Description
This tutorial demonstrates how to modify speech synthesis in real-time within your text.
How To Do It
First, I need to give credit where credit is due. I didn't actually created this tutorial - instead, it was inspired and the video was created by Sebediah. I'm merely moving his information into this tutorial for others to find.
If you're looking for the thread that started this conversation, find it here: http://www.ez-robot.com/Community/Forum/Thread?threadId=10743
Sebediah figured out that you can include SSML code in your text to speak. He also created a fantastic tutorial video, which you can see below.
Here's an example of code he provided to give you a head start before the video:
#The tag is only needed if you're going to make other changes mid-sentence, otherwise you can just use the first tag and don't need the second one after the string.
$VoiceStart = "<prosody pitch ='+230%'>"
$VoiceEnd = "</prosody>"
SayWait($VoiceStart + "When I'm tired my voice gets very deep and I speak slowly" + $VoiceEnd)
I copied this code from the video , to my ARC, can't get it to work, have any reasons?
thanks
What errors are popping up in your debug window?
I also know that copying and pasting quotation marks sometimes has issues in EZ-script. It's just a guess but I think that sometimes the quotation marks might be entered as a double prime instead.
Program runs well, only with the same voice, not high, or low , just normal
@EZang60
Did you watched the video ?
The above code is incorrect (maybe a copy paste error)
look to the video screenshot:
Here is my code:
$VoiceStart = "<prosody pitch ='100%'>" $VoiceStart2 = "<prosody pitch='130%'>" $VoiceStart3 = "<prosody pitch='-50%'>" $VoiceEnd = "</prosody>"
SayWait($VoiceStart + "I am here a normal voice" + $VoiceEnd) SayWait($VoiceStart2 + "I am here a high voice" + $VoiceEnd) SayWait($VoiceStart3 + "I am here a low voice" + $VoiceEnd)
I copied the code directly from the video
Program runs well, only with the same voice, not high, or low , just normal
Ezang your missing this key , +
Ezang your missing this key, +
@Nomad: I don't think so.
@DJ: Something is wrong with the server date ?
@DJ: The tags "<" ">" are ignored. Something changed ?
I copied directly from the video
Program runs well, only with the same voice, not high, or low , just normal
I copied the code directly from the video
Program runs well, only with the same voice, not high, or low , just normal
Nomad
what am I missing?
the + where?
I took out the + and it is still the same
i am looking to see if it works here.moment.
I give up lol :-)
Nomad 6r Did it work?
still trying.but i typ all in.
I tried many combinations - no luck, all the same voice
sofar here too but also he says all above numbers and letters.
$VoiceStart = "(prosody pitch = '+100%')" $VoiceStart2 ="(prosody pitch = '+230%')" $VoiceStart3 = "(prosody pitch = '-50%')" $VoiceEnd = "</prosody>"
SayWait($VoiceStart + "normal voice" + $VoiceEnd) SayWait($VoiceStart2 + "high voice" + $VoiceEnd) SayWait($VoiceStart3 + "low voice"+ $VoiceEnd)
same voice
you have to use SayEzb if you want the voice come out the robot. if you use say alone it comes out the speaker.
I will try the robot
$VoiceStart = "(prosody pitch = '+100%')" $VoiceStart2 ="(prosody pitch = '+230%')" $VoiceStart3 = "(prosody pitch = '-50%')" $VoiceEnd = ""
SayEZBWait($VoiceStart + "normal voice" + $VoiceEnd) SayEZBWait($VoiceStart2 + "high voice" + $VoiceEnd) SayEZBWait($VoiceStart3 + "low voice"+ $VoiceEnd)
same voice out of the robot
there are no 4 lines in the above chapter,i only 3 i see in the video. but indeed it doesn work .lol, no matter how many lines it does not work
thanks anyway
This works in EZB scripts, all you need
ControlCommand("Speech Settings", "SetVoiceRate", "slow") saywait("I am speaking slow")
ControlCommand("Speech Settings", "SetVoiceRate", "Fast") saywait("Now i am speaking fast")
#Too fast to hear #ControlCommand("Speech Settings", "SetVoiceRate", "ExtraFast") #saywait("Now i am speaking extrafast")
ControlCommand("Speech Settings", "SetVoiceRate", "ExtraSlow") saywait("Now i am speaking super slow")
Very nice video with great information!
