FreeTTS runs on the Mac.
http://freetts.sourceforge.net/docs/index.php
It provides a subset of the Java Speech API v1.0.
Worth checking out for a cross-platform solution.
Michael.
On Jun 21, 2005, at 21:50, Doug Zwick wrote:
Bill Janssen wrote:
MacOS X seems to be able to read text aloud at the drop of a
hat. Is
there a Java interface to that capability? I'm thinking of
something
like
package com.apple...
class Speech {
...
static public void say (String text_to_speak,
Voice voice_to_use,
float volume);
...
}
Preferably something thread-safe so that multiple threads could say
multiple things simultaneously.
There is a javax.speech.synthesis package:
http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/speech/forDevelopers/jsapi-
guide/Synthesis.html
However, I know of no implementations of it for the Mac.
(I could well be wrong, I didn't look very hard).
For a real quick-and-dirty hack to do this, try the "say"
command via Runtime.exec:
String [] sayIt = { "say", "Goodbye, cruel world" };
Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec (sayIt);
Don't forget to drain the output streams from the Process
object to prevent deadlocks. There are other options for
"say", see the man page for details.
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