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<h1>Speech Synthesis</h1>
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<dt>Version
<dd>2 - 30 Aug 2003
<dt>Authors:
<dd>Nicholas Christopoulos
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<p class="copyright">Copyright ©2001-2003 SmallBASIC Project</p>
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<h2>Abstract</h2>
<p>This paper are a purpose for integrate a speach synthesizer to
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<h2>Introduction</h2>
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There are several
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speech synthesizer engines.
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can include one of those engines to produce speech.
<h2>Interface</h2>
Integrate speach engine to SB.
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<h3>Dictionaries</h3>
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OPTION PREDEF SPDICT language-dictionary
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This declaration, it must be used to redefine the default phonetic-dictionary.
The default, if we can't determinate it from locale, it is the English one.
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<h3>Words to phonems</h3>
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retstr = SPGET(lingtext [, dict])
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The SPGET function returns the speach pattern that corresponds to lingtext.
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<h3>Sound phonems</h3>
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SPOUT text [{;|,} text [...]]
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The SPOUT command causes the computer to speak the parameters.
The parameters are results of SPGET() function (that means the parameters
are phonetic strings).
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Its syntax is similar to PRINT command. The ';' separator meaning a
comma pause. The ',' separator meaning a period pause.
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<h3>Speak</h3>
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SPEAK text [{;|,} text [...]]
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The SPEAK command causes the computer to speak the parameters.
The parameters will replaced by SPGET() to phonetic-equals strings
and then a call to SPOUT will produce the sounds.
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Its syntax is similar to PRINT command. The ';' separator meaning a
comma pause. The ',' separator meaning a period pause.
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