Android 2.1 implements the speak-to-text function across the platform into any text window.
For those of us who don't have a Nexus One and are waiting for the Android OS update, the function is starting to appear in apps.
Currently, Motorola Droid users running 2.x, can use this function for searching by a long tap of the magnifying glass key.
You can search the web or by saying key words, like "Map", before the rest of the search ties you into different functions.
Try, "Map of Restaurants" and the results will give you a push pin map of restaurants in your GPS location. Tap on the pin's label and you can navigate, call etc.
SpeaknTweet Lite, an incredibly simple free app, appeared in the Android Market today.
SpeaknTweet Lite only has two buttons. You speak, than tweet !
If only life was that simple.
I found SpeaknTweet Lite text speech recognition as accurate at the search function, which is pretty good.
Text to speech on Android can be tweaked by selecting "Text-to-speech" from the menu key. This will give you the ability to select between six languages and customize according to your speech rate. There is also an example of speech synthesis in English.
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