php-windows Digest 13 Aug 2012 11:31:00 -0000 Issue 4064
Topics (messages 30946 through 30946):
codeProject article on TTS for the web
30946 by: Jacob Kruger
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This article makes use of 4 separate examples/ways to try dynamically
generate/output TTS content using PHP pages, requesting TTS content via
webpages, making use of google translate, speechUtil.com and text2Speech.org
for server side requests for output audio files, but also makes use of a sort
of client side javascript port of the eSpeak TTS synth:
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/435434/Text-to-Speech-tts-for-the-Web
Only real issues seem to be browser compatibility, but they seem to have tested
it, and are sort of making use of primarily HTML5 audio tags, which won't work
too well backwardly compatible, but still.
For example, while the clientSide javascript port of eSpeak works alright in
mozilla fireFox 14 here, the other examples don't appear to be playing rendered
audio automatically via internet explorer 8 as such, which is still my primary
browser, but could probably easily enough make minor changes to the PHP code to
render that part of the audio playback process work a bit better on it, but,
the other issue is I know, for example, google translate doesn't like automated
server side requests from my website...<smile>.
Either way, if you want, I have put these samples up on a page here - and, the
reason the eSpeak example may take a little time to load is the javascript port
comes to over 2Mb:
http://www.blindza.co.za/webTTS/
Stay well
Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'
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