React Native Speech
React Native Speech is a text-to-speech library for React Native.
Documentation
Install
npm i --save react-native-speech
Usage
Linking the Library
In order to use Speech, you must first link the library your project. There's excellent documentation on how to do this in the React Native Docs.
Speaking an Utterance
Once you've linked the library, you'll want to make it available to your app by requiring it:
var Speech = ;
Speaking an utterance is as simple as calling:
Speech;
Example
Using Speech in your app will usually look like this:
var Speech = ; var YourComponent = React;
Methods
speak(utterance)
Initializes the speech instance and speaks the utterance provided.
Arguments
utterance
- AnObject
containing the following keys:text
,voice
and, optionally,rate
.rate
is a float where lower numbers indicate slower speech.
Examples
Speech;
Speech;
pause()
Pauses the speech instance.
Example
Speech;
resume()
Resumes the speech instance.
Example
Speech;
stop()
Stops and destroys the speech instance.
Example
Speech;
isSpeaking()
Indicates whether speech is in progress.
Example
Speech ;
isPaused()
Indicates whether speech is paused.
Example
Speech ;
supportedVoices()
Indicates which speech voices are available.
Example
Speech ;
License
Copyright (c) 2015, Naoufal Kadhom
Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
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