Talk To Me!
In this tutorial, you will learn to make a simple talking app. The user enters a phrase on the screen, and the phone speaks the phrase out loud.
🏷️ Tags: #newbie, #tutorials-and-guides
Step 1. Creating a new project
If you have never used App Inventor before, I suggest you to go ahead and read this Hello World tutorial first, because you haven't learn the basics yet. However, if you did, please log in to MIT App Inventor and create a project called 'Talk To Me'.
Step 2. Adding Components
From the User Interface drawer, drag out a TextBox and a Button.
From the Media drawer, drag out a TextToSpeech. The TextToSpeech speaks phrases.
From the Sensor drawer, drag out an AccelerometerSensor. It detects if the phone is shaking.
Set the Hint property of the TextBox to 'Enter a phrase'.
Set the Text property of the Button to 'Talk To Me!'
Step 3. App Inventor Blocks.
Navigate to the Blocks tab.
Add the following blocks to the Blocks editor. You can directly drag the following image into the Blocks editor tab.
It means, when the Button is clicked, the TextToSpeech will speak out the Text the user inputted.
3. Add the following blocks to the Blocks editor. You can directly drag the following image into the Blocks editor tab.
It means, when the phone is shaking, the phone will tell the user to stop shaking the phone!
Step 4. Finish!
Congratulations! You completed this tutorial!
Make sure to check out the App Inventor Hour Of Code website, which has some nice beginner tutorials.