collective.texttospeech 1.0b1

Text-to-Speech feature for Plone.

Text-to-Speech

Table of Contents

• Text-to-Speech

  • Life, the Universe, and Everything

  • Mostly Harmless

    • Known Issues

  • Don’t Panic

    • Installation

    • Usage

  • Share and Enjoy

  • Changelog

    • 1.0b1 (2016-06-14)

    • 1.0a2 (2016-03-28)

    • 1.0a1 (2016-03-28)

Life, the Universe, and Everything

This package enables a Text-to-Speech feature in Plone.

It is currently based on ResponsiveVoice, an HTML5-based Text-To-Speech library designed to add voice features to web sites across multiple plataforms.

ResponsiveVoice supports 51 languages through 168 voices and is free for non-commercial use.

Mostly Harmless

Got an idea? Found a bug? Let us know by opening a support.

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.

Don’t Panic

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.

The Text-To-Speech control panel configlet.

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

The Text-To-Speech feature enabled.

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

Share and Enjoy

This package would not have been possible without the contribution of the following people:

• Héctor Velarde

• Rodrigo Ferreira de Souza

You can find an updated list of package contributors on GitHub.

Changelog

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.