Is it possible to select the voice beside the language?

[ptykamikaze]

In the nuance's website you can select the language and the voice so I was trying to find something in the documentation that describe how can I select the voice (if it is possible)

[Shmarkus]

Hello, thanks for your feedback! I belive it is possible to do it in the SDK but not in the plugin at the moment. I can implement it, if you are willing to test

[ptykamikaze]

Hello! Yes! I'm willing to test this.

[Shmarkus]

Very good. Are you using the plugin through Ionic or via cordova?

[ptykamikaze]

Through Ionic

[Shmarkus]

Thanks for the info. The implementation is in progress, but I'll be away for a week, so no progress in the next week.

[Shmarkus]

Hi, the voice parameter is added in version 2.0.0. The sample app is updated to reflect these changes. The caveat here is ionic-native, which takes time to approve pull requests. The pull request to watch is danielsogl/awesome-cordova-plugins#2761

If you are eager to check it out now, I can send the compiled code (or you can clone https://github.com/Shmarkus/ionic-native repository and build the distribution package. from there, copy dist/@ionic-native/speechkit to your projects node_modules/@ionic-native/speechkit

[Shmarkus]

Please note that IOS is currently untested.

[Shmarkus]

Ionic pull request merged

[ptykamikaze]

Thank you

[ptykamikaze]

While trying to compile the iOS version, I'm getting this error:

......./Plugins/cordova-plugin-nuance-speechkit/CDVSpeechKit.m:32:43: No visible @interface for 'SKSession' declares the selector 'speakString:withLanguage:withVoice:delegate:'

in the file CDVSpeechKit.m, in this piece of code

    SKTransaction* transaction = [session speakString:[command.arguments objectAtIndex:0]
                                         withLanguage:[command.arguments objectAtIndex:1]
                                         withVoice:[command.arguments objectAtIndex:2]
                                             delegate:self];

[ptykamikaze]

I have a very basic knowledge about using xcode and I have changed the file SKSession.h adding the missing withVoice parameter to the interface... Now I can compile but the audio is not playing so I will wait for you :) thanks 4 your support

[Shmarkus]

Yes, this won't work like that. The problem is that the session allows only either withLanguage or withVoice. I'll look into that. The most promising solution is to use options

[ptykamikaze]

oh OK... thanks for your support

[Shmarkus]

@ptykamikaze could you please try on IOS, replace the following in CDVSpeechKit.m:

- (void) startTTS:(CDVInvokedUrlCommand*)command{

    NSLog(@"CDVSpeechKit.startTTS: Entered method.");
    // If the voice is nil, use language default voice. If the voice is set, ignore language and use voices default lang.
    if (command.arguments objectAtIndex:2 == nil) {
        SKTransaction* transaction = [session speakString:[command.arguments objectAtIndex:0]
                                             withLanguage:[command.arguments objectAtIndex:1]
                                             delegate:self];
    } else {
        SKTransaction* transaction = [session speakString:[command.arguments objectAtIndex:0]
                                             withVoice:[command.arguments objectAtIndex:2]
                                             delegate:self];
    }
    NSLog(@"CDVSpeechKit.startTTS: Leaving method.");
}

Note that this will either use selected language when voice parameter is null, or if voice is set it will ignore the language parameter, and use voices language instead!

[ptykamikaze]

Error CDVSpeechKit.m:33:49: Expected ']'...

I changed that line from if (command.arguments objectAtIndex:2 == nil) { to if ([command.arguments objectAtIndex:2] == nil) { and it is working!

[ptykamikaze]

Thanks a lot for your help! I thought that language and voice parameters were required

[Shmarkus]

Thanks for the response! I try to create the fix today!