Hello,
All the examples here are wrong. You have a syntax errors:
$VoiceStart = "(prosody pitch = '+100%')"
You have spaces before and after the equal (=) sign and the angle brackets are replaced with parenthesis.
If you remove the spaces IT WORKS!!! (and don't forget that this page is removing the angle brackets. You have to put them back in. Parenthesis don't work in the variable declaration!)
try the code below in the picture and watch out for the added spaces and parenthesis.
thomasfromla
many thanks for the solution.mine looks like this.
$VoiceStart2 = "<prosody pitch='-70%'><prosody rate='.200'>" $VoiceStart3 = "<prosody pitch='-70%'><prosody rate='.100'>"
say($voicestart2 + " high voice ") say($voicestart3 + " low voice ")
This works in EZB scripts, all you need
ControlCommand("Speech Settings", "SetVoiceRate", "slow") saywait("I am speaking slow")
ControlCommand("Speech Settings", "SetVoiceRate", "Fast") saywait("Now i am speaking fast")
#Too fast to hear #ControlCommand("Speech Settings", "SetVoiceRate", "ExtraFast") #saywait("Now i am speaking extrafast")
ControlCommand("Speech Settings", "SetVoiceRate", "ExtraSlow") saywait("Now i am speaking super slow")
EzAng
hi ezang
thats another i see.am gonna try this in 2 houres .
thanks
Make sure you have the speech synthesis setting open and add a script
#This works in EZB scripts, all you need controlCommand("Speech Settings", "SetVoiceEmphasis", "Strong")
ControlCommand("Speech Settings", "SetVoiceRate", "slow") saywait("I am speaking slow")
ControlCommand("Speech Settings", "SetVoiceRate", "Fast") saywait("Now i am speaking fast")
#Too fast to hear #ControlCommand("Speech Settings", "SetVoiceRate", "ExtraFast") #saywait("Now i am speaking extrafast")
ControlCommand("Speech Settings", "SetVoiceRate", "ExtraSlow") saywait("Now i am speaking super slow")
Use the AudioToolbox control - add a script with - ControlCommand("AudioToolbox Plugin", "ImportUWPVoices")
look at the Cheat Sheet in the script, many men and ladies voices
I added :
#This works in EZB scripts, all you need controlCommand("Speech Settings", "SetVoiceEmphasis", "Strong")
controlCommand("Speech Settings", "SetVoice", "Microsoft David Desktop") ControlCommand("Speech Settings", "SetVoiceRate", "slow") saywait("I am speaking slow, what do you think")
controlCommand("Speech Settings", "SetVoice", "Microsoft Zira Desktop") ControlCommand("Speech Settings", "SetVoiceRate", "Fast") saywait("Now i am speaking fast, can you make me out")
#Too fast to hear #ControlCommand("Speech Settings", "SetVoiceRate", "ExtraFast") #saywait("Now i am speaking extrafast")
controlCommand("Speech Settings", "SetVoice", "Microsoft George") ControlCommand("Speech Settings", "SetVoiceRate", "ExtraSlow") saywait("Now i am speaking super slow, are you sleeping")
controlCommand("Speech Settings", "SetVoice", "Microsoft Hazel Desktop") controlCommand("Speech Settings", "SetVoiceRate", "Medium") saywait("Now i am speaking medium")
controlCommand("Speech Settings", "SetVoice", "Microsoft James") controlCommand("Speech Settings", "SetVoiceRate", "NotSet") saywait("Now my voice speed is not set")
EzAng
So far setting these parameters have worked for me: - Break strength (pauses) -Speech rate - Pitch by relative pitch, absolute pitch and slow/default/fast, etc. - Volume - Emphasis
(see Cepstral SSML)
I don't have Cepstral voices, I just use the hidden windows voices, as you can see it is enough for me :-)
EzAng
Everyone should note that some of these do not work with Microsoft voices. I have both MS and Cepstral voices. Nearly all of them work for Cepstral. Also, it seems that "contour" was not fully implemented. It changes the pitch but does not work beyond that. Or perhaps I just don't know the proper syntax.
--Thomas