eSpeak in QB^$

[Luke Smith]

This eSpeak sample program runs on Win 10 QB64 but there is no sound. The Task Master shows that eSpeak is opened.

DECLARE LIBRARY
FUNCTION WinExec (lpCmdLine AS STRING, BYVAL nCmdShow AS LONG)
END DECLARE
DECLARE SUB eSpeak (lines$)
DIM SHARED eSpeak_exe$

eSpeak_exe$ = " espeak.exe -v en-us+f2 -p60 -g5 -k20 "
A$ = "Hello How are you"
eSpeak A$

A$ = "Goodbye"
eSpeak A$
END

SUB eSpeak (lines$)
Filename$ = eSpeak_exe$ + CHR$(34) + lines$ + CHR$(34) + CHR$(13)
x = WinExec(Filename$ + CHR$(0), 0)

PRINT "Filename = ", Filename$ ' Debug Line
PRINT "lines$= ", lines$ ' Debug Line
PRINT CHR$(13)

END SUB
Output:
Filename = espeak.exe –v en-us+f2 –p60 *g5 –k20 “Hello How are you”
Ilines$= Hello How are you

etc. for Goodbye

However when this line is entered directiy into the Windows command line :

espeak.exe –v en-us+f2 –p60 *g5 –k20 “Hello How are you”

You get the expected speech output

How do I get eSpeak to run from QB64?

[Luke Smith]

When you want eSpeak to speak from a Win10 QB64 program I use the following line:
SHELL _HIDE "eSpeak -v en-us This_is_What_U_Want_to_Say"

You don't need to DECLARE LIBRARY or DIM anything just include your variation of the above line as a QB64 line.