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\section{Built-in Module \module{macspeech}}
\label{module-macspeech}
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\bimodindex{macspeech}
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This module provides an interface to the Macintosh Speech Manager,
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\index{Macintosh Speech Manager}
\index{Speech Manager, Macintosh}
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allowing you to let the Macintosh utter phrases. You need a version of
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the Speech Manager extension (version 1 and 2 have been tested) in
your \file{Extensions} folder for this to work. The module does not
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provide full access to all features of the Speech Manager yet. It may
not be available in all Mac Python versions.
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\begin{funcdesc}{Available}{}
Test availability of the Speech Manager extension (and, on the
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PowerPC, the Speech Manager shared library). Return \code{0} or
\code{1}.
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\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{Version}{}
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Return the (integer) version number of the Speech Manager.
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\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{SpeakString}{str}
Utter the string \var{str} using the default voice,
asynchronously. This aborts any speech that may still be active from
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prior \function{SpeakString()} invocations.
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\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{Busy}{}
Return the number of speech channels busy, system-wide.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{CountVoices}{}
Return the number of different voices available.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{GetIndVoice}{num}
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Return a \pytype{Voice} object for voice number \var{num}.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\subsection{Voice Objects}
\label{voice-objects}
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Voice objects contain the description of a voice. It is currently not
yet possible to access the parameters of a voice.
\setindexsubitem{(voice object method)}
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\begin{methoddesc}[Voice]{GetGender}{}
Return the gender of the voice: \code{0} for male, \code{1} for female
and \code{-1} for neuter.
\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}[Voice]{NewChannel}{}
Return a new Speech Channel object using this voice.
\end{methoddesc}
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\subsection{Speech Channel Objects}
\label{speech-channel-objects}
A Speech Channel object allows you to speak strings with slightly more
control than \function{SpeakString()}, and allows you to use multiple
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speakers at the same time. Please note that channel pitch and rate are
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interrelated in some way, so that to make your Macintosh sing you will
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have to adjust both.
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\begin{methoddesc}[Speech Channel]{SpeakText}{str}
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Start uttering the given string.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}[Speech Channel]{Stop}{}
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Stop babbling.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}[Speech Channel]{GetPitch}{}
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Return the current pitch of the channel, as a floating-point number.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}[Speech Channel]{SetPitch}{pitch}
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Set the pitch of the channel.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}[Speech Channel]{GetRate}{}
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Get the speech rate (utterances per minute) of the channel as a
floating point number.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}[Speech Channel]{SetRate}{rate}
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Set the speech rate of the channel.
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\end{methoddesc}
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