Re: [pygame] TTS and Pitch Parameter

["FT" <chester_lab@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi!

    Below is the speech.py file which will load in python25 from my windows
OS. It uses the same command as in the pygame example, no different. So, the
same import should be in affect, except if pygame uses these same commands,
the pitch does not work.
import pyTTS
import time
tts = pyTTS.Create()

# set the speech rate, higher value = faster
# just for fun try values of -10 to 10
tts.Rate = 3
print "Speech rate =", tts.Rate

#NOW SET THE PITCH!
tts.Pitch = 3
print "Speech pitch =", tts.Pitch

# set the speech volume percentage (0-100%)
tts.Volume = 90
print "Speech volume =", tts.Volume

tts.SetVoiceByName('MSSam')
print "Voice is now set to Sam!"
tts.Speak("The speech rate is: ")
tts.Speak(tts.Rate)
tts.Speak("The speech pitch is: ")
tts.Speak(tts.Pitch)
tts.Speak("The speech volume is:")
tts.Speak(tts.Volume)
print

# get a list of all the available voices
tts.Speak("The List Of Voices Are: ")
tts.Speak(tts.GetVoiceNames())
print "List of voices =", tts.GetVoiceNames()

# explicitly set a voice
tts.SetVoiceByName('MSMary')
print "Voice is set to Mary"
print
# announce the date and time, does a good job
timeStr = "The date and time is " + time.asctime()
print timeStr
tts.Speak(timeStr)
print

str1 = """
A young executive was leaving the office at 6 pm when he found
the CEO standing in front of a shredder with a piece of paper in hand.
"Listen," said the CEO, "this is important, and my secretary has left.
Can you make this thing work?"
"Certainly," said the young executive. He turned the machine on,
inserted the paper, and pressed the start button.
"Excellent, excellent!" said the CEO as his paper disappeared inside
the machine. "I just need one copy."
"""
print str1
tts.Speak(str1)
tts.Speak('Haah haa, haah, haa!')
print

tts.SetVoiceByName('MSMike')
tts.Speak("Now we are using Mike's voice!")

str2 = """
Finagle's fourth law:
  Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it only makes it worse.
"""
print str2
print
print "The spoken text above has been written to a wave file (.wav)"
tts.Speak("Now sending text to a wav file!")
tts.SpeakToWave('Finagle4.wav', str2)
print "The wave file is loaded back and spoken ..."
tts.Speak("Now speaking the wav file: ")
tts.SpeakFromWave('Finagle4.wav')
print

print "Substitute a hard to pronounce word like Ctrl key ..."
#create an instance of the pronunciation corrector
p = pyTTS.Pronounce()
# replace words that are hard to pronounce with something that
# is spelled out or misspelled, but at least sounds like it
p.AddMisspelled('Ctrl', 'Control')
str3 = p.Correct('Please press the Ctrl key!')
tts.Speak(str3)
print

print "2 * 3 = 6"
tts.Speak('2 * 3 = 6')
print
tts.Speak("sounds goofy, let's replace * with times")
print "Substitute * with times"
# ' * ' needs the spaces
p.AddMisspelled(' * ', 'times')
str4 = p.Correct('2 * 3 = 6')
tts.Speak(str4)
print

print "Say that real fast a few times!"
str5 = "The sinking steamer sunk!"
tts.Rate = 6
for k in range(4):
    print str5
    tts.Speak(str5)
    time.sleep(0.2)
tts.Rate = 0

tts.Pitch = 1
tts.SetVoiceByName("MSSam")
tts.Speak("Wow, not one mispronounced word!")