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'''VoiceNotify''' is an Android app that uses Text-To-Speech through the Accessibility Service in Android 1.6+ to speak notification messages in the status bar when they appear, avoiding the need to turn on the screen to read the notification. It features a fully customizable spoken message and the option to select apps to ignore.<br />
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'''VoiceNotify''' is an Android app that uses Text-To-Speech through the Accessibility Service in Android 1.6+ to speak notification messages from the status bar when they appear, avoiding the need to turn on the screen to read the notification. It features a fully customizable spoken message and the option to select apps to ignore.<br />
Currently it is planned to release for free and if successful a Pro version may be released with additional features.<br />
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== Changelog ==
 
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==== v1.0.0 [2011-02-13] ====
 
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*Initial release to the Android Market!<br />
 
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Revision as of 04:44, 13 February 2011

Scan this QR Code with an Android device to go to Voice Notify in the Android Market

VoiceNotify is an Android app that uses Text-To-Speech through the Accessibility Service in Android 1.6+ to speak notification messages from the status bar when they appear, avoiding the need to turn on the screen to read the notification. It features a fully customizable spoken message and the option to select apps to ignore.
Price: Free!

Links

voicenotify.pilot51.com (forwards here)
Voice Notify in Android Market
Voice Notify on AppBrain

Changelog

Dates are in GMT.

v1.0.0 [2011-02-13]

  • Initial release to the Android Market!


Started development on 2011-02-03

Future releases

Feature requests

Feature requests are given strong consideration and if accepted they are given higher priority than other features of similar importance.
This list also includes features that were already in the internal to-do list when they were suggested.
Versions for feature releases are only preliminary and may change.

Suggestion Suggested by Through Projected version Notes


Known Issues

Issue Affected Android versions Affected versions Expected fix version Notes Reported by Through
App List jumps to top when enabling/disabling an app Not an SDK issue 1.0.0
Some apps have repeating notifications that can be very annoying Not an SDK issue 1.0.0 1.0.1 One such app is TweetDeck while sending an update.
Best workaround for 1.0.0 is to ignore the app, at the expense of none of the app's notifications being spoken.