Voice Notify

Voice Notify is an Android app that uses Text-To-Speech through the Accessibility service in Android 1.6 and above to speak notification messages from the status bar when they appear, allowing you to know what a notification says without looking at the screen. It features a fully customizable spoken message and a list of installed apps which can be ignored.

Price: Free!

Links

• Voice Notify on Android Market
• Voice Notify on AppBrain
• Voice Notify issue tracker (view or submit problems and suggestions)
• Direct download APK (all versions available; not recommended for most users)
• voicenotify.pilot51.com (forwards here)

Changelog

Dates are in GMT.

v1.0.3 [2011-10-23]

• Fixed issue 24: On some devices (mostly tablets) while using an external audio device, audio stops working for other apps when VN speaks on Notification stream and doesn't return, requiring VN to either be disabled or to speak on Media stream. Now, the audio will still stop, but it returns after TTS completes. [Thanks for all the reports and big thanks to Sum Wun for helping test fixes!]
• Changed (issue 23): Special characters | [ ] { } * < > in notification messages are not spoken (replaced with a space).
• Changed: Default audio stream back to Media.
• Changed: Notifications are ignored when device is in silent or vibrate mode. (only really a difference for Media stream, as Notification stream already matches the mode)
• Changed: Notifications are ignored while phone is ringing or in a call.
• Added: Quiet Time option.
• Added: Options to rate/comment (Market) or contact developer (email app).

v1.0.2 [2011-04-05]

• Fixed: Ignore All option creating duplicate ignores, sometimes requiring multiple touches to enable an app.
• Added: Option to donate through Paypal (opens Paypal donate page in external browser).
• Fixed: Speaking of quickly repeated notifications (usually progress bars).
• Added: Option to change TTS between Notification and Media audio streams. Solution to Bluetooth issue reported by SRadner.
• Fixed: App List jumping to top when selection changed. (rough/temporary workaround, list still jumps by up to one item)

v1.0.1 [2011-03-28]

• Fixed: Crash when custom TTS message contains an unsupported percent variable. [reported by SRadner]
• Changed: TTS runs on Notification audio stream instead of Media stream, also removed control of media volume while displayed.
• Added: App List menu options to ignore all or none.

v1.0.0 [2011-02-13]

• Initial release to the Android Market!
  

Started development on 2011-02-03