/objc_speech.py
Created Sep 15, 2016
objc_speech.py
| from objc_util import * | |
| AVSpeechUtterance=ObjCClass('AVSpeechUtterance') | |
| AVSpeechSynthesizer=ObjCClass('AVSpeechSynthesizer') | |
| AVSpeechSynthesisVoice=ObjCClass('AVSpeechSynthesisVoice') | |
| # it seems in ios8.3 name and quality are not present... | |
| voices=AVSpeechSynthesisVoice.speechVoices() | |
| print(voices) | |
| #on ios9, there should be a name and quality field.. but not on ios8. so i cant test, but you could try sesrching through voicces to see if quality() is different | |
| voice=AVSpeechSynthesisVoice.voiceWithLanguage_('en-US') | |
| #if you find what you need in voices, use that instead. | |
| #I am not sure of the exact code, but something like the following | |
| # though maybe v.identifier() or v.name() | |
| # for v in voices: | |
| # if 'Enhanced' in str( v.description()): | |
| # voice=v | |
| # break | |
| synthesizer=AVSpeechSynthesizer.new() | |
| utterance=AVSpeechUtterance.speechUtteranceWithString_("I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that") | |
| #the value that sounds good apparantly depends on ios version | |
| utterance.rate=0.1 | |
| utterance.voice=voice | |
| utterance.useCompactVoice=False | |
| synthesizer.speakUtterance_(utterance) | |
| #you will want to read about AVSpeechSynthesizer if you want to queue, pause, etc. |
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