Chachakawooka Text-To-Speech

David Walsh ( aka Ashraf Walsh :-\ ) has developed a simple jquery plugin that will allow any text on a page be converted to speech. The api can be used in 1 simple command and can be easily plugged into any existing code.

CCKW TTS FEATURES

• Text To Speech Api
• Cross Domain Compatabiliy
• Easy intstallation
• Android 2.2 compatable

Try the demo imlementation below

Tutorial

To first you need to add the jquery and cckw_tts js files into your page

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://chachakawooka.com/js/jquery-1.4.2.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://chachakawooka.com/js/cckw_tts.js"></script>

The next step is to add your content area, and a button that can be used for playing the speech

<a href="#" id="speakMeButton">
    click here to here speech
</a>
<div id="speakMe">
    This is an example of how the cckw api can be used
</div>
 

Add finally bind it all together with the jquery call to the cckw text to speech plugin

<script type="text/javascript">
    $(document).ready(function() {
 
        $('#speakMeButton').cckwTTS({
                selector: '#speakMe'
	 });
 
    });
</script>