Package edu.tufts.hrilab.tts.opentts

Class OpenTTSComponent

java.lang.Object

edu.tufts.hrilab.diarc.DiarcComponent

edu.tufts.hrilab.tts.opentts.OpenTTSComponent

All Implemented Interfaces:

SpeechProductionInterface

public class OpenTTSComponent
extends DiarcComponent
implements SpeechProductionInterface

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class edu.tufts.hrilab.diarc.DiarcComponent

executionLoopCycleTime, log, shouldRunExecutionLoop

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
OpenTTSComponent()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	isSpeaking()	Checks if speech is being produced.
boolean	sayText(String text)	Speaks appropriate text, blocking.
boolean	sayText(String text, boolean wait)	Speaks appropriate text
boolean	stopUtterance()	Stops an ongoing utterance.

Methods inherited from class edu.tufts.hrilab.diarc.DiarcComponent

additionalUsageInfo, createInstance, createInstance, createInstance, createInstance, executionLoop, getMyGroupConstraints, getMyGroups, getMyService, getMyServices, init, main, parseArgs, shutdown, shutdownComponent

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

OpenTTSComponent

public OpenTTSComponent()

Method Details

sayText

public boolean sayText(String text)

Description copied from interface: SpeechProductionInterface

Speaks appropriate text, blocking.

Specified by:

sayText in interface SpeechProductionInterface

Parameters:

text - the text to be spoken

sayText

public boolean sayText(String text,
 boolean wait)

Description copied from interface: SpeechProductionInterface

Speaks appropriate text

Specified by:

sayText in interface SpeechProductionInterface

Parameters:

text - the text to be spoken

wait - whether or not to block until speaking call returns

isSpeaking

public boolean isSpeaking()

Description copied from interface: SpeechProductionInterface

Checks if speech is being produced.

Specified by:

isSpeaking in interface SpeechProductionInterface

Returns:

true if speech is being produced, false otherwise

stopUtterance

public boolean stopUtterance()

Description copied from interface: SpeechProductionInterface

Stops an ongoing utterance.

Specified by:

stopUtterance in interface SpeechProductionInterface

Returns:

true if speech is interrupted, false otherwise.