Hi David,
Some good news. We've got a basic text-to-speech server operational.
I've extracted the required bits from Monet and placed them in their
own server process using the Distributed Objects architecture, and
created this server as an OS X LaunchDaemon (the recommended way). So
there is now a simple Distributed Objects interface and an example
client application that shows how to invoke the speech synthesis
functionality programmatically. Will fill out the functionality on the
server shortly though, currently only the "speak text" functionality
is operational.
Also, I've created a Service for the speech synthesis functionality,
so it can be accessed from any application on OS X. Just select the
text in the application in question, go into the application's main
menu and click Services->GnuSpeech->Speak Text. (Incidentally, Apple's
own speech service is available at Services->Speech->Start Speaking
Text).
Now, I haven't done any work on the actual parser. I noticed that
whenever there is punctuation in the string adjacent to the word, it
treats it as a single word, and there is no entry for such a word
+punctuation. It looks like this portion of the parser/filter was
temporarily turned-off due to some complexity/incompatibility in the
way codes were inserted into strings. I'll see if I can have a closer
look at this shortly.
I've committed everything so far to the repository including
installation instructions (README.txt) for the time being, as
installation of the GNU text-to-speech server and service are not
especially transparent. That is, until an automated installation
process can be fashioned.
Best,
Dalmazio
On 5-Jan-09, at 10:31 AM, David Hill wrote:
Hi Marcelo,
OK, you're added as a project member. Please confine your
activities to the GNUStep directories -- at least for the time
being. Keep us up with what you are up to.
Many thanks for your willingness to work on the project, and for the
work you have already put in.
Happy New Year!
Warm regards.
david
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On Jan 4, 2009, at 4:31 PM, Marcelo Yassunori Matuda wrote:
Hi David,
My id is mymatuda.
Happy new year,
Marcelo
On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 11:41 PM, David Hill <[email protected]>
wrote:
Hi Marcelo,
Dalmazio has put the Gnuspeech material up on the savannah site in
revised
form and using SVN. If you want I could add you to the project so
that you
can work on the GnuStep version as D. suggested in his recent note
to me,
namely:
So, whenever you would like to add Marcello to the project, feel
free, as
I'm sure he would like to play in the gnustep area. He sent me a
list of
modifications he made a little while back to get things to work on
GNUStep.
I would encourage him to commit these modifications to the GNUstep
repository so his hard work isn't lost and others can benefit.
Do you have a gnu user name/id? I thought you already told me
what it is,
but -- if so -- I can't find the relevant email.
Happy New Year.
david
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