RedZoc makes apps that speak: tools that help blind and low-vision people, and anyone who prefers to listen, read and get around. Every app is built for screen readers from day one.
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A text-to-speech engine for Android in over 100 languages, including Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Bengali and most Indian languages. Use it as your phone's voice for TalkBack and other screen readers, or open its Reader to listen to any article or text. Over 100,000 installs.
An independent Android build of eSpeak NG, made and maintained by RedZoc. Not the official eSpeak NG project; RedZoc contributes fixes back to it.
Helps blind and low-vision train passengers in India find their coach. Point your phone at the arriving train, and Coach Mitra reads the coach codes aloud (S5, B2, A1) and vibrates when it finds yours.
Every screen is built and tested with TalkBack.
Indian languages and real Indian situations come first.
RedZoc is made by Ramees Muhammed, a software architect in Kochi who uses a screen reader every day and tests every release with TalkBack. Ramees also contributes fixes to the open-source eSpeak NG project, including better reading of Sinhala and mixed-language text.
Fixes made for RedZoc's apps are sent back to the official eSpeak NG project, so every eSpeak NG user benefits. These have been merged:
One more, reading stylised social-media fonts as normal text, is under review.