GnuSpeech Text-To-Speech Server

[Dalmazio Brisinda]

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
>
> ------
>
> 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 <drh@...>  
>> 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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[Dalmazio Brisinda]

Hi David,

Just an update. I've temporarily resolved the punctuation issues. The  
issue was that the TTSParser class in the GnuSpeech framework was not  
quite finished as there are still a few clearly marked TODO's in the  
source documentation. Until these can be looked at more closely, I've  
just added a quick fix to provide more flexible handling of  
punctuation so that all punctuation-ladden text will now render  
instead of resulting in a "bzzzzt" synthesis error embedded within the  
speech from pronunciation lookup failure. I've clearly marked those  
minor changes to indicate it is only a temporary fix.

Clearly, someone has a sense of humor... ;)

Best,
dalmazio



On 6-Jan-09, at 2:10 AM, Dalmazio Brisinda wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
>

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