Hi! I guess in some cases the email message gets messed up so I attached the SAPI 5 test for voices along with an HTML version using Java Script. It also has the methods and a voice by name assignment since the voices are an array list by element. So I use the description to find the name. It also lists the voice names in the console field.
I guess you could also use the pyTTS version as well. I did have one problem and that was the isfilename flag seems to get an error. But, also my spell tag did not work on my tower computer, but did work on my Lap Top. Do not know why, but it could be a version issue. Yet the isfilename also does not work on the Lap Top, so who knows. Anyway, have fun and install if for either your games or web pages... Bruce
#THE NEXT TO LAST TEST IS THE ISFILE AND I COMMENTED IT OUT FOR THERE IS AN ERROR! import Sapi5, time, os av = Sapi5.SynthDriver() av.init() SYNC = av._sync ASYNC = av._async PURGE = av._purge ISFILE = av._is_filename XML = av._xml NOT_XML = av._not_xml PERSIST = av._persist_xml PUNC = av._punc WAIT = av._wait av.Speak("Hello!") av.Speak( "I am speaking in the default voice!") av.Speak( "Number of voices is: %d" % av.getVoiceCount()) av.Speak( "Hello! Now saying the punctuation in this sentence.", PUNC) time.sleep(.5) av.setVoiceByName( "Mike") av.setVolume( 100) av.Speak( " The Volume Is Set At Speaker Volume!") av.setRate( 5) av.setPitch(0) av.setVoiceByName( "Mary") av.setPitch(5) av.Speak( "Set To Voice Mary and Pitch 5 or 75% of maximum pitch!") time.sleep(1) av.setPitch(0) av.setRate(0) av.Speak( "The rate and pitch are now set for normal!") time.sleep(1) av.read_Voices() av.setVoiceByName( "Mary") av.Speak( "Hit enter key to stop speaking!") av.setPitch(10) av.Speak("Pitch 100%", ASYNC) av.setPitch(5) av.Speak("Pitch 75%", ASYNC) av.setPitch(0) av.Speak("Pitch 50%", ASYNC) av.setPitch( -5) av.Speak("Pitch 25%", ASYNC) av.setPitch( -10) av.Speak("Pitch 0%", ASYNC) av.setPitch(0) av.Speak( "Hit enter key!", ASYNC) hit = raw_input("Hit enter key >") #av.SpeakFile( "readthis.txt", ASYNC, ISFILE) av.Speak(" Now Good bye", ASYNC, PURGE) av.setVoiceByName( "Sam") av.Speak( "<volume level='50'/> goodbye")
#DRIVERS FOR SAPI 5 AND VOICES! #NOTE THE CONSTANTS AND IN THE SPEAK FUNCTION AND THE ADDING/OR OF THE VALUES. from comtypes.client import CreateObject import _winreg class constants4tts: Wait = -1 Sync = 0 Async = 1 Purge = 2 Is_filename = 4 XML = 8 Not_XML = 16 Persist = 32 Punc = 64 class SynthDriver(): name="sapi5" description="Microsoft Speech API version 5 (sapi.SPVoice)" _pitch = 0 _voices = [] _wait = -1 #WAIT INDEFINITELY _sync = 0 #WAIT UNTIL SPEECH IS DONE. _async = 1 #DO NOT WAIT FOR SPEECH _purge = 2 #CLEAR SPEAKING BUFFER _is_filename = 4 #OPEN WAV FILE TO SPEAK OR SAVE TO WAV FILE _xml = 8 #XML COMMANDS, PRONUNCIATION AND GRAMMER. _not_xml = 16 #NO XML COMMANDS _persist_xml = 32 #Changes made in one speak command persist to other calls to Speak. _punc = 64 #PRONOUNCE ALL PUNCTUATION! def check(self): try: r=_winreg.OpenKey(_winreg.HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT,"SAPI.SPVoice") r.Close() return True except: return False #INITIALIZE ENGINE! def init(self): try: self.tts = CreateObject( 'sapi.SPVoice') self._voice=1 self._voiceCount = len(self.tts.GetVoices()) for v in range(self._voiceCount): self._voices.append( self.tts.GetVoices()[v]) return True except: return False #TERMINATE INSTANCE OF ENGINE! def terminate(self): del self.tts #NUMBER OF VOICES FOR ENGINE! def getVoiceCount(self): return len(self.tts.GetVoices()) #NAME OF A VOICE NUMBER! def getVoiceName(self, num): return self.tts.GetVoices()[num-1].GetDescription() #WHAT