# Swift software output module is based on the generic plugin for Speech # Dispatcher. It means there is no C code written explicitly for # this plugin, all the specifics are handled in this configuration # and we call a simple command line client to perform the actual # synthesis. Note that this is not an optimal solution, but # it's reported to work. #Use this config file with the sd_generic output module. # # IMPORTANT: The audio output method relies on an audio playback # utility (play, aplay, paplay for OSS, ALSA or Pulse) # being installed. If this is not the case, consider installing it # or replace the $PLAY_COMMAND string in the GenericExecuteString below # with play, paplay or similar. # # Please note that Swift software is currently *not* Free Software. #It can be purchased at www.cepstral.com. # GenericExecuteSynth is the shell command that should be # executed in order to say some message. This command must # stop saying the message on SIGKILL, otherwise it's useless. # You can use the variables $LANGUAGE, $VOICE, $PITCH and $RATE # which will be substituted for the appropriate value (you # can modify this value, see other parameters). # The command can be split into more lines, if necessary, using '\'. GenericExecuteSynth \ "echo \'$DATA\' >/tmp/swift-speak.txt && /opt/swift/bin/swift -p speech/rate=$RATE,speech/pitch/shift=$PITCH,tts/content-type=text/plain,tts/text-encoding=utf-8,config/default-voice=$VOICE -f /tmp/swift-speak.txt -o /tmp/swift-speak.wav&& $PLAY_COMMAND /tmp/swift-speak.wav" # GenericStripPunctChars is a list (enclosed in doublequotes) of # all the characters that should be replaced by whitespaces in # order not to be badly handled by the output module or misinterpreted # by shell. # command characters. GenericStripPunctChars "[]" # AddVoice specifies which $VOICE string should be assigned to # each language and symbolic voice name. All the voices you want # to use must be specified here. AddVoice "en" "MALE1" "David" AddVoice "en" "FEMALE1" "Diane" AddVoice "en" "FEMALE2" "Linda" AddVoice "en" "FEMALE3" "Callie" # These parameters set _rate_ and _pitch_ conversion. This is # part of the core of the definition of this generic output # module for this concrete synthesizer, it's not intended to # be modified by common users. # The resulting rate (or pitch) has the form: # (speechd_rate * GenericRateMultiply) + GenericRateAdd # while speechd_rate is a value between -100 (lowest) and +100 (highest) # You have to define some meaningful conversion for each synthesizer GenericRateForceInteger 1 GenericRateAdd 238 GenericPitchAdd 1 # (These values are multiplied by 100, because DotConf currently # doesn't support floats. So you can write 0.85 as 85 and so on.) GenericRateMultiply 262 GenericPitchMultiply 1 # Debug turns debugging on or off # See speechd.conf for information where debugging information is stored # Debug 0