class `TTS`¶

Warning

You need to add sudo when running this script, in case the speaker doesn’t work.
Q3: Why is there no sound from the speaker?.

Example

# Import TTS class
from robot_hat import TTS

# Initialize TTS class
tts = TTS(lang='en-US')
# Speak text
tts.say("Hello World")
# show all supported languages
print(tts.supported_lang())

API

class robot_hat.TTS(engine='pico2wave', lang=None, *args, **kwargs)¶

Bases: _Basic_class

Text to speech class

SUPPORTED_LANGUAUE = ['en-US', 'en-GB', 'de-DE', 'es-ES', 'fr-FR', 'it-IT']¶: Supported TTS language for pico2wave

ESPEAK = 'espeak'¶: espeak TTS engine

PICO2WAVE = 'pico2wave'¶: pico2wave TTS engine

__init__(engine='pico2wave', lang=None, *args, **kwargs)¶

Initialize TTS class.

Parameters: engine (str) – TTS engine, TTS.PICO2WAVE or TTS.ESPEAK

say(words)¶

Say words.

Parameters: words (str) – words to say.

espeak(words)¶

Say words with espeak.

Parameters: words (str) – words to say.

pico2wave(words)¶

Say words with pico2wave.

Parameters: words (str) – words to say.

lang(*value)¶

Set/get language. leave empty to get current language.

Parameters: value (str) – language.

supported_lang()¶

Get supported language.

Returns: supported language.
Return type: list

espeak_params(amp=None, speed=None, gap=None, pitch=None)¶

Set espeak parameters.

Parameters

amp (int) – amplitude.
speed (int) – speed.
gap (int) – gap.
pitch (int) – pitch.

class TTS¶

class `TTS`¶