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Hmmm, on Mac, might be possible to simplify using system's dictation (have no idea if they have API for that, probably no, but maybe there is a way to hack it)
by flixic 14y ago
Hmmm, on Mac, might be possible to simplify using system's dictation (have no idea if they have API for that, probably no, but maybe there is a way to hack it) and system's voice. So then it might be even faster, and would require mostly just Wolfram|Alpha API key.
- rob_mccann 14y agoSounds like a good idea to me, I wonder if Windows has a similar API too?
- simcop2387 14y agoYes it does SAPI[1]. There's a few for linux but nothing that's become any kind of standard unfortunately, festival tends to have the best voices but is a bit of a pain to use inside another program in my experience. [1] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee125663%28v=vs.85%29.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee125663%28v=vs.85%2...
- rob_mccann 14y agoIt originally used festival but it was a pain to install on the Pi (which I want this to run on) and the voices I tried weren't as easy to understand. I'd love for it to be an option, though.
- jodrellblank 14y agoSince 1995: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Speech_API http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Speech_API
- mtgx 14y agoThe voice is terrible, though.
- ricardobeat 14y agoIn OSX 10.8 you can just hold Cmd (or is it option?) for a few seconds to get dictation for any text input system-wide. For TTS the say command has all voices available.
- rob_mccann 14y agoThis has now been added