Text to Speech
eSpeak is a compact open source software speech synthesizer for English and other languages, for Linux and Windows.
Learn more about eSpeak here.
How To Connect
Cylon.robot({
connections: {
speech: { adaptor: 'speech' }
},
devices: {
mouth: { driver: 'speech' }
},
});
How To Use
var Cylon = require('cylon'); Cylon.robot({ // voice for espeak can be specified either in one string or as params for the adaptor. // both connections below will reproduce with the same voice. // connections: { speech: { adaptor: 'speech', language: 'en, gender: 'f', 'voice: '3' } }, connections: { speech: { adaptor: 'speech', voice: 'en-f3', speed: 130 } }, devices: { mouth: { driver: 'speech' } }, work: function(my) { my.mouth.say("This is awesome!"); my.mouth.say("I'm a Cylon.JS robot, and I'm talking!"); } }).start();
Commands
say
Speaks the provided text
Params
-
text (
String) text to say -
callback (
Function) function to be called when done
Returns
- (
undefined)
