pyTTS.sapi.Base

Package pyTTS :: Module sapi :: Class Base

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Type Base

object --+
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        Base

Known Subclasses:: SynthAndOutput, SynthOnly

Parent class for all speech synthesizer interfaces.

Method Summary
	`__init__(self)` Initialize an instance.
	`__del__(self)` Cleans up COM references.
integer	`CheckFlags(self, flags)` Validates speech flags.
integer	`GetRate(self)` Return rate of speech, typically in the range of [-10, 10]
string	`GetVoice(self)` Return name of the currently selected voice
list	`GetVoiceNames(self)` Return names of supported voices on this system
	`GetVoices(self)`
integer	`GetVolume(self)` Return current voice volume in range [0,100]
	`Repeat(self, *flags)` Repeats the last text spoken using the provided flags.
	`SetOutputFormat(self, rate, bits, channels)` Changes the output stream format.
	`SetRate(self, rate)` Sets the current rate of speech.
	`SetVoice(self, obj)`
	`SetVoiceByName(self, voice_name)` Sets the given voice to be the active voice.
	`SetVolume(self, vol)` Sets the current voice volume.
	`Speak(self, text, *flags)` Virtual method.
Inherited from `object`: `__delattr__`, `__getattribute__`, `__hash__`, `__new__`, `__reduce__`, `__reduce_ex__`, `__repr__`, `__setattr__`, `__str__`

Property Summary
	`Rate`
	`Voice`
	`Volume`

Instance Variable Summary
integer?	`format`: Current speech format
string	`last_speech`: Last text spoken
SAPI.SpVoice	`speech`: COM interface to the speech engine
integer	`valid_flags`: Allowed modifiers to speech functions
dictionary	`voices`: Supported voices

Method Details

init(self)
(Constructor)

Initialize an instance.

Overrides:: __builtin__.object.__init__

del(self)
(Destructor)

Cleans up COM references.

CheckFlags(self, flags)

Validates speech flags. Reduces the list of flags to a single sum that can be passed to the engine.

Parameters:: flags - List of flags to reduce
(type=list of integer)

Returns:: Single integer bit field
(type=integer)

GetRate(self)

Returns:: Rate of speech, typically in the range of [-10, 10]
(type=integer)

GetVoice(self)

Returns:: Name of the currently selected voice
(type=string)

GetVoiceNames(self)

Returns:: Names of supported voices on this system
(type=list)

GetVolume(self)

Returns:: Current voice volume in range [0,100]
(type=integer)

Repeat(self, *flags)

Repeats the last text spoken using the provided flags.

Parameters:: flags - TTS flags to be passed to the underlying COM object
(type=list)

SetOutputFormat(self, rate, bits, channels)

Changes the output stream format.

Parameters:: rate - Sampling rate in kHz (8, 11, 12, 16, 22, 24, 32, 44, 48)
(type=integer); bits - Bits per sample (8 or 16)
(type=integer); channels - Mono (1) or stereo (2)
(type=integer)

SetRate(self, rate)

Sets the current rate of speech.

Parameters:: rate - Rate of speech, typically in the range of [-10, 10]
(type=integer)

SetVoiceByName(self, voice_name)

Sets the given voice to be the active voice.

Parameters:: voice_name - Name of the voice to use for any future speech operations
(type=string)

SetVolume(self, vol)

Sets the current voice volume.

Parameters:: vol - Volume to set in range [0,100]
(type=integer)

Speak(self, text, *flags)

Virtual method. Stores text as last spoken text.

Parameters:: text - Text to speak
(type=string); flags - TTS flags to be passed to the underlying COM object
(type=list)

Property Details

Rate

Get Method:: GetRate(self)
Set Method:: SetRate(self, rate)

Voice

Get Method:: GetVoice(self)
Set Method:: SetVoiceByName(self, voice_name)

Volume

Get Method:: GetVolume(self)
Set Method:: SetVolume(self, vol)

Instance Variable Details

format

Current speech format

Type:: integer?

last_speech

Last text spoken

Type:: string

speech

COM interface to the speech engine

Type:: SAPI.SpVoice

valid_flags

Allowed modifiers to speech functions

Type:: integer

voices

Supported voices

Type:: dictionary

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