# to bring text to speech capability to your Windows computer# install SAPI5Speech (XP and Vista should have it already)# http://www.nolad.com/vt/redist/SAPI5SpeechInstaller.msi## Windows XP has Sam, SAPI5Voice adds Mary and Mike# http://www.nolad.com/vt/redist/SAPI5VoiceInstaller.msi## the Python for Windows extensions should be installed# for COM to work eg. pywin32-210.win32-py2.5.exe# from http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/## tested with Python25 on a Windows XP machine by vegaseat import win32com.client voices = {'Sam' : 'Microsoft Sam','Mary' : 'Microsoft Mary','Mike' : 'Microsoft Mike'} # choose voice from the voices dictionaryvoice = 'Sam'# range 0(low) - 100(loud)volume = 100# range -10(slow) - 10(fast)rate = -1 # some text to speaktext = """\It is said, that if you line up all the cars in the world end to end, someone would be stupid enough and try to pass them.""" # initialize COM components of MS Speech API# COM is Microsoft's Component Object Model# (COM is also used by Peter Parente's pyTTS)speak = win32com.client.Dispatch('Sapi.SpVoice')# assign a voicespeak.Voice = speak.GetVoices('Name='+voices[voice]).Item(0)speak.Rate = ratespeak.Volume = volume# now speak out the textspeak.Speak(text)# to bring text to speech capability to your Windows computer
# install SAPI5Speech (XP and Vista should have it already)
# http://www.nolad.com/vt/redist/SAPI5SpeechInstaller.msi
#
# Windows XP has Sam, SAPI5Voice adds Mary and Mike
# http://www.nolad.com/vt/redist/SAPI5VoiceInstaller.msi
#
# the Python for Windows extensions should be installed
# for COM to work eg. pywin32-210.win32-py2.5.exe
# from http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/
#
# tested with Python25 on a Windows XP machine by vegaseat
import win32com.client
voices = {
'Sam' : 'Microsoft Sam',
'Mary' : 'Microsoft Mary',
'Mike' : 'Microsoft Mike'
}
# choose voice from the voices dictionary
voice = 'Sam'
# range 0(low) - 100(loud)
volume = 100
# range -10(slow) - 10(fast)
rate = -1
# some text to speak
text = """\
It is said, that if you line up all the cars in the world end to end,
someone would be stupid enough and try to pass them.
"""
# initialize COM components of MS Speech API
# COM is Microsoft's Component Object Model
# (COM is also used by Peter Parente's pyTTS)
speak = win32com.client.Dispatch('Sapi.SpVoice')
# assign a voice
speak.Voice = speak.GetVoices('Name='+voices[voice]).Item(0)
speak.Rate = rate
speak.Volume = volume
# now speak out the text
speak.Speak(text)