"unfortunately google tts engine has stopped" on Scroll extr

[danskmacabre]

Unfortunately the coolreader doesn't work either with TTS, same error.

That's strange - I downloaded a random epub from mobileread.com and that worked fine with Coolreader.

Are you using an Extreme with out-of-the-box firmware or have you changed the ROM ?

BobC

Yes completely unmodified Firmware.

[danskmacabre]

Hi all again.
I've been experimenting with this some more and got the TTS working.

The google TTS doesn't work, but I went into the settings panel and found a section on TTS and then set Pico as my default TTS engine.
At this point it automatically uses PICO and doesn't prompt to choose a TTS engine anymore when trying to use TTS in an ereader program, so the Google TTS doesn't start and crash. At that point any reader that supports TTS works (using PICO).

I should note previous to setting the PICO TTS to the default, when it tried to use the google TTS and crashed, trying to select again the PICO TTS still cause that to crash, so it's important that it doesn't try to use the Google TTS at all.

Finally I should mention on my Scroll extreme, PICO TTS came preloaded.

So not so much a fix as a workaround. but noticed this thread comes up in a search on "scroll extreme tts" now, so thought I better post my workaround for others.

[kneerm]

I also have the same problem with TTS.

No apps installed with TTS support work.

Has anyone been able to resolve this?

[danskmacabre]

I also have the same problem with TTS.

No apps installed with TTS support work.

Has anyone been able to resolve this?

Have you tried the workaround in my previous post?

[jgmdavies]

Thanks danskmacabre - worked for me (using Pico)!
Jim

[Trashcooky]

Hi all again.
I've been experimenting with this some more and got the TTS working.

The google TTS doesn't work, but I went into the settings panel and found a section on TTS and then set Pico as my default TTS engine.
At this point it automatically uses PICO and doesn't prompt to choose a TTS engine anymore when trying to use TTS in an ereader program, so the Google TTS doesn't start and crash. At that point any reader that supports TTS works (using PICO).

I should note previous to setting the PICO TTS to the default, when it tried to use the google TTS and crashed, trying to select again the PICO TTS still cause that to crash, so it's important that it doesn't try to use the Google TTS at all.

Finally I should mention on my Scroll extreme, PICO TTS came preloaded.

So not so much a fix as a workaround. but noticed this thread comes up in a search on "scroll extreme tts" now, so thought I better post my workaround for others.

Glad you got a work-around, thanks for publishing it. I have made this a sticky to keep it around to help other readers.