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105 lines
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class:: Speech
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summary:: [DEPRECATED] lets you use the Apple speech synthesizer
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categories:: Platform>macOS (OS X)
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description::
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warning::
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Speech has been deprecated for a number of reasons:
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list::
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## The audio output is independent of the server, so it has major limitations when attempting to use it in SC compositions.
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## The core library should be small, and speech synthesis is too niche to merit inclusion.
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## It is macOS only, and implementing cross-platform compatibility is nontrivial.
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Generally, the replacement is to use unixCmd to invoke a speech synthesizer yourself. There is also a third-party quark that simplifies this for you: https://github.com/adcxyz/say.
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code::
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"hi i'm talking with the default voice now, i guess".speak;
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Speech consists of an link::Classes/Array:: of SpeechChannels. By default Speech is initialized with only one channel, but can be set up to use up to 16 by providing an argument to init. Channels may be used through a SpeechChannel object or by setting the channel in Speech's methods (see examples below).
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Speech is a function of the operating system and not the server. By consequence, strong::it is not possible to use UGens to filter or record the output directly::. You may be able to patch system output to system input (either by hardware of by software) to rout it to the server.
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note::
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Currently only supported on macOS. In SwingOSC there is the equivalent JSpeech.
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ClassMethods::
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private::prInitSpeech
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Examples::
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code::
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Speech.init(2);
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Speech.channels[0].speak("hallo");
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Speech.channels[0].isActive;
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Speech.channels[0].voice_(14);
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Speech.channels[0].speak("hallo");
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Speech.channels[0].pitch_(60);
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Speech.channels[0].speak("hallo");
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Speech.channels[0].volume_(-20.dbamp);
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Speech.channels[0].pitchMod_(50);
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Speech.channels[0].speak("hallo");
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Speech.channels[0].stop(\immediate);
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Speech.channels[0].stop(\endOfWord);
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Speech.channels[0].stop(\endOfSentence);
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Force the voice to speaking something different by setting the second argument of speak to true.
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code::
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Speech.channels[0].speak("Force the voice to speaking something different.");
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Speech.channels[0].speak("Force the voice to speaking something different.".reverse, true);
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First argument is always the voice channel number, second the value.
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code::
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Speech.setSpeechVoice(0,14);
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Speech.setSpeechPitch(0, 40); //pitch in MIDI Num
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Speech.setSpeechRate(0, 10);
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Speech.setSpeechVolume(0,0.1);
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Speech.setSpeechPitchMod(0, 200);
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Speech.stop(0, 1);
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Two actions can be applied:
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code::
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Speech.wordAction = {arg voiceNum;
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//i.postln;
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// the currently speaking text may not be changed
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//Speech.setSpeechPitch(voiceNum,[41,60].choose);
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//Speech.setSpeechRate(voiceNum,[60,80, 10].choose);
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};
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Speech.doneAction_({arg voiceNum;
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Speech.setSpeechPitch(voiceNum,[41,48,40,43,30,60].choose);
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});
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Pause the speech while speaking: 1=pause, 0= start
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code::
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Speech.pause(0,1);
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Initialization happens automatically, by default with one voice channel.
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You may explicitly initialize with more channels, up to 16:
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code::
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Speech.init(16);
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Task({
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16.do ({arg i;
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[0.1, 0.18, 0.2].choose.wait;
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Speech.setSpeechRate(i,[90, 30, 60].choose);
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Speech.setSpeechVolume(i,0.07);
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"no this is private. float . boolean me. char[8] ".speak(i);
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});
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}).play;
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)
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//jan@sampleAndHold.org 04/2003
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//update 10/2007
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