Speech-synthesis - Revision history

Chiragjain1989 at 05:21, 12 April 2009

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	Now these two options can be given in the GUI under the keyboard speaker option		Now these two options can be given in the GUI under the keyboard speaker option

	I have implemented a sample keyboard_speaker.py which is system wide. It can be easily tested on sugar. The ~~file~~ can be downloaded from below mentioned link:		I have implemented a sample keyboard_speaker.py which is system wide. It can be easily tested on sugar. The zip folder can be downloaded from below mentioned link:

	http://code.google.com/p/speech-synthesis/downloads/list		http://code.google.com/p/speech-synthesis/downloads/list

Chiragjain1989 at 19:07, 11 April 2009

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 Now these two options can be given in the GUI under the keyboard speaker option
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 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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Chiragjain1989 at 18:17, 10 April 2009

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	: 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.

			: '''More details of keyboard speaker'''

			Keyboard speaker:

			My idea is to use the keyboard speaker in two different ways.

			1. speaking characters:

			In this option, the speaker will simply speak the keyboard characters typed by the user. It will speak all the alphabets a-z, digits 0-9, special characters like *(asterisk), &(ampersand), #(hash) etc, other keys like tab, alt, control, shift etc.

			ADVANTAGE

			The child using this facility can easily learn and memorize the alphabets. The symbols are in front of him and he presses any of the key or symbol the facility is telling him how to pronounce it. This will also create a interest in the child and this playful activity will become a learning tool. Not only alphabets, the child can learn the names of the special characters easily.

			2. speaking words:

			In this option, the facility will speak the words typed by the user. The words can be typed anywhere in any window or in any activity like write activity.To achieve this I will be hooking the keyboard or tapping the keystrokes. I will store the characters typed by the user until space is pressed. As the user presses the space, the entire word will be sent to TTS for speaking. The main advantage is that this facility will be system side and will run in background without interfering with any other activity.


			ADVANTAGE

			This facility will help the child to type or learn the correct spelling of the word. It is natural for a human mind to memorize the sound of a word more easily than its exact spelling. So if he types the word incorrect then as the speaker will speak the wrongly typed word and it will not match with the sound he heard, he can easily correct the spelling. In this manner the speech can be incorporated in the existing sugar write activity.

			Now these two options can be given in the GUI under the keyboard speaker option

	: Now after describing so many features of this framework, I think that why not to make it a useful thing for the blind users too. So here is an idea.		: Now after describing so many features of this framework, I think that why not to make it a useful thing for the blind users too. So here is an idea.

Chiragjain1989 at 05:47, 5 April 2009

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	[[Image:chirag.png\|thumb\|right\|My Screenshot with my email address]]		[[Image:chirag.png\|thumb\|right\|My Screenshot with my email address]]
	Q.16: '''We want to make sure that you can set up a [[~~DevelopmentTeam~~#Development_systems\|development environment]] before the summer starts. Please send us a link to a screenshot of your Sugar development environment with the following modification: when you hover over the XO-person icon in the middle of Home view, the drop-down text should have your email in place of "Restart." See the image on the right for an example. It's normal to need assistance with this, so please visit our IRC channel, #sugar on irc.freenode.net, and ask for help.'''		Q.16: '''We want to make sure that you can set up a [[Development Team#Development_systems\|development environment]] before the summer starts. Please send us a link to a screenshot of your Sugar development environment with the following modification: when you hover over the XO-person icon in the middle of Home view, the drop-down text should have your email in place of "Restart." See the image on the right for an example. It's normal to need assistance with this, so please visit our IRC channel, #sugar on irc.freenode.net, and ask for help.'''

	A: My development environment screen shot is attached on the right side.		A: My development environment screen shot is attached on the right side.

Chiragjain1989 at 12:42, 3 April 2009

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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.
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	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.

	<noinclude>[[Category:2009 GSoC applications]]</noinclude>		<noinclude>[[Category:2009 GSoC applications]]</noinclude>

	[[Category:GSoC]]		[[Category:GSoC]]

Homunq: Summer of Code/2009/Speech-synthesis moved to Speech-synthesis over redirect: Category:2009_GSoC_applications

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Summer of Code/2009/Speech-synthesis moved to Speech-synthesis over redirect: Category:2009_GSoC_applications

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Chiragjain1989 at 15:22, 2 April 2009

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Chiragjain1989 at 14:48, 2 April 2009

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	* '''A small code snippet which I have prepared for demonstration purpose is shown below. You can try it. But first please download the espeak.py code from the following link:		* '''A small code snippet which I have prepared for demonstration purpose is shown below. You can try it. But first please download the espeak.py code from the following link:

	http://git.sugarlabs.org/projects/listen-spell/repos/mainline/blobs/master/espeak.py		http://git.sugarlabs.org/projects/listen-spell/repos/mainline/blobs/master/espeak.py
	'''First select some text and then run the code trough terminal. The code will speak the text. This is a very basic thing which we want to achieve in sugar'''
			: '''First select some text and then run the code trough terminal. The code will speak the text. This is a very basic thing which we want to achieve in sugar'''

	import gtk		import gtk

Chiragjain1989 at 14:47, 2 April 2009

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