Voice synthesizer

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#1

Hi,
i got some synthesizer voice related problems.

problem 1)

say "Hallo, Macscripter community" using "Alex" pitch 70 modulation 20
#say "Hallo, MackScripter, Gemeinschaft" using "Anna" pitch 70 modulation 20

Seems that modulation and pitch works only for voice “Alex”. But I use German and Italian too - both ignore said commands resulting in a relative monotone voice, a bit silly and irritating to hear on the long term.

in fact, the info.plist of Alex is much longer than Anna’s info.plist, located in: /System/Library/Speech/Voices/Alex.SpeechVoice/Contents/
is it possible to customize said info.plist file ? how?

problem 2
“SpeechSynthesisServer” is able to run more voices in the same time - how to prevent this ?
the command:

stopping current speech boolean

.isn’t really helpful, as i want to integrate a wait-loop

#2

For the second problem I suggest this:


say "whatever" using Alex waiting until completion true
#3

Hi Joy,

You probably can use embedded speech commands:
https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/userexperience/conceptual/SpeechSynthesisProgrammingGuide/FineTuning/FineTuning.html

gl,
kel

#4

Hi Joy.

An interesting example from info in that link is this:

say "My name is Matthias."
delay 0.5
say "My name is [[inpt PHON]]mAXt1IYIXs[[inpt TEXT]]."

How did they get that text?! I must read it again. Interesting stuff man.

Edited: found the phonemes here:
https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/userexperience/conceptual/SpeechSynthesisProgrammingGuide/Phonemes/Phonemes.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40004365-CH9-SW1

Edited: had a hurdle adding the url. Now it’s ok.

gl,
kel