processing.memo.pde

void setup()
{
    String[] device;
    int i;

    device = getSpeechDevice();
    for (i = 0; i < device.length; ++i) {
        println(device[i]);
    }

    // simple version, default device
    speechText("hello", true);

    // explicitly select a device
    speechText("hello", true, device[0]);
    return;
}



import java.io.InputStreamReader;

String[] getSpeechDevice()
{
    Process proc;
    BufferedReader reader;
    String line;
    ArrayList<String> result = new ArrayList();

    try {
        proc = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[]{"say", "-a", "?"});
        proc.waitFor();
        reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(proc.getInputStream()));
        while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
            line = line.trim();
            line = line.substring(line.indexOf(' ') + 1);
            result.add(line);
        }
    }
    catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
        result.clear();
    }
    return result.toArray(new String[0]);
}

void speechText(String message, boolean wait)
{
    Process proc;

    try {
        proc = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[]{"say", message});
        if (wait) {
            proc.waitFor();
        }
    }
    catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    return;
}

void speechText(String message, boolean wait, String device)
{
    String[] param;
    Process proc;

    if (!device.isEmpty()) {
        param = new String[]{"say", message, "-a", device};
    } else {
        param = new String[]{"say", message};
    }
    try {
        proc = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(param);
        if (wait) {
            proc.waitFor();
        }
    }
    catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    return;
}