v0.1.4 - Foreground Service & Text Processing

Adds Smart number processing, standalone capital indication, and optional foreground-service controls.

v0.1.3 - Pronunciation Dictionary & ECI Controls

Eloqium TTS v0.1.3

What's New

• Pronunciation Rules: User dictionaries now support both text substitutions and phoneme-level pronunciation rules using OpenEVV SPR bracket syntax (e.g., [hax'low]).
• IBM .dic Import: Direct import support for legacy IBM ViaVoice .dic dictionaries.
• Accessibility Fix: Resolved duplicate TalkBack announcements on dictionary and entry search fields.
• ECI Voice Tags Setting: Added a toggle under Settings → Audio & Engine to control raw synthesizer escape tags.
• Android 15+ Compatibility: Verified 16 KB ELF alignment.

Credits & Attribution

• Created and Maintained By: Ismail Memon
• Special Thanks To: Chandu Rathod, Yashraj Shinde

Installation

Download eloqium-tts-release.apk below and install on Android 6.0+. Select Eloqium TTS under Settings → Accessibility → Text-to-Speech Output.

v0.1.2 - User Dictionary

Eloqium TTS v0.1.2 — User Dictionary Release

Eloqium TTS v0.1.2 introduces a comprehensive, language-isolated User Dictionary subsystem, allowing users to define custom word and phrase pronunciation replacements tailored to their individual speech preferences.

What's New in v0.1.2

• Language & Locale Isolation:

  • Dictionaries are strictly scoped to the active Eloqium language and regional variant (e.g., en-US, en-GB, es-ES, es-MX, fr-FR, fr-CA, de-DE, it-IT).
  • Rules defined for one locale (such as en-US) never leak or apply into another locale (such as en-GB or es-MX).

• Multiple Dictionaries per Language:

  • Create and manage multiple named dictionaries per language (e.g., Acronyms, Technical Terms, Personal Names).
  • Easily enable or disable individual dictionaries or entries without deleting them.

• Versatile Matching Modes:

  • Exact Match (EXACT): Matches complete standalone words or phrases (default).
  • Starts With (STARTS_WITH): Matches words beginning with the specified trigger pattern.
  • Ends With (ENDS_WITH): Matches words ending with the specified trigger pattern.
  • Contains (CONTAINS): Matches words or phrases containing the pattern anywhere within the text.
  • Case Sensitivity Control: Optional Match Case toggle for exact casing vs. case-insensitive matches.

• Pipeline Integration:

  • UserDictionaryProcessor executes seamlessly within the core text pipeline immediately after Emoticon processing and before Punctuation verbalization, ensuring correct phonetic substitution prior to speech synthesis.

• Export & Import with Android "Open With" Integration:

  • Export any dictionary to standardized JSON format for sharing and backup.
  • Import dictionaries with schema pre-validation.
  • Open .json dictionary files directly from Android file managers or chat apps into Eloqium TTS with a two-step confirmation dialog ("Import dictionary?") and accessible completion feedback.

• TalkBack & Accessibility Optimized:

  • Fully accessible UI with labeled fields, focus management, clear content descriptions, and TalkBack announcements.

• Platform & Documentation Updates:

  • Formally aligned documented platform baseline to Android 6.0+ (minSdk = 23, compileSdk = 36, targetSdk = 35).
  • Documented complete regional locale matrix (5 language families, 8 regional variants).

Credits & Attribution

• Created and Maintained By: Ismail Memon
• Special Thanks To:
  1. Chandu Rathod
  2. Yashraj Shinde

Installation

Download eloqium-tts-release.apk below and install or update on your Android device (Android 6.0+). Navigate to Android Settings → Accessibility → Text-to-Speech Output and select Eloqium TTS as your preferred speech engine.

v0.1.1 - Custom Punctuation

Eloqium TTS v0.1.1 — Custom Punctuation Release

Eloqium TTS v0.1.1 introduces user-defined Custom Punctuation alongside existing verbosity levels, giving screen-reader users precise control over symbol verbalization.

What's New in v0.1.1

• Custom Punctuation Level: Added a 5th verbosity option, Custom, directly below All in the Punctuation dialog.
• User-Defined Symbol Verbalization: Enter any combination of symbols or punctuation marks (e.g., @#%*) to verbalize only those specific characters while keeping unselected marks prosodic.
• TalkBack & Accessibility Optimized: Built with accessible radio button groups, accessible text entry fields, explicit content descriptions, and focus-friendly navigation.
• Intonation & Syntax Preservation: Preserves numerical decimals (3.14), thousands separators (1,000), time formatting (12:30), abbreviations, and question marks for sentence intonation even when custom symbols are active.
• Persistent Settings: Custom punctuation choices and symbol definitions persist reliably across reboots and service restarts.

Punctuation Levels Summary

• None: Pure prosodic phrasing with no spoken symbols.
• Some: Verbalizes mathematical and syntax symbols (*, /, \, #, %, &, +, =, @, ^, ~, <, >, |, $).
• Most: Some + structural delimiters (parentheses, brackets, braces, quotes, dashes, colons, semicolons).
• All: All punctuation marks including sentence terminators (periods, commas, question marks, exclamation marks).
• Custom: Verbalizes only the user-specified characters; all other marks remain prosodic.

Credits & Attribution

• Created and Maintained By: Ismail Memon
• Special Thanks To:
  1. Chandu Rathod
  2. Yashraj Shinde

Installation

Download eloqium-tts-release.apk below and install or update on your Android device (Android 8.0+). Navigate to Android Settings → Accessibility → Text-to-Speech Output and select Eloqium TTS as your preferred speech engine.

v0.1.0 - Initial Production Release

Eloqium TTS v0.1.0 — Initial Production Release

Eloqium TTS is an independent, high-performance, and offline text-to-speech engine engineered for Android screen-reader users and everyday speech synthesis.

Key Highlights

• 64 Distinct Voices: 8 language dialects with 8 selectable voice presets each (Reed, Shelley, Bobby, Rocko, Glen, Sandy, Grandma, Grandpa).
• Supported Dialects: US English (en-US), UK English (en-GB), Castilian Spanish (es-ES), Latin American Spanish (es-MX), French (fr-FR), Canadian French (fr-CA), German (de-DE), and Italian (it-IT).
• Android 15+ 16 KB Page Alignment: Native shared libraries compiled and verified with 16 KB page-size ELF segment alignment across ARM64 (arm64-v8a), ARMv7 (armeabi-v7a), and x86_64.
• Granular Speech Controls: Relative rate adjustment (-10 to +10) with unlocked high-speed speech mode for advanced screen-reader users, pitch modulation, and voice inflection shaping.
• Digital Volume Boost: PCM audio gain stage with clipping protection for noisy environments.
• Text Preprocessing Pipeline: Context-aware abbreviation and number expansion, screen-reader punctuation verbosity controls (None, Some, Most, All), and spoken descriptions for over 3,800 Unicode emojis.
• 100% Offline & Private: Zero network permissions required; all synthesis executes entirely on-device.

Credits & Attribution

• Created and Maintained By: Ismail Memon
• Special Thanks To:
  1. Chandu Rathod
  2. Yashraj Shinde

Installation

Download eloqium-tts-release.apk below and install it on your Android device (Android 8.0+). Navigate to Android Settings → Accessibility → Text-to-Speech Output and select Eloqium TTS as your preferred speech engine.