CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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Shameer
Shameer

Reputation: 189

improving my python script

I have an interesting python script (not sure if it has been done before) It uses 

import os
os.system("say %s" % say) 
#and I have added;
os.system("say -v whisper %s" % say)

but now there are new voices in lion and i want to know how to get those voices and if there is a centralized list.

here is what i am talking about

Upvotes: 0

Views: 672

Answers (3)

aus
aus

Reputation: 1434

The manual doesn't doc which voices are available. But I believe the syntax is just using the name like so:

> say -v Karen Hello

I don't have access to my Mac right now but I found this list from here:

  • American English: Jill, Samantha and Tom
  • Australian English: Karen and Lee
  • British English: Daniel, Emily and Serena
  • South African English: Tessa

There is also other languages as well.

UPDATE:

say -v ? spits out:

MacBook-Austin:~ Austin$ say -v ?                                                                   
Agnes               en_US    # Isn't it nice to have a computer that will talk to you?              
Albert              en_US    #  I have a frog in my throat. No, I mean a real frog!                 
Alex                en_US    # Most people recognize me by my voice.                                
Bad News            en_US    # The light you see at the end of the tunnel is the headlamp of a fast approaching train.                                                                                  
Bahh                en_US    # Do not pull the wool over my eyes.                                   
Bells               en_US    # Time flies when you are having fun.                                  
Boing               en_US    # Spring has sprung, fall has fell, winter's here and it's colder than usual.                                                                                              
Bruce               en_US    # I sure like being inside this fancy computer                         
Bubbles             en_US    # Pull the plug! I'm drowning!                                        
...

If you do not see the voice you are looking for when you do a say -v ? you can install more.

Upvotes: 4

millimoose
millimoose

Reputation: 39950

From the say man page:

-v voice, --voice=voice

Specify the voice to be used. Default is the voice selected in System Preferences. To obtain a list of voices installed in the system, specify '?' as the voice name.

Most of the new voices are downloaded on demand from the Speech panel in System Preferences

Upvotes: 3

greg0ire
greg0ire

Reputation: 23255

Hopefully, this command comes with some documentation, so you could try this command in your shell to get more information:

say -h
say --help
man say

UPDATE The man page I found says the default voice is the voice selected in System preferences. So I guess you can find all the different voices there.

Upvotes: 2

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