Feedback on text to speech feature

[sslavkov, Mobisystems, Developer]

Please post your feedback on text to speech feature here.

[Catman51]

One thing I would like is a shake to stop speech. I have an sms reader that does it, and in a crowd you really stand out when it won't stop. Thanks

[sslavkov, Mobisystems, Developer]

Hi Catman51

For now we have added a widget so you can quickly turn on/off text to speech.

Thank you for the suggestion. We will consider it for the future versions.

[Catman51]

Thank you.

[mikeone]

Implemented in dev 440
Thanks a lot!

I would like to have an additional account-specific setting for this option:
-> long press on account name -> Special settings -> Message notifications -> "Text to speech"

[hzamora]

Can you add this feature for all folders instead of just for Inbox?

And I would like to have a parameter to select some conditions to read the message, for example:
1. The sender
2. The subject

Mikeone added that it can be added as an specific option for an email account.

Other thing is just to mention the sender or the subject or maybe both.

And I listen the message still in English.

Regards.

[hzamora]

Some time ago I was using Tasker to enable this speech feature.

I just wanted to listen some specific messages.

I uninstalled Tasker in order to have less apps running on my phone.

Regards.

[hzamora]

Please add an option to avoid "A new message in account A", leaving only "Message from X subject Y"  because:
- some users have got only one account in AquaMail
- a user with push (my favorite user case, driving) does not need the account name - it's the sender and/or object which are needed

I agree!

[mikeone]

Please add an option to avoid "A new message in account A", leaving only "Message from X subject Y"  because:
- some users have got only one account in AquaMail
- a user with push (my favorite user case, driving) does not need the account name - it's the sender and/or object which are needed

I agree!

+1

[mikeone]

Please post your feedback on text to speech feature here.

Needed absolutely (for different reasons, including privacy and confidentiality):

When the user has selected "replace sender names from Contacts" (in Contacts setting), make the voice notification use the name from Contacts (ie use the name that is displayed in the notification pop up, not the one initially sent by the sender).

Some reasons for this need:
- Replace the dot "." in some initials by nothing. Dots make TTS mark a stop (at least in French and Arabic TTS I tested) and that's very unnatural and unpleasant.
- pricacy & confidentiality (obviously)
- consistency with notification text
- transform some sender name in a way the can be easily spelled in another language. Imagine you're using French or Spanish TTS with Arabic/English sender names

I second @Paris Geek's suggestion: it's a very important point.

[StR]

- a user with push (my favorite user case, driving) does not need the account name - it's the sender and/or object which are needed

I am curious, why a user with push (and multiple accounts) doesn't need to know the account name to which the message has arrived?

[mikeone]

- a user with push (my favorite user case, driving) does not need the account name - it's the sender and/or object which are needed

I am curious, why a user with push (and multiple accounts) doesn't need to know the account name to which the message has arrived?

The priority information for the user - in conjunction with an instantaneous "text to speech" notification - would be:

- from whom comes the new message?
- what is the subject of this message?

In my opinion, the account name itself would not really matter.

[Nadejda Fudulska, MobiSystems, AquaMail support]

Hi all,

Thank you very much for your valuable feedback!!! We appreciate it!

We will fix/add all of the above issues/features in the next versions of the app.

Thank you once again 

[mikeone]

Hi all,

Thank you very much for your valuable feedback!!! We appreciate it!

We will fix/add all of the above issues/features in the next versions of the app.

Thank you once again 

You're welcome. Great new feature!
Many thanks to your team and to @Kostya - of course! 

[Nadejda Fudulska, MobiSystems, AquaMail support]

OK, I see, yes, we will let you know which fixes are included in the current builds