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MacOS Applescript to detect language of text string and say it using TTS Voice for detected language
use framework "Foundation"
use framework "NaturalLanguage"
use framework "AVFoundation"
-- https://www.macscripter.net/t/detect-language-from-sentence-for-speech-synthesizer/74560
(**
* import Foundation
* import NaturalLanguage
* import AVFoundation
*
* var recognizeString = "Bonjour"
* let lang = NLLanguageRecognizer.dominantLanguage(for: recognizeString)
* print(lang?.rawValue as Any)
*)
set recognizeString to "Bonjour"
set lang to current application's NLLanguageRecognizer's dominantLanguageForString:recognizeString
-- return lang as anything
(**
* let recognizeString = """
* 私はガラスを食べられます。それは私を傷つけません。
* """
*
* let recognizer = NLLanguageRecognizer()
* recognizer.processString(recognizeString)
* print(recognizer.dominantLanguage?.rawValue as Any)
*)
set recognizeString to "私はガラスを食べられます。それは私を傷つけません."
set recognizer to current application's NLLanguageRecognizer's new()
recognizer's processString:recognizeString
set lang to recognizer's dominantLanguage()
-- return lang as anything
(**
* let recognizeString3 = """
* Je m'baladais sur l'avenue le cœur ouvert à l'inconnu
* J'avais envie de dire bonjour à n'importe qui.
* N'importe qui et ce fut toi, je t'ai dit n'importe quoi
* Il suffisait de te parler, pour t'apprivoiser.
* """
*
* let languageRecognizer = NLLanguageRecognizer()
* languageRecognizer.processString(recognizeString3)
* let language = languageRecognizer.dominantLanguage!.rawValue
*
* let speechSynthesizer = AVSpeechSynthesizer()
* let utterance = AVSpeechUtterance(string: recognizeString3)
* utterance.voice = AVSpeechSynthesisVoice(language: language)
* utterance.rate = 0.2
* speechSynthesizer.speak(utterance)
*)
set recognizeString to "Je m'baladais sur l'avenue le cœur ouvert à l'inconnu
J'avais envie de dire bonjour à n'importe qui.
N'importe qui et ce fut toi, je t'ai dit n'importe quoi
Il suffisait de te parler, pour t'apprivoiser."
set languageRecognizer to current application's NLLanguageRecognizer's new()
languageRecognizer's processString:recognizeString
set lang to languageRecognizer's dominantLanguage()
set speechSynthesizer to current application's AVSpeechSynthesizer's new()
set utterance to current application's AVSpeechUtterance's alloc()'s initWithString:recognizeString
set speechVoice to current application's AVSpeechSynthesisVoice's voiceWithLanguage:lang
utterance's setVoice:speechVoice
utterance's setRate:0.2
utterance's setRate:0.5
speechSynthesizer's speakUtterance:utterance
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