Read news and other information on an Android phone using text to speech
This example creates a HTTP service in node red which I call from an Android phone using Tasker. The service collects information form weather service, Youtube API and twitter, formats as text and sends back to the phone where is is converted to speech.
This is just a framework to show how these components work together.
Watch this Youtube video if you need more details how this works: https://youtu.be/ael8zoDmpFM
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