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UTTS: U++ Text to Speech [message #50677]

Mon, 03 December 2018 17:31

forlano
Messages: 1207
Registered: March 2006
Location: Italy

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Hello,

after a long fight with the includes here is a zero approximation Text To Speech app U++ based.
It uses the sapi.h library and try to replicate three actions (Speak, Pause and Stop) of a general application
(see https://www.ultimatepp.org/forums/index.php?t=msg&th=105 13&goto=50672&#msg_50672 for link and screenshot).

Unfortunately two very (VERY) important features are missing:
1) select the voice format (it affect the quality of the voice);
2) select the voice (English, Italian, etc... that affect the right pronunciation of the text).

This is done in the original application using Windows helper that retrieve the system default, but I am not able to translate in U++.

I hope somebody with more experience can have a look at it and add these two features that improve drastically the voice and pronunciation (it's not nice to listen my default Italian voice to pronunce english text!).

I had to modify the atlbase.h file to remove an annoying compiling error (see readme.txt file).

Thanks,
Luigi

edit: added package

Attachment: UTTSApp.7z
(Size: 582.33KB, Downloaded 252 times)

[Updated on: Tue, 04 December 2018 19:33]

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Re: UTTS: U++ Text to Speech [message #50678 is a reply to message #50677]

Mon, 03 December 2018 17:32

forlano
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Registered: March 2006
Location: Italy

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Here is a screenshot:

index.php?t=getfile&id=5715&private=0

Attachment: utts.png
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[Updated on: Tue, 04 December 2018 19:32]

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Re: UTTS: U++ Text to Speech [message #50679 is a reply to message #50678]

Mon, 03 December 2018 19:28

forlano
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Location: Italy

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In the first message I have added the package.
Feel free to modify and improve it!

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Re: UTTS: U++ Text to Speech [message #50680 is a reply to message #50679]

Tue, 04 December 2018 19:38

forlano
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Registered: March 2006
Location: Italy

Senior Contributor

Hello,

I have upgraded the package (see first message to download it - an exe file is included for quick test).
I was able to add a DropLine with the available languages.
On my system I see Italian and English variants. I would like to know if other countries will list different languages depending by the OS setting.
The voice format was set to 16 bit, 44 kHz and Mono.

Luigi

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Re: UTTS: U++ Text to Speech [message #50681 is a reply to message #50680]

Tue, 04 December 2018 22:13

peterh
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Registered: November 2018
Location: Germany

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It lists german and english here on Windows 10 64 Bit. And it speaks!
(I tried the included exe)

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