In an effort to make sure everyone has access to updated Google apps, the company has released the Text-to-Speech app in the Play Store. What Text-to-Speech does is it reads aloud whatever is on your screen, as long as the app being used supports it. For example, this is the app that allows Google Play Books to read your book to you. It is a very simple, handy app to use. Expect Google to continue releasing their own apps in the Play Store to combat complaints of fragmentation. It's much easier to do it this way rather than having to rely on manufacturers to push updates to devices. Hit the break for the description and download links.
DescriptionGoogle Text-to-speech Engine powers applications to read the text on your screen aloud. For example, it can be used by:
• Google Play Books to “Read Aloud” your favorite book
• Google Translate to speak translations aloud so you can hear the pronunciation of a word
• TalkBack and accessibility applications for spoken feedback across your device
• … and many other applications in Play Store
To use Google Text-to-speech Engine on your Android device, go to Settings > Language & Input > Text-to-speech output. Select Google Text-to-speech Engine as your preferred engine.
Languages supported: English (United Kingdom), English (United States), French, German, Italian, Korean, Spanish
This showed up as being an update. Didint even give me a choice