nicoros - TextToSpeech

The TextToSpeech class generates audio from text.

To start the interface run:

rosrun nicoros TextToSpeech.py

Exposed services

The following ROS services are exposed by the class - where $PREFIX stands for the prefix of the topics/services (Default: /nico/audioplayer):

ROS topic name	Message type	Short description
$PREFIX/say	nicomsg/SayText	Loads (part) of the given audiofile Parameters: text: text to say language: language code (e.g. ‘en-GB’ or ‘de’) pitch: pitch in octaves (also affects speed) speed: factor by which to multiply speed blocking: whether the call should be held until audio is played Returns remaining duration of the audio

Class documentation