FreeTTS modified by Gwenn

Gwenn — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 15:35:22 -0000

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 **FreeTTS**
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+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.
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+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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FreeTTS modified by Gwenn

Gwenn — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 02:57:15 -0000

FreeTTS

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.

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')

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FreeTTS

Classes and Methods

Example usage