Add free, high quality text to speech to your posts (English).
| Author: | TTSEngine.com (profile at wordpress.org) |
| WordPress version required: | 3.2 |
| WordPress version tested: | 3.5.2 |
| Plugin version: | 2.0 |
| Added to WordPress repository: | 15-03-2013 |
| Last updated: | 09-05-2013
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
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| Rating, %: | 94 |
| Rated by: | 3 |
| Plugin URI: | http://www.ttsengine.com |
| Total downloads: | 5 570 |
| Active installs: | 10+ |
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Add free, high quality text to speech functionality to your WordPress posts – 52 languages supported.
Features:
- Speech genereated for free using the TTSEngine.com API service.
- Reliable and high quality text to speech functionality.
- 52 languages supported – Simply select the language of your posts from the settings menu.
- Post title and content read to the user with the click of a button in the post.
- Non-intrusive functionality. No redirections to other web pages.
- Playback can be stopped at any time by the user.
- Compatible across all popular browsers (I.E, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari) and mobile devices (Android, iOS).
- Option to display a link to TTSEngine.com in your post (disabled by default).
- Settings menu allows users to configure where they want the button/link located.
Backlink
Please enable this option if you are using the plugin and are happy with the free service!
The link (if enabled) can also be placed at the beginning or end of each post in a non-intrusive manner.
These options can be set in the plugin settings page.
Screenshots
'Listen to this post' button sample
'Listen' button with link to TTSEngine.com
What is playing the audio in the browser?
Playback of audio in all browsers except Mobile Safari uses the jQuery HTML5 Audio / Video Library ‘jPlayer’.
Playback of audio in Mobile Safari uses the HTML5 tag or the Web Audio API depending on the iOS version.
What is the Playback audio file format?
The audio file format used for playback is determined by the calling browser.
We supply an option of ‘mp3’, ‘wav’ and ‘oga’ file formats.
Where can I report bugs or issues?
You can report bugs or issues here: support@ttsengine.com.
How do I use the plugin with iOS/Mobile Safari?
Mobile Safari does not allow the preloading of audio elements through the browser.
Loading and playback of audio can only be triggered by a user touch gesture with the touchscreen.
These limitations means there is a lag in the playback of audio in mobile Safari in iOS 5 and older.
The performance is much better using iOS 6 (recommended for this plugin) but there are two
user gestures required. One to quickly load the audio and a second to begin playback.
ChangeLog
1.0
1.1
- Filter applied to post content that is to be read.
- WordPress ‘shortcode’ and extraneous CSS found in database ‘post_content’ entries is now filtered out.
1.2
- Some issues with the ‘jPlayer Android Fix’ submitting too many API request have been resolved.
- Enabled backlink now wraps to next line when applicable on mobile browsers.
1.3
2.0
- Support for a large selection of languages added.
- Select from the 52 languages now supported in the plugin settings page.
- Major upgrade to iOS/Mobile Safari support.
- Load times reduced for iOS 5 and older versions.
- Support included for the Web Audio API (iOS 6) which drastically improves performance in mobile Safari.
- Previous bugs involving loading audio for longer posts have been resolved.
- ‘ogg/oga’ file format support has been included for the relevant browsers.
