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)
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