{"id":4771,"date":"2024-03-14T01:55:48","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T01:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-is-text-to-speech-used-in-android\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T13:08:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T13:08:45","slug":"how-is-text-to-speech-used-in-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-is-text-to-speech-used-in-android\/","title":{"rendered":"Android Text-to-Speech: Complete Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Android, the TextToSpeech class can be used to convert text to speech. 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