Read Aloud Text to Speech TTS 9.57 (nodpi) (Android 5.1+)

ping’s patented technology automatically reads your text messages (SMS), Facebook Messenger, Hangouts, email and all other messages out loud!

ping’s is the ONLY app that lets you hear all your messages and email through your Alexa device. After connecting just say ‘Alexa, open ping loud.’

Get your drive score. Now ping can analyse your driving so you can see how you compare to other drivers. (Your data is never shared.)

Practice safe driving by having all your text messages, emails and other important messages read aloud with ping!

Email support@pingloud.com for assistance. We reply quickly.

Drive safer: with a totally eyes-free experience.

PRICING
1. Text messages / SMS are always free, forever.
2. The fully functional version is a free trial for 14 days from install and includes:

a) Email and all other message types aloud
b) Hear and reply to all your messages & email through your Alexa device
c) Get your drive score

Please email support@pingloud.com if you would like to use the app for free.

DRIVE MODE
• Drive safely by turning on Auto Start!
• This safe driving app will start automatically when you get behind the wheel (Bluetooth detection).
• Easily toggle between ping, your music and navigation.
• Have messages read aloud at a speed that works for you.
• Optional passenger mode allows you to hear who the message is from but will not automatically read it aloud.

TEXT MESSAGES & EMAILS READ ALOUD
• Texts/SMS messages automatically read aloud.
• Messages from Hangouts & Facebook are automatically read aloud.
• Automatically read aloud email for all email types: Gmail, MS Exchange, Yahoo, iMAP and Hotmail.
• Reads messages aloud from Twitter, Telegram, Instagram, LinkedIn, SnapChat, WeChat, Viber, Tango, Google Hangouts, Slack and all others.
• Reads aloud your inbox emails.
• ping will not read promotional or social media emails. (Optional)

MESSAGES – AUTO RESPONDER
• Drive safely by dismissing, archiving or calling the sender back with simple one-touch screen taps.
• Auto responder for texts (SMS messages), Telegram, WeChat, Hangouts & Facebook Messenger. (Fully configurable.)

STOP DISTRACTED DRIVING
• Messages paused when you get a call.
• Message reading paused when your navigation needs to give you directions.
• Reads messages by pausing your music, audiobook, podcast and more.
• Read your messages even if your screen is turned off. (Great for battery life, when active or when driving at night.)

PERMISSIONS

In order to successfully automate our many features, ping requires the following device permissions / accesses: Location, Contacts & Notifications. The application cannot function without these.

LANGUAGES
Reads aloud email and messages in any of these languages:

(You must have the relevant Google text-to-speech (TTS) engine installed.)

Arabic, Bangla, Cantonese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Mandarin, Nepali, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Sinhala, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian and Vietnamese.

Download now and end the cycle of distracted driving!

REPLYING
Many ping users have asked us to add replying using voice to text. We have chosen not to do so yet, for these important reasons:

1. It’s unsafe. Here is a study which shows that voice to text is as dangerous as manually texting: tti.tamu.edu/featured-project/voice-to-text-driver-distraction-study/

2. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) guidelines specifically advise against this.

3. The technology is far from 100%. (There is no way to correct mistakes while you are driving.)

4. You can still use your Google Assistant to reply.

Email support@pingloud.com for assistance. We reply quickly.