FreeTTS

FreeTTS

FreeTTS is an open-source speech synthesis engine written entirely in the Java programming language. It is available for download at http://freetts.sourceforge.net/docs/index.php.

Steel uses the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) to interface with the FreeTTS engine. If JRE is not installed on your computer, you can download it at http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp.

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Classes and Methods

class steel.FreeTTS()

      Wrapper for the FreeTTS text-to-speech engine.

      available_voices()

            Returns a list of all available FreeTTS voices.

      get( attribute )

            Returns the value of the specified attribute.

            Recognized attributes are: voice.

      set( attribute, value )

            Sets the specified attribute to the given value.

            Recognized attributes are: voice.

      speak( text, interrupt=False )

            Speaks the given string of text.

            If the interrupt flag is True, then all current speech will halt before speaking the new phrase. Otherwise, the speech
            will be added to a queue, and spoken once all previous speech is completed.

      speak_to_wav( text, path )

            Speaks the given string of text to the specified .wav file.

      stop()

            Halts any current speech events.

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Example usage

Speak text:

>>> import steel
>>> engine = steel.FreeTTS()
>>> engine.speak('Hello world!')

Change voices:

>>> import steel
>>> engine = steel.FreeTTS()
>>> print engine.available_voices()
['alan','kevin','kevin16']
>>> engine.set('voice','kevin16')