IS VOICE RATE? def getRate(self): "MICROSOFT SAPI 5 RATE IS -10 TO 10" return (self.tts.rate) #WHAT IS THE VOICE PITCH? def getPitch(self): "PITCH FOR MICROSOFT SAPI 5 IS AN XML COMMAND!" return self._pitch #GET THE ENGINE VOLUME! def getVolume(self): "MICROSOFT SAPI 5 VOLUME IS 1% TO 100%" return self.tts.volume #GET THE VOICE NUMBER! def getVoiceNum(self): return self._voice #SET A VOICE BY NAME! def setVoiceByName(self, name): "VOICE IS SET BY NAME!" for i in range( self._voiceCount): vp = self.tts.GetVoices()[ i].GetDescription().find( name) if vp>0: self.tts.Voice = self._voices[i] # self.tts.Voice = self.tts.GetVoices()[i] self.tts.Speak( "%s Set!" % name) self._voice=i+1 break if i >= self._voiceCount: self.tts.Speak( "%s Not Found!" % name) #USED FOR BOOKMARKING AND USE LATER! def _get_lastIndex(self): bookmark=self.tts.status.LastBookmark if bookmark!="" and bookmark is not None: return int(bookmark) else: return -1 #NOW SET ENGINE PARMS! #SET THE VOICE RATE! def setRate(self, rate): "MICROSOFT SAPI 5 RATE IS -10 TO 10" if rate > 10: rate = 10 if rate < -10: rate = -10 self.tts.Rate = rate #SET PITCH OF THE VOICE! def setPitch(self, value): "MICROSOFT SAPI 5 pitch is really controled with xml around speECH TEXT AND IS -10 TO 10" if value > 10: value = 10 if value < -10: value = -10 self._pitch=value #SET THE VOICE VOLUME! def setVolume(self, value): "MICROSOFT SAPI 5 VOLUME IS 1% TO 100%" self.tts.Volume = value #CREATE ANOTHER INSTANCE OF A VOICE! def createVoice(self, value=1): if value > self.getVoiceCount: value = self.getVoiceCount if value < 1: value = 1 new_tts = CreateObject( 'sapi.SPVoice') return (new_tts.GetVoices()[ value-1]) #SPEAKING TEXT! #SPEAK TEXT USING BOOKMARKS AND PITCH! def SpeakText(self, text, wait=False, index=None): "SPEAK TEXT AND XML FOR PITCH MUST REPLACE ANY <> SYMBOLS BEFORE USING XML BRACKETED TEXT" flags = constants4tts.XML text = text.replace( "<", "<") pitch = ((self._pitch*2)-100)/10 if isinstance(index, int): bookmarkXML = "<Bookmark Mark = \"%d\" />" % index #NOTE \" FOR XML FORMAT CONVERSION! else: bookmarkXML = "" flags = constants4tts.XML if wait is False: flags += constants4tts.Async self.tts.Speak( "<pitchabsmiddle = \"%s\">%s%s</pitch>" % (pitch, bookmarkXML, text), flags) #CANCEL SPEAK IN PROGRESS! def cancel(self): #if self.tts.Status.RunningState == 2: self.tts.Speak(None, 1|constants4tts.Purge) #SPEAK TEXT! def Speak(self, text, wait=0, sync=0, async=0, purge=0, isfile=0, xml=0, not_xml=0, persist=0, punc=0): "SAPI 5 HAS NO PITCH SO HAS TO BE IN TEXT SPOKEN!" pitch=self._pitch self.tts.Speak( "<pitch absmiddle='%s'/>%s" % (pitch, text), wait |sync |async |purge |isfile |xml |not_xml |persist |punc) #SPEAK TEXT WITHOUT PITCH! def SpeakFile(self, text, wait=0, sync=0, async=0, purge=0, isfile=0, xml=0, not_xml=0, persist=0, punc=0): "SPEAKING A FILE WITHOUT PITCH" self.tts.Speak( text, wait |sync |async |purge |isfile |xml |not_xml |persist |punc) #SET THE VOICE BY VALUE! def setVoice(self,value): "SET VOICE AND SAY ITS DESCRIPTION!" if value < 1: value=1 if value > self._voiceCount: value = self._voiceCount self.tts.Voice = self._voices[ value-1] vd = self.tts.GetVoices()[ value-1].GetDescription() self.tts.Speak( vd[ vd.find(" "):]) self._voice=value #READ ALL THE VOICES IN THE ENGINE! def read_Voices(self): self.tts.Speak( "Voices are:") for i in range(1, self._voiceCount+1): #print self.getVoiceName(i) self.tts.Voice = self.tts.GetVoices()[i-1] vd = self.tts.GetVoices()[ i-1].GetDescription() self.tts.Speak( "%d) %s" % (i, vd[ vd.find(" "):]))-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------