About Voice Notify
Voice Notify announces status bar notification messages using Text-To-Speech (TTS) so you don't need to look at the screen to know what a notification says. FEATURES: • Widget and quick settings tile to suspend Voice...
Voice Notify announces status bar notification messages using Text-To-Speech (TTS) so you don't need to look at the screen to know what a notification says.
FEATURES:
• Widget and quick settings tile to suspend Voice Notify
• Customizable TTS message
• Replace text to be spoken
• Ignore or enable for individual apps
• Ignore or require notifications containing specified text
• Choice of TTS audio stream
• Choice of speaking when screen or headset is on or off, or while in silent/vibrate mode
• Quiet Time
• Shake-to-silence
• Limit length of spoken message
• Repeat notifications at custom interval while screen off
• Custom delay of TTS after notification
• Most settings can be overridden per-app
• Notification log
• Post a test notification
• Backup and restore settings as zip file
• Light and dark themes (follows system theme)
GETTING STARTED:
Voice Notify operates through Android's Notification Listener service and must be enabled in the Notification Access settings.
A shortcut to that screen is provided at the top of the main Voice Notify screen.
Some device brands, such as Xiaomi and Samsung among several others, have an additional permission that by default prevents apps like Voice Notify from auto-starting or running in the background.
When Voice Notify is opened on a known affected device and the service isn't running, a dialog will appear with instructions and in some cases can open directly into the relevant settings screen.
PERMISSIONS:
• Post Notifications - Required to post the test notification. This is typically the only permission that Android shows to the user.
• Query All Packages - Required to fetch a list of all installed apps for the App List and allow for per-app settings
• Bluetooth - Required to detect whether Bluetooth headset is connected
• Vibrate - Required for Test feature while device is in vibrate mode
• Modify Audio Settings - Required for improved wired headset detection
• Read Phone State - Required to interrupt TTS if a phone call becomes active [Android 11 and below]
ABOUT AUDIO STREAM OPTION:
Behavior of audio streams may vary by device or Android version, so I advise doing your own testing to determine which stream is right for you. The Media stream (default) should be good for most people.
DISCLAIMER:
Voice Notify developers are not responsible for the notifications that are announced. Options are provided to help prevent unwanted announcing of notifications. Use at your own risk!
PROBLEMS:
Please report issues at:
https://github.com/pilot51/voicenotify/issues
If necessary, you can install any version from the releases section on GitHub:
https://github.com/pilot51/voicenotify/releases
SOURCE CODE:
Voice Notify is open source under the Apache License. https://github.com/pilot51/voicenotify
Code contributor details can be found at https://github.com/pilot51/voicenotify/graphs/contributors
TRANSLATIONS:
The app is written in US English.
Translations are crowdsourced at https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/voice-notify
Given the nature of crowdsourcing and the continual updates to the app, most translations are only partially complete.
Translations (21):
Chinese (Simplified Han), Czech, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Malay, Norwegian (Bokmål), Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tamil, Vietnamese
Thank you to all of the developers, translators, and testers who donated their time to help make Voice Notify better!
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of Voice Notify since it was posted on our website on 2015-04-28 03:00:00.
The latest version is 1.4.4 and it was updated on 2026-06-11 22:09:58. See below the changes in each version.
Voice Notify version 1.4.4 [0c31e93]
Updated At: 2025-03-22
Changes: v1.4.4 [2025-03-22]
- Fix crash when opening TTS screen
- Fix shake-to-silence always using default sensitivity
- Fix 'Do not log' only working while log dialog is open
- Fix restore often not working right if at all
- New translation: Tamil
See full release notes on GitHub
Voice Notify version 1.4.2 [cc4c76e]
Updated At: 2025-01-03
Changes: v1.4.1 & v1.4.2:
- Fixes
v1.4.0:
- Per-app setting overrides
- Quick settings tile (alternative to widget)
- Option to not speak emojis
- Regex support
- Backup/Restore settings
- Other fixes and improvements
See full release notes on GitHub
Voice Notify version 1.4.1 [f4e0797]
Updated At: 2025-01-02
Changes: v1.4.1: Fix settings not saving
v1.4.0:
- Per-app setting overrides
- Quick settings tile (alternative to widget)
- Option to not speak emojis
- Regex support
- Backup/Restore settings
- Other fixes and improvements
See full release notes on GitHub
Voice Notify version 1.3.1 [7ccf0f7]
Updated At: 2024-01-10
Changes: - Support more notification data
- Add detail dialog (access by clicking log item)
- Support light mode system theme
- Increase log limit: 20 -> 100
- Increase default TTS max length: 100 -> 500
- Other fixes and improvements
See GitHub for full release notes.
Voice Notify version 1.3.0 [207eace]
Updated At: 2024-01-01
Changes: NOTICE: This update will remove any active usages of the widget.
- All UI converted to Jetpack Compose.
- Minimum Android version increased from 4.3 to 5.0.
- Allow long press on status row to open notification access settings.
- Fix crash when closing App List before loading completes.
- Fix some headsets/headphones not detected.
- Many more fixes and improvements that can't fit here. See GitHub for full release notes.
Voice Notify version 1.2.3
Updated At: 2023-08-16
Changes: • Add Require Text option.
• Add Discord and Matrix to Help & Support dialog.
• Support decimal values for TTS Delay, TTS Repeat, and Shake-To-Silence preferences.
• Translations updated. New language: Finnish
• Fixes and improvements, including a few major crash fixes.
Voice Notify version 1.2.2
Updated At: 2022-08-15
Changes: • After more than 3 years, the original Voice Notify is back on Google Play! Details posted on GitHub under Discussions.
• New icon! Contributed by Ruel Cedeno.
• New option to ignore group notifications. Contributed by Scott Albertine.
• Donate option removed. In short, this violated Google's policies by using PayPal and Google Wallet instead of Play Store payments, resulting in VN's removal in 2019.
• Major code changes. Now written in Kotlin!
• Fixes and improvements.
Voice Notify version 1.1.2
Updated At: 2017-12-11
Changes: v1.1.1-v1.1.2 [2017-12-12]
*Add Indonesian
*Fixes
v1.1.0 [2017-12-11]
*Increase minimum Android version from 1.6 to 4.3
*Switch from Accessibility to Notification Listener service
*Remove support for reading toasts
*Support reading more notification content
*Add TTS Text Replacement option
*Add Maximum Message option
*Enable speaking caller ID while ringing
*Enable fast scroll in App List
*Group TTS options
*Add Czech, Dutch, Greek, Portuguese
*Fixes
Voice Notify version 1.0.12
Updated At: 2014-05-04
Changes: Problems after update? Older versions: http://pilot51.com/apk/voicenotify,-Fix Google Now hotword disabled while VN service running.,-For Android 2.0+, use better detection for headset connectivity. Requires Modify Audio Settings permission. (thanks pugwonk/Chris Rae!),-Fix issue #24: Shake-To-Silence silencing future notifications.,See site for full changelog.
Voice Notify version 1.0.2
Updated At: 2011-04-05
Changes: Several fixes and updates
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