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Speaking Ring Tone v1 0 0 AnDrOiD

If you ever wanted your phone to say

*ring,ring* Max Mustermann is calling! *ring,ring* Max is waiting! Hurry up! *ring,ring* [...]

this is the application you are looking for. Because it is more convinient than a usual ring tone. Or simply because it sounds quite “cool”.

When developing this app, I put special emphasize on customizability. You can customize the default “ring tone” as well as the ring tone for every single contact in many different ways. You can copy and paste preferences, enable/disable this application for certain contacts, and much much more..! You can even record your own voice messages.

Additionally, there is a built-in Locale/Tasker plug-in.

The application (i.e. the voice output) supports all languages which are supported by the Android Text-To-Speech (TTS) module, that are most languages. The graphical user interface is localised to English and German.

Features

Here comes a (still incomplete) list of available features/preferences.
Allgemeine Einstellungen

   1. Enable/disable this application
   2. Use this application only if the caller is known
   3. Privacy: Use this application only if the incoming number belongs to a known contact
   4. Privacy: Enable this application only if a head set is plugged in
   5. When turning over the phone: Do nothing/lower the volume/switch to silence
   6. When shaking the phone: Do nothing/lower the volume/switch to silence
   7. Advanced Settings (Customize synonyms for caller types, e.g. home, mobile, work, …)

Ringing

   1. Ring tone (Apply the system ring tone or choose a custom one) *
   2. Vibrieren (Apply the system ring tone or enalbe/disable vibration) *
   3. Voice output text for known callers *
      E.G. “%name is calling %type”, during an incoming call, the following text will be announced: Max Mustermann is calling from work.
      Available Codes: Name, first name, last name, incoming number, type (“form home”, “from work”, “using a mobile phone”, …)
      Here, you can emphasize certain words less, moderately or even strongly.
      Alternatively, you can record a sound file using your microphone.
   4. Voice output text for unknown callers
      E.G. “An unknown subscriber with number %no is calling!
      Also here you can emphasize single words. Or record your own audio file.
   5. Choose between different modes: *
         1. Continuously ringing, voice output simultaneously
         2. Options: Start the first announcement delayed; rest between two announcements; lower the volume during the voice output takes place (e.g. to 70%).
         3. Ringing – announcement – ringing – announcement …
            Options: How many times should the phone ring before the first announcement starts?; How many times should the phone ring between two announcements?; rest after each announcement
         4. Only voice output (announcements) without ringing
            Options: Start the first announcement delayed; rest between two announcements
   6. Speech speed *
   7. Speech pitch *
   8. Ramping volume *

Contact list / Contact related preferences

This tab shows a list of all contacts, which can be sorted either alphabetically or by “last contacted”. You can simply disable contacts, in order to disable this app whenever a disabled contact is calling. In this context, you can choose whether a contact should be enabled or disabled by default. And especially, you can customize all settings marked with a * (above) for each contact seperately.

Of course, you can copy and paste contact preferences. Or reset them to the default preferences (which you specify for all users). And you can backup all your settings.
Locale/Tasker

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