pyTTS.Pronounce.Pronounce

Package pyTTS :: Module Pronounce :: Class Pronounce

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Type Pronounce

object --+
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        Pronounce

Corrects pronunciation of speech synthesized words.

Method Summary
	`__init__(self, filename)` Initialize an instance of the class.
boolean	`AddMisspelled(self, word, pron)` Add a mispelling of a word as a correction to the the dictionary.
boolean	`AddPhonetic(self, word, pron)` Add a phonetic pronunciation to the dictionary.
string	`Correct(self, text)` Parse a text string and correct it for pronunciation according to the rules of the currently loaded dictionary.
	`CorrectNow(cls, word, pron, type)` Correct the given word with the given pronunciation immediately. (Class method)
2-tuple of int, string	`GetPronunciation(self, word)` Return pronunciation text and type associated with the given word
list	`ListWords(self)` Return all words in the dictionary
	`New(self)` Start a new dictionary.
	`Open(self, filename)` Load a dictionary from disk.
	`RemoveWord(self, word)` Remove a word from the dictionary.
	`Save(self, filename)` Save a dictionary to disk.
Inherited from `object`: `__delattr__`, `__getattribute__`, `__hash__`, `__new__`, `__reduce__`, `__reduce_ex__`, `__repr__`, `__setattr__`, `__str__`

Instance Variable Summary
dictionary	`dictionary`: Dictionary of words and their correction/correction type pairings
Translator	`trans`: Parser that replaces words with their corrections if found

Instance Method Details

init(self, filename=None)
(Constructor)

Initialize an instance of the class. Load a dictionary immediately from a file if on is given.

Parameters:: filename - Name of the dictionary file to load
(type=string)

Overrides:: __builtin__.object.__init__

AddMisspelled(self, word, pron)

Add a mispelling of a word as a correction to the the dictionary.

Parameters:: word - Word spelled correctly
(type=string); pron - Word mispelled to sound correct
(type=string)

Returns:: Flag indicating if word is already in the dictionary
(type=boolean)

AddPhonetic(self, word, pron)

Add a phonetic pronunciation to the dictionary. See the SAPI documentation for allowed phonetic symbols and stress marks.

Parameters:: word - Word spelled correctly
(type=string); pron - Pronunciation of the word consisting of phenomes
(type=string)

Returns:: Flag indicating if word is already in the dictionary
(type=boolean)

Correct(self, text)

Parse a text string and correct it for pronunciation according to the rules of the currently loaded dictionary.

Parameters:: text - Text to correct for pronunciation
(type=string)

Returns:: Corrected text
(type=string)

GetPronunciation(self, word)

Returns:: Pronunciation text and type associated with the given word
(type=2-tuple of int, string)

ListWords(self)

Returns:: All words in the dictionary
(type=list)

New(self)

Start a new dictionary.

Open(self, filename)

Load a dictionary from disk.

Parameters:: filename - Name of the dictionary file to load
(type=string)

RemoveWord(self, word)

Remove a word from the dictionary.

Parameters:: word - Word to remove

Save(self, filename)

Save a dictionary to disk.

Parameters:: filename - Name of the dictionary file to save
(type=string)

Class Method Details

CorrectNow(cls, word, pron, type=0)

Correct the given word with the given pronunciation immediately.

Parameters:: word - Word to correct
(type=string); pron - Mispelling or phoneme pronunciation
(type=string); type - Type of the correction, tts_misspelled or tts_phonetic
(type=integer)

Note: Class method

Instance Variable Details

dictionary

Dictionary of words and their correction/correction type pairings

Type:: dictionary

trans

Parser that replaces words with their corrections if found

Type:: Translator

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