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jeffw_00
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Posted: July 06 2020 at 19:25 | IP Logged Quote jeffw_00
Hi - has anyone played around with Text-to-speech? The manuals are
a little sketchy, and suggest you just select an engine and it works, but
not for me. Has anyone gotten it working? Can you suggest what is
needed or where to look to get it set up right (and an example "Hello
World" formula?

Thanks!
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Posted: July 06 2020 at 19:44 | IP Logged Quote jeffw_00
For starters - I don't see PH appearing as something that generates
audio in the sound menus (mixer, etc) - that could be my issue as
ph_tts("Hello") seems to execute without issue.   

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Posted: July 07 2020 at 00:02 | IP Logged Quote dhoward
Jeff,

TTS should be pretty simple. I know I used to use it all the time when I had the PowerHome machine hooked up to my whole house audio system.

To set it up, you first need to install the Microsoft Speech API (Msspchapi.Exe on the Downloads page) followed by the Microsoft SAPI 4.0 TTS module
(Msttsl.Exe on the Downloads page).

If you'd like SAPI 5 (highly recommended) then you would next download and install the SAPI 5 setup. For some reason I don't have a link on the Downloads
page but you can find the install here: SAPI5Setup

Once the prerequisites are out of the way, in the PH Explorer under Setup->TTS, select the SAPI 5 controller. Restart PowerHome. When PowerHome restarts,
go to the menu option Voice->TTS Setup and select the desired TTS voice. Click the "Save Settings to Table" option and then click "Exit".

You should then be able to execute the ph_tts("Hello") function and hear the playback.

Hope this helps,

Dave.
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Posted: July 07 2020 at 08:06 | IP Logged Quote jeffw_00
Thanks Dave - will give all this a try.
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