Module speaker :: Class Speaker

Class Speaker

Provides speech servre abstraction.

Class Variables:

    location -- specifies directory where Emacspeak
    speech servers are installed.

    config --  dictionary of default settings.

Speaker objects can be initialized with the following parameters:

    engine -- TTS server to instantiate. Default: outloud
    host -- Host that runs   server. Default: localhost
    settings -- Dictionary of default settings.

Instance Methods

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__init__(self, engine='32-outloud', host='localhost', initial={'allcaps': 0, 'capitalize': 0, 'punctuations': 'all', 'rate':...)
Launches speech engine. source code

configure(self, settings)
Configure engine with settings.

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settings(self)

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say(self, text='', acss=None)
Speaks specified text. source code

speak(self, text, acss=None)

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sayUtterances(self, list, acss=None)
Speak list of utterances.

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letter(self, l)
Speak single character.

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queueTone(self, pitch=440, duration=50)
Queue specified tone.

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queueSilence(self, duration=50)
Queue specified silence.

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queueText(self, text='', acss=None)
Queue text to be spoken. source code

stop(self)
Silence ongoing speech.

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shutdown(self)
Shutdown speech engine.

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reset(self)
Reset TTS engine.

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version(self)
Speak TTS version info.

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punctuations(self, mode)
Set punctuation mode.

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rate(self, r)
Set speech rate.

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increaseRate(self, step=10)
Set speech rate.

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decreaseRate(self, step=10)
Set speech rate.

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splitcaps(self, flag)
Set splitcaps mode.

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capitalize(self, flag)
Set capitalization mode.

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allcaps(self, flag)
Set allcaps mode.

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__del__(self)
Shutdown speech engine.

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Static Methods

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listEngines()
Enumerate available engines.

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Class Variables

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location = '/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/emacspeak/servers'

config = {'allcaps': 0, 'capitalize': 0, 'punctuations': 'all'...

Method Details

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say(self, text=`''`, acss=None)

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Speaks specified text. All queued text is spoken immediately.

queueText(self, text=`''`, acss=None)

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Queue text to be spoken. Output is produced by next call to say() or speak().

splitcaps(self, flag)

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Set splitcaps mode. 1 turns on, 0 turns off

capitalize(self, flag)

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Set capitalization mode. 1 turns on, 0 turns off

allcaps(self, flag)

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Set allcaps mode. 1 turns on, 0 turns off

Class Variable Details

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config

Value:

{'allcaps': 0,
 'capitalize': 0,
 'punctuations': 'all',
 'rate': 70,
 'splitcaps': 1}

Class Speaker

say(self, text='', acss=None)

queueText(self, text='', acss=None)

splitcaps(self, flag)

capitalize(self, flag)

allcaps(self, flag)

config

say(self, text=`''`, acss=None)

queueText(self, text=`''`, acss=None)