Hi Hank,
The speech app converts text to audio file with fine control over
synthesized speech settings. Pasted below is contents of Read Me file
from first version of the Speech app.
Joe
Cocoa Speech KDREV (CS-KDREV) - Convert text to audio file with fine
control over synthesized speech settings.
Cocoa Speech KDREV (CS-KDREV) is built on example code from Apple
(significantly expanded upon) and has the features of Lips (http://
www.superpixel.ch/software/lips/) plus additional features (and
more), requested by members of the Macvisionaries discussion list
(David, Cheryl, Jane, Scott, et al).
CS-KDREV is written in Objective-C/Cocoa and is a Universal
Application i.e. natively-compatible with both PowerPC and Intel-
based Macs.
Installing CS-KDREV
Unzip CS-KDREV and place the application anywhere on your Mac.
CS-KDREV Features
Listen to text read by any of the installed speech voices or render
text to audio file.
CS-KDREV plays the system beep when conversion to audio file is
complete.
Enjoy fine control of Speech Voice settings. Adjust speech rate,
pitch, pitch modulation and volume.
Using CS-KDREV
Quick Start
Type or paste text into the text field.
At launch, CS-KDREV defaults to the System Voice. You can select any
of the installed speech engines with the "Voice" pop up menu.
To audition text with the selected speech engine and settings, click
the "Start Speaking" button. To render text to audio file click the
"Save as File..." button. An audio file (AIFF 22.05 Mono 16 bit) will
be saved at the selected location).
Additional Information
The CS-KDREV window includes two tabs: The "Voice" and "Parameters"
Tabs. The "Voice" tab is selected by default at launch. When the
Voice tab is selected, you can navigate to the the "Voice" pop up
menu and select from any of the installed speech voices.
Click the "Parameters" tab to access additional speech settings. In
the "Parameters" pane you can adjust speech rate, pitch base, pitch
modulation and volume. Each of these settings are displayed/adjusted
in an edit text field. Edit text fields are populated with default
settings whenever you select or reselect a voice. If you change
settings for a particular voice and want to restore the default
settings, simply reselect the voice (in the "Voice" pane using the
pop up menu) and default settings will be restored.
NOTE: The current version of CS-KDREV is a document-based
application. If there is text in the main text field when you quit
the application you will be asked if "...you want to save the changes
you made to the document "Untitled"". If you do not wish to save the
contents of the main text field to a file click the "Don't Save" button.
Support
This software is free software, is provided as is and is not formally
supported. That being said, you may wish to send any questions or
feature requests to the Macvisionaries (www.macvisionaries.com)
"Dicsuss" list or directly to the developer: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Apr 6, 2006, at 2:24 PM, hank smith wrote:
what does this speech ap do?
