reader at any time by selecting ‘⏸ Pause’/’▶ Resume’.

1.0b1 (2016-06-14)

• Use version 1.4 of the ResponsiveVoice API. [hvelarde]

• Package is now compatible with Plone 5.0 and Plone 5.1. [rodfersou, hvelarde]

• Implement i18n on the widget and update translations. [rodfersou, hvelarde]

• Simplify static files stack. [rodfersou]

1.0a2 (2016-03-28)

• Add Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish translations. [hvelarde]

• Fix an issue with package JavaScript. [rodfersou]

1.0a1 (2016-03-28)

• Initial release.