Text to speech conversion

Question

I am using OpenEars in my app for speech to text conversion, but now the situation demands that I convert my text to speech. Can I do this using OpenEars only? Has anyone tried this?

If so, please guide me on how to do this. Any help will be appreciated.

Siege

I usually use open eyes during development... – Hamish

I usually use non-open, lightening-fast fingers during development… – Aide

@Hamish Don't feel bad but what is the meaning of your comment ? – Polyandrous

@Jennis: Just a reference to the original (before edits) post that used lower case open ears. Nevermind. – Hamish

Answer 1

Yes it is possible through open ears. You can look at the sample project provided in the Openears itself with the help of FliteController.

There is method called say.

e.g.

 -(void)viewDidLoad {
     [super viewDidLoad];
     // This is how to use an available instance of FliteController.
     [fliteController say:@"Welcome to OpenEars."]; 
 }

Hope it helps.

Polyandrous

thanks a lot ,let me try it and if it works then i will accept your answer ,,thanks a lot – Siege

do i have to add any new framework for this and also do i have to import any file like we do "#import pocketSphinxController.h" – Siege

@Christina If you have installed OpenEars properly no need to install anything else. Just go to sample application (OpenEarsSampleProject) provided in there. You will find the code in OpenEarsSampleProjectViewController. – Polyandrous

The FliteController say: method has changed in .91, it's now necessary to also specify a voice (this allows changing voices in-app): [self.fliteController say:@"Welcome to OpenEars." withVoice:@"cmu_us_awb8k"]; – Reprint

Answer 2

In a class in which you want to use FliteController you need to import FliteController.h:

#import "FliteController.h"

Next, you need to open OpenEarsVoiceConfig.h in a correctly-configured installation and uncomment the voices you need to use, as explained in that file.

Then you can instantiate FliteController and send it the following message using a voice you've uncommented:

[self.fliteController say:@"A phrase I'd like my app to speak out loud." withVoice:@"cmu_us_awb8k"];

That should be sufficient if you're clear on how to instantiate the object and your installation of OpenEars is correct. If not, there is even more detail on the specifics at the following URL:

http://www.politepix.com/openears/yourapp/

Reprint