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: Now what you can do with this tool is that you can configure the speech. Like you can increase or decrease the volume, can change the language, can change the accent, pitch, male or female voice, rate of speech etc.
: Now what you can do with this tool is that you can configure the speech. Like you can increase or decrease the volume, can change the language, can change the accent, pitch, male or female voice, rate of speech etc.
: I will also provide karaoke style coloring or captioning to the words being spoken. Like for example write activity is open up in sugar with some text. Then the user selects the text and presses the speech button. Now a separate window containing the selected text will open up. The captioning will be achieved in that separate window while the framework is reading the text.
: I will also provide karaoke style coloring or captioning to the words being spoken. Like for example write activity is open up in sugar with some text. Then the user selects the text and presses the speech button. '''Now a separate window containing the selected text will open up. The captioning will be achieved in that separate window while the framework is reading the text.'''
: One more thing which I am aims at is a keyboard speaker. In the configuration tool, the user will be provided with an option of turning on or off the keyboard speaker. So if the key board speaker is turned on, then as the user presses any keyboard key, the framework will speak it. Like if user presses Tab key then the framework will speak 'Tab', on pressing caps lock it will speak 'caps lock' and so on.
: One more thing which I am aims at is a keyboard speaker. In the configuration tool, the user will be provided with an option of turning on or off the keyboard speaker. So if the key board speaker is turned on, then as the user presses any keyboard key, the framework will speak it. Like if user presses Tab key then the framework will speak 'Tab', on pressing caps lock it will speak 'caps lock' and so on.
In English we use about ninety thousand words for speaking. An estimate of the total words in English is more than five-hundred-thousand. One dictionary has five-hundred-thousand entries.
In English we use about ninety thousand words for speaking. An estimate of the total words in English is more than five-hundred-thousand. One dictionary has five-hundred-thousand entries.
The more a child learns the more the child will learn. We cannot depend on teachers to teach enough words to children. I am very much encouraged that someone is working toward preparing the speech synthesizer in Sugar."
The more a child learns the more the child will learn. We cannot depend on teachers to teach enough words to children. I am very much encouraged that someone is working toward preparing the speech synthesizer in Sugar."
: '''According to Assim Deodia (Mentor of Sugar Labs for GSoC 2009)
: '''assim.deodia@gmail.com
: This proposal is of great potential since speech synthesis is a long desired component of sugar. Activities like speak and listen-spell are already using speech synthesis and it would be very useful to have more speech enabled activities. Various survey showed that voice + text based learnnig is much more efficient then only text based learning. If, as promised, captioning is also achieved, this would enhance the learning multifold.
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Q.19: '''Is there anything else we should have asked you or anything else that we should know that might make us like you or your project more?
Q.19: '''Is there anything else we should have asked you or anything else that we should know that might make us like you or your project more?
A: I think that most of the things I have already mentioned. One last point I would like to emphasize is that speech synthesis in sugar is indispensable. So if for any reasons you think that I should not be given a chance then please consider this project always in the future sugar developments.
A: I think that most of the things I have already cleared. I don't know wether you are going to take it or not but one thing I can assure is that I have the determination to achieve whatever I have mentioned. One last point I would like to emphasize is that speech synthesis in sugar is indispensable. So please consider this project always in the future sugar developments.
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