Questions tagged [espeak]

A free speech synthesizer available for *nix and Windows which has bindings for several programming languages, including Python, JavaScript, Lua and Go. It accepts Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) and phonetic representations.

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pyttsx and gTTS module errors

windows 10-64bit I'm trying to use some text-to-speech tool to read text from lines of .txt document, something like this: so with pyttsx: import pyttsx engine = pyttsx.init() engine.say('my voice') engine.runAndWait() I got this error:…
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How to use python Popen with a espeak and aplay

I'm trying to call espeak -ves -s130 'HEY' --stdout | aplay -D 'sysdefault' through subprocess.Popen, with espeak_process = Popen(["espeak", "-ves -s100 'HEY' --stdout"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE) aplay_process = Popen(["aplay", "-D 'sysdefault'"],…
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Is there a way to bundle two installers in one?(especially for python programs)

I'm trying to create a program using text-to-speech in python and want to create a windows application out of it. I'm trying to bundle the software with the espeak text to speech engine to provide the users with more voices and languages. Looking…
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Converting from C: fputc and fwrite in C#?

Question: In order to write a C# interface to libespeak, I need to convert the callback SynthCallback to C#. See the below C code. You might need this for…
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Why my espeak-ng program doesn't say anything?

I want to pass a string to espeak-ng and it reads my string by sound! I searched and found this program and did a little modification to change it to English from Italian(under the commented lines), but didn't work: #include #include…
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Undifined reference to espeak-ng headers in Ubuntu

I have downloaded espeak-ng 1.1.49 and ./configure make make install it, and tested it by espeak --stdout "this is a test" | paplay successfully and it worked. Then I tried to use it inside my C++ code(testSpeak.cpp) that I found on the internet as…
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Subprocess.call and --stdout

subprocess.call(["espeak", "-s 5 -ven", "where are you", "--stdout", 'shell=True', "aplay"]) The output of this will just be a massive output of special characters, and not the audio from the espeak. When i type this: subprocess.call(["espeak", "-s…
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Espeak only works the first time a Flask view runs

I have a view which takes text from a form and uses python-espeak to turn the input into speech. This only works the first time the view is used, afterwards espeak does not produce anything. I think the issue is with espeak not resetting somehow,…
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Running a command that is stored in a variable (including pipes and redirects)

I'm writing a script that functions as a "talking terminal" (you type in commands and it says the output) and so far my code is: #!/bin/bash while [ 1=1 ]; do echo -n "~>" read COMMAND espeak "$($COMMAND)" done and it works for simple…
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How to play a dynamic string with espeak in python

I am using the espeak library for text to speech conversion.I am able to generate a dynmic sound from a string to do this. os.system('espeak "hello"') This works. But what i need is to generate sound from a string. This is what i…
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Phonemes in eSpeak TextToSpeech in Android

I am working on an application in which i would like to use TTS to read text. I want to support Indian Languages offline so i have installed eSpeak Text To Speech engine in my android device and have set it as default. After understanding Speech…
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Development of TTs System using Flite

I am developing android application for illiterate people. One of the feature of this application is to read the text that application produces. So I am in need of the Text To Speech System. I found some of the Frameworks that suits me theoritically…
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how to run espeak from php in linux

I am running the espeak from linux in terminal which is working completely fine. My problem is that i want to run the espeak from php(in xampp). but that is not working.and is not producing any sound where…
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Hide (eSpeak) command prompt using Firefox

This is probably a stupid question. Firefox is rather rigid, as Internet Explorer is to be known to activate virusses without a problem. But for my English classes I need eSpeak without the command screen. The program is run local, but I use HTML…
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Speak.js – only one command is executed

I'm currently fooling around with speak.js: http://www.syntensity.com/static/espeak.html Apparently the script only allows for one speak command to be executed, if I do like this: speak("1"); speak("2"); ... only "2" is read out. Does anybody know…
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