IntelliSpeech

[Pako]

I have for you another plugin.
As the name suggests, it is better replacement of the old Speech plugin.
This has several advantages:
1) Several new actions (Detect language, Translate, Translate and Speech, Stop speech ...)
2) Selection of 26 languages ÔÇïÔÇïfor speech and much more for translation
3) Voices are clearer and dialect are more realistic
I believe that this plugin can be beneficial for multiple users.
Any opinions are very welcome.

I again have to thank krambriw for valuable comments and proofreading.
Pako

Installation instructions:
A) Complete installation (for new users)
A.1) You have to download the file IntelliSpeech_0.6.zip
A.2) Unzip it and the folder IntelliSpeech (including content) move to the folder ...\EventGhost\plugins.
A.3) If there is a newer version than ZIP-file, download the latest file __init__.py (at the bottom of this post) and move it to new folder ...\EventGhost\plugins\IntelliSpeech.
A.4) Restart EventGhost and add the plugin IntelliSpeech to your configuration.

B) Upgrade from version 0.2 to version 0.6 or higher
B.1) Close EventGhost
B.2) Delete the folder ...\EventGhost\plugins\IntelliSpeech
B.3) Proceed as for the complete installation (paragraphs A.1 to A.3)
B.4) Restart EventGhost

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AWESOME!!
Thank you very much!

[Pako]

AWESOME!!
Thank you very much!

Thank you, it always pleases me!
Please, tell us, for what purpose you will use it,
and also why it is better than the old Speech plugin.
Maybe it will inspire more people to try it as well.

Pako

[kalia]

Pako,

Thank you.

This plugin in great.

Can you please add an option (drop down menu) to select the Audio Device (speaker) to play the speech to?

I would like to use this plugin instead of the old speech plugin I currently use. But I need the option to play the output to a sound device other than the Default Device.

Thanks again Pako.

Kalia

[eirik226]

Thanks Pako!

I will not use it that much now, only for a few events, but as I expand my system I'll have the plug in read weather information, the time etc etc when I talk to my mobile phone.

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Please, tell us, for what purpose you will use it,
and also why it is better than the old Speech plugin.

Well I just played with it, so nothing yet really. But voice is always good if you like to provide information without having a screen - like read the actual time.
As this plugin is not only text to speech, but also a multi language translator it has a lot of potential!
I'm defiantly going to use it!

[Pako]

Can you please add an option (drop down menu) to select the Audio Device (speaker) to play the speech to?

That would be nice.
But my knowledge is not enough to do it.

I would like to use this plugin instead of the old speech plugin I currently use. But I need the option to play the output to a sound device other than the Default Device.

That surprises me. I did not know that old Speech plugin has such possibilities.

Pako

[krambriw]

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2175 ... amatically

Windows by design, tweaking registry seems not a preferred way...

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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2175 ... amatically

Windows by design, tweaking registry seems not a preferred way...

...I don't think he wants to change the default audio device.
But if so, he could use this plugin: viewtopic.php?f=9&t=6213

[eirik226]

Hey,

quick follow up question! Is it possible to use custom voice packages with this plugin? Say I bought and downloaded a voice I like, would it be possible to add that?

Thanks in advance!

[kalia]

I would like to use this plugin instead of the old speech plugin I currently use. But I need the option to play the output to a sound device other than the Default Device.

That surprises me. I did not know that old Speech plugin has such possibilities.

Pako

I had to modify the original Speech plugin (viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2510&p=15554&hilit=speech#p15554) as I use that feature a lot. Thanks anyways for the new plugin Pako.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2175 ... amatically

Windows by design, tweaking registry seems not a preferred way...

...I don't think he wants to change the default audio device.
But if so, he could use this plugin: viewtopic.php?f=9&t=6213

No, I don't want to change the default audio device. For example, the video sound will be playing on default sound device (HDMI Audio to TV) but the speech will output to the speakers in another common area of the house. I tend to use text to speech a lot, for example, to announce weather, caller ID, etc.

[krambriw]

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/318 ... ammaticall

[Pako]

Can you please add an option (drop down menu) to select the Audio Device (speaker) to play the speech to?

That would be nice.
But my knowledge is not enough to do it.

So I mend my ways.
I added the option to select the audio output.
At the same time added two new actions: Speech from microphone to text and Speech from file to text.

@krambriw:
again I thank you for the great help with testing !

Pako

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...That's even more awsome!

btw. I think I fond a bug: On my pc, if I have my microphone not plugged in, I don't have a default recording device.
I get the following error when I start the plugin:

[kalia]

Pako,

This is great. I briefly tested it out and the audio output selection option works great. Thank you very much for adding this feature.

kalia