class

Espeak::Speech

Inherits Reference < Object

Constants

DEFAULT_CAPITAL = 1

DEFAULT_PITCH = 50

DEFAULT_QUIET = true

DEFAULT_SPEED = 170

DEFAULT_VOICE = "en"

Although espeak itself has default options I'm defining them here for easier generating command (with simple hash.merge)

Constructors

new(text : String, *, voice : String = DEFAULT_VOICE, pitch : Int32 = DEFAULT_PITCH, speed : Int32 = DEFAULT_SPEED, capital : Int32 = DEFAULT_CAPITAL, quiet : Bool = DEFAULT_QUIET)

filename - The file that will be generated :voice - use voice file of this name from espeak-data/voices. ie "en", "de", ... :pitch - pitch adjustment, 0 to 99 :speed - speed in words per minute, 80 to 370 :capital - increase emphasis of capitalized letters by raising pitch by this amount no range given in man but good range is 10-40 to start :quiet - remove printing to stdout. Affects only lame (default false)

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