NAME Speech::Swift::Simple - Simplified extension for Speech::Swift, a Perl extension for the Cepstral Text-to-Speech Engine (Swift) SYNOPSIS #!/usr/bin/perl use Speech::Swift::Simple; my $s = new Speech::Swift::Simple(channels => 1, encoding => Speech::Swift::AUDIO_ENCODING_PCM16); $s->set_voice("Allison"); my $wave = $s->generate("My name is allison"); $wave->write("test.wav"); DESCRIPTION new(...) "encoding" OPTIONAL: specify the encoding method to use for the output audio- see Speech::Swift defaults to Speech::Swift::AUDIO_ENCODING_PCM16 "channels" OPTIONAL: specify the number of channels to use, either 1 or 2; defaults to 1. "deadair" OPTIONAL: include deadair in audio output, either 1 or 0; defaults to 0; set_voice($voice_name) Set the Cepstral voice to use for this Text-to-Speech generation. $voice_name is the name of the voice to use. $s->set_voice("Allison"); get_voices() Returns a hash reference list of the currently available voices on the system. $voices = $s->get_voices(); generate($text) Generates audio for the given text, and returns a new Speech::Swift::Simple::Wave object with the audio. $text is the text to synthesize. See the Speech::Swift::Simple::Wave man page for more details. $wave = $s->generate("My name is allison"); DEPENDENCIES Speech::Swift PERL Module SEE ALSO Cepstral - http://cepstral.com/ AUTHOR Mike Pultz LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT Copyright (c) 2011, Mike Pultz . All rights reserved. This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See perlartistic. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY BECAUSE THIS SOFTWARE IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE SOFTWARE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE SOFTWARE "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE SOFTWARE PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR, OR CORRECTION. IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR REDISTRIBUTE THE SOFTWARE AS PERMITTED BY THE ABOVE LICENCE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE SOFTWARE TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER SOFTWARE), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.