collective.texttospeech 1.0a2

Text-to-Speech feature for Plone.

Table of Contents

• Life, the Universe, and Everything

• Mostly Harmless

• Don’t Panic

  • Installation

  • Usage

• Share and Enjoy

• Changelog

  • 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.

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 ‘Play’ button will be displayed on objects with the feature enabled.

The Text-To-Speech feature enabled.

You can pause the reader at any time by selecting ‘Pause’.

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

1.0a2 (2016-03-28)

• Add Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish translations. [hvelarde]

• Fix an issue with package JavaScript. [rodfersou]

1.0a1 (2016-03-28)

• Initial release.