org.alchar.jdtk
Class Voice

java.lang.Object
  javax.speech.synthesis.Voice
      org.alchar.jdtk.Voice

public class Voice
extends Voice

This class encapsulates a DECtalk software speech synthesizer voice. It also provides constants for the system defined voices (by name).

Field Summary

static Voice	BETTY The default female voice.
static Voice	DENNIS A younger male voice.
static Voice	FRANK An older male voice.
static Voice	HARRY A deep male voice.
static Voice	KIT A child voice.
static Voice	PAUL The default male voice.
static Voice	RITA A deep female voice.
static Voice	URSULA An older female voice.
static Voice[]	voices A static array holding the list of defined voices.
static Voice	WENDY A whispery female voice.

Fields inherited from class javax.speech.synthesis.Voice

AGE_CHILD, AGE_DONT_CARE, AGE_MIDDLE_ADULT, AGE_NEUTRAL, AGE_OLDER_ADULT, AGE_TEENAGER, AGE_YOUNGER_ADULT, GENDER_DONT_CARE, GENDER_FEMALE, GENDER_MALE, GENDER_NEUTRAL

Constructor Summary

Voice(String name, int gender, int age, String style, int averagePitch, int pitchRange)
Create a new DECtalk voice with the given parameters.

Method Summary

int	getAveragePitch() Return the average pitch.
int	getPitchRange() Return the pitch range percentage.
static Voice[]	getVoices() Return a array of all available voices.
String	toString() Return a string representation of this object.

Methods inherited from class javax.speech.synthesis.Voice

clone, equals, getAge, getGender, getName, getStyle, match, setAge, setGender, setName, setStyle

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

PAUL

public static final Voice PAUL

The default male voice.

BETTY

public static final Voice BETTY

The default female voice.

HARRY

public static final Voice HARRY

A deep male voice.

FRANK

public static final Voice FRANK

An older male voice.

DENNIS

public static final Voice DENNIS

A younger male voice.

KIT

public static final Voice KIT

A child voice.

URSULA

public static final Voice URSULA

An older female voice.

RITA

public static final Voice RITA

A deep female voice.

WENDY

public static final Voice WENDY

A whispery female voice.

voices

public static final Voice[] voices

A static array holding the list of defined voices.

Constructor Detail

Voice

public Voice(String name,
             int gender,
             int age,
             String style,
             int averagePitch,
             int pitchRange)

Create a new DECtalk voice with the given parameters.

Parameters:

name - Name

gender - Gender

age - Age

style - Style

averagePitch - Average pitch

pitchRange - Pitch range

Method Detail

getAveragePitch

public int getAveragePitch()

Return the average pitch.

Returns:

Average pitch

getPitchRange

public int getPitchRange()

Return the pitch range percentage.

Returns:

Pitch range percentage

toString

public String toString()

Return a string representation of this object.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

String representation

getVoices

public static Voice[] getVoices()

Return a array of all available voices.

Returns:

Array of voices