Voice Notify

Voice Notify announces status bar notification messages using Text-To-Speech (TTS), allowing you to know what a notification says without looking at the screen.

In Android 3.0 and above, toast notifications will also be read.


FEATURES:
*Customizable TTS message
*Ignore specific apps or notifications containing defined text
*Choice of TTS audio stream (explained below)
*Choice of speaking when screen or headset is on or off or while silent/vibrate (Note: Due to API limitations, all *Bluetooth devices are detected the same, headset or not)
*Quiet Time
*Delay TTS a custom number of seconds after notification
*Post a test notification


PERMISSIONS:
Bluetooth - Required to detect whether Bluetooth headset is connected.


For technical reasons, VN operates through Android's Accessibility service and must be enabled in the Accessibility settings.
For convenience, options are provided on the main screen to go to the Accessibility and TTS settings.
Android 1.5 is not supported since it doesn't have the Accessibility service.
Just to be clear, VN is intended to be a convenience tool and is not an accessibility tool.

The Accessibility service will give a warning that VN may be able to collect personal data. This is because Accessibility doesn't know what or how data passing through it is used by enabled apps. VN only uses Accessibility to read notification text which is passed directly to TTS and not used for any other purpose or stored. Though, the TTS service (outside the control of VN) may print spoken text in the logcat.


CAUTION:
Be aware of the accessibility apps that are enabled when you enable VN! To my understanding, the screwing up phone behavior mentioned in some comments is caused by other accessibility apps that were enabled when Accessibility was turned on. If you believe this is not the case and VN is causing these issues for you, please contact me.


ABOUT AUDIO STREAM OPTION:
Note that behavior of audio streams may vary by device or Android version, or my information could be incorrect as I've been unable to test them myself, so take these tips with a grain of salt.

Media stream if you want...
-the volume of VN to match most other apps.
-VN to speak without interrupting audio from other apps (e.g. music).
-VN to speak through an A2DP-compatible Bluetooth device.

Notification stream if you want...
-the volume of VN to match other notification sounds.
-other apps to be silenced while VN speaks.
-VN to use the speaker while a Bluetooth headset is connected.


PROBLEMS:
Please email me or submit to the issue tracker at http://tracker.pilot51.com, don't only leave a bad comment/rating! I cannot reply to comments or Android error reports (unless you leave contact info in the message) and many reported problems require that I ask for more details in order to fix. If necessary, you can download and sideload any version from http://pilot51.com/apk/voicenotify.


DISCLAIMER:
I am not responsible for the notifications that are announced. It is up to you to use the features provided to prevent unwanted announcing of notifications.
If you want your device silenced on a schedule, I would recommend using an app such as Timeriffic. (Not affiliated in any way, just what I use personally)