Re: app to read a book to me on an airplane

"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

On 2024-04-12 02:46, VanguardLH wrote:

Android Owner <android@google.com> wrote:
 

Will be traveling and I don't travel much. I have a few ebooks in PDF
(and other) formats.
>
Is there a simple to use free app without ads that will just read the book
to me while I'm on the airplane (without Internet)?

 
Your Android phone should already have text-to-speech.  See:

 
Needs internet and has privacy caveats.

Privacy on a *published* book?  The OP never mentioned that he is
reading someone's private "book" that no one else has.

If no Internet access is available (the airplane is old, so devoid of
Internet), a local text-to-speech program will require a lot more smarts
which means more code. 

Are you sure Android's text-to-speech API mandates Internet access?

https://developer.android.com/reference/android/speech/tts/TextToSpeech

I enabled Airplane mode on my phone.  I selected some text in a web
browser.  A popup menu appears with a 3-dot menu on the right side where
I can select Read Aloud.  It worked.  Doesn't look like an Internet
connection is required.  You do have to download a language pack if one
is not already installed for your language.