Added in API level 21

Voice

open class Voice : Parcelable
kotlin.Any
   ↳ android.speech.tts.Voice

Characteristics and features of a Text-To-Speech Voice. Each TTS Engine can expose multiple voices for each locale, with different set of features.

Summary

Constants
static Int

Network based expected synthesizer latency (~200ms)
static Int

Low expected synthesizer latency (~20ms)
static Int

Normal expected synthesizer latency (~50ms)
static Int

Very slow network based expected synthesizer latency (> 200ms)
static Int

Very low expected synthesizer latency (< 20ms)
static Int

High, human-like quality of speech synthesis
static Int

Low, not human-like quality of speech synthesis
static Int

Normal quality of speech synthesis
static Int

Very high, almost human-indistinguishable quality of speech synthesis
static Int

Very low, but still intelligible quality of speech synthesis
Inherited constants
Public constructors
Voice(name: String!, locale: Locale!, quality: Int, latency: Int, requiresNetworkConnection: Boolean, features: MutableSet<String!>!)
Public methods
open Int

open Boolean
equals(other: Any?)

Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
open MutableSet<String!>!

Returns the set of features it supports for a given voice.
open Int

open Locale!

open String!

open Int

open Int

open Boolean

open String

open Unit
writeToParcel(dest: Parcel, flags: Int)
Properties
static Parcelable.Creator<Voice!>

Constants

LATENCY_HIGH

Added in API level 21
static val LATENCY_HIGH: Int

Network based expected synthesizer latency (~200ms)

Value: 400

LATENCY_LOW

Added in API level 21
static val LATENCY_LOW: Int

Low expected synthesizer latency (~20ms)

Value: 200

LATENCY_NORMAL

Added in API level 21
static val LATENCY_NORMAL: Int

Normal expected synthesizer latency (~50ms)

Value: 300

LATENCY_VERY_HIGH

Added in API level 21
static val LATENCY_VERY_HIGH: Int

Very slow network based expected synthesizer latency (> 200ms)

Value: 500

LATENCY_VERY_LOW

Added in API level 21
static val LATENCY_VERY_LOW: Int

Very low expected synthesizer latency (< 20ms)

Value: 100

QUALITY_HIGH

Added in API level 21
static val QUALITY_HIGH: Int

High, human-like quality of speech synthesis

Value: 400

QUALITY_LOW

Added in API level 21
static val QUALITY_LOW: Int

Low, not human-like quality of speech synthesis

Value: 200

QUALITY_NORMAL

Added in API level 21
static val QUALITY_NORMAL: Int

Normal quality of speech synthesis

Value: 300

QUALITY_VERY_HIGH

Added in API level 21
static val QUALITY_VERY_HIGH: Int

Very high, almost human-indistinguishable quality of speech synthesis

Value: 500

QUALITY_VERY_LOW

Added in API level 21
static val QUALITY_VERY_LOW: Int

Very low, but still intelligible quality of speech synthesis

Value: 100

Public constructors

Voice

Added in API level 21
Voice(
    name: String!, 
    locale: Locale!, 
    quality: Int, 
    latency: Int, 
    requiresNetworkConnection: Boolean, 
    features: MutableSet<String!>!)

Public methods

describeContents

Added in API level 21
open fun describeContents(): Int
Return
Int a bitmask indicating the set of special object types marshaled by this Parcelable object instance. Value is either 0 or android.os.Parcelable#CONTENTS_FILE_DESCRIPTOR

equals

Added in API level 21
open fun equals(other: Any?): Boolean

Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.

The equals method implements an equivalence relation on non-null object references:

  • It is reflexive: for any non-null reference value x, x.equals(x) should return true.
  • It is symmetric: for any non-null reference values x and y, x.equals(y) should return true if and only if y.equals(x) returns true.
  • It is transitive: for any non-null reference values x, y, and z, if x.equals(y) returns true and y.equals(z) returns true, then x.equals(z) should return true.
  • It is consistent: for any non-null reference values x and y, multiple invocations of x.equals(y) consistently return true or consistently return false, provided no information used in equals comparisons on the objects is modified.
  • For any non-null reference value x, x.equals(null) should return false.

An equivalence relation partitions the elements it operates on into equivalence classes; all the members of an equivalence class are equal to each other. Members of an equivalence class are substitutable for each other, at least for some purposes.

Parameters
obj This value may be null.
Return
Boolean true if this object is the same as the obj argument; false otherwise.

getFeatures

Added in API level 21
open fun getFeatures(): MutableSet<String!>!

Returns the set of features it supports for a given voice. Features can either be framework defined, e.g. TextToSpeech.Engine#KEY_FEATURE_NETWORK_TIMEOUT_MS or engine specific. Engine specific keys must be prefixed by the name of the engine they are intended for. These keys can be used as parameters to TextToSpeech#speak(String, int, java.util.HashMap) and TextToSpeech#synthesizeToFile(String, java.util.HashMap, String). Features values are strings and their values must met restrictions described in their documentation.

Return
MutableSet<String!>! Set instance. May return null on error.

getLatency

Added in API level 21
open fun getLatency(): Int
Return
Int The voice's latency (lower is better)

getLocale

Added in API level 21
open fun getLocale(): Locale!
Return
Locale! The voice's locale

getName

Added in API level 21
open fun getName(): String!
Return
String! Unique voice name.

getQuality

Added in API level 21
open fun getQuality(): Int
Return
Int The voice's quality (higher is better)

hashCode

Added in API level 21
open fun hashCode(): Int
Return
Int a hash code value for this object.

isNetworkConnectionRequired

Added in API level 21
open fun isNetworkConnectionRequired(): Boolean
Return
Boolean Does the Voice require a network connection to work.

toString

Added in API level 21
open fun toString(): String
Return
String a string representation of the object.

writeToParcel

Added in API level 21
open fun writeToParcel(
    dest: Parcel, 
    flags: Int
): Unit
Parameters
dest Parcel: The Parcel in which the object should be written. This value cannot be null.
flags Int: Additional flags about how the object should be written. May be 0 or PARCELABLE_WRITE_RETURN_VALUE. Value is either 0 or a combination of android.os.Parcelable#PARCELABLE_WRITE_RETURN_VALUE, and android.os.Parcelable.PARCELABLE_ELIDE_DUPLICATES

Properties

CREATOR

Added in API level 21
static val CREATOR: Parcelable.Creator<Voice!>