opsoro.sound

This module defines the interface for communicating with the sound module.

class opsoro.sound._Sound

Bases: object

__init__()

Sound class, used to play sound and speak text.

get_file(filename, tts=False)

Returns audio file data according to the given filename.

Parameters:filename (string) – file to return the data from Returns:Soundfile data. Return type:var

play_file(filename)

Plays an audio file according to the given filename.

Parameters:filename (string) – file to play Returns:True if sound is playing. Return type:bool

say_tts(text, generate_only=False)

Converts a string to a soundfile using Text-to-Speech libraries

Parameters:

• text (string) – text to convert to speech
• generate_only (bool) – do not play the soundfile once it is created

stop_sound()

Stop the played sound.

wait_for_sound()

Wait until the played sound is done.

opsoro.sound.tts

This module defines the interface for communicating with the TTS libraries.

class opsoro.sound.tts._TTS

Bases: object

__init__()

TTS class, used to convert text to speech.

create(text)

Takes a string of text, converts it using the PicoTTS engine, and plays it. Wave files are buffered in /tmp/OnoTTS/<text>.wav. First call blocks while PicoTTS generates the .wav, this may take about a second. Subsequent calls of the same text return immediately. If you wish to avoid this, sound files can be generated on beforehand by using generate_only=True.

Parameters:text (string) – text to convert to speech Returns:path to the sound file Return type:string

create_espeak(text, file_path, language, gender, delay, speed)

Convert text to speech using the espeak TTS library.

Parameters:

• text (string) – text to convert to speech
• file_path (string) – file path to store the speech soundfile
• language (string) – language initials
• gender (string) – specify gender (m for male, f for female)
• delay (int) – delay between words in ms
• speed (int) – speed in words-per-minute

create_pico(text, file_path)

Convert text to speech using the pico2wave TTS library.

Parameters:

• text (string) – text to convert to speech
• file_path (string) – file path to store the speech soundfile