Text to speech converter in java

So are you really want to talk with your computer ? Need java code to do it for you ?

You are at correct place so start with very start ...


A Java Program which can speak :)





Follow these steps and start -


Step 1 - 

You need to download api freetts for text to speech converter in java. don't get panic here is the link - Download Freetts Package

done  :)

you can refer document for your ease - Refer Document 


Step 2 - 

Now setup environment is as follows -

a) extract freetts package 

b) navigate to lib folder and double click on jsapi exe file. it will create a jsapi jar file.

c) Copy speech.properties file from  freetts folder to home directory folder. ie. if your computer name is ABC then your home directory will be like - C:\Users\ABC


done :)


Step 3 - 

Open NetBeans IDE and add usable packages - 

a) Create a new project ie. TextToSpeech

b)  Right click on your project TextToSpeech click on properties.

c) Now a new pop up window will appear , now click on "Libraries" from left pane.  

d) Now click on add jar/folder tab and add these jar files in same order as given bellow - 

now go to lib folder and add these jar files :

1. en_us.jar
2. mbrola.jar
3. jsapi.jar
4. freetts-jsapi10.jar

Step 4 - Now start code work. write a java file named as -  Text2Speech



Code -

import javax.speech.*;

import java.util.*;

import javax.speech.synthesis.*;

public class Text2Speech

{

    String speaktext;

    public void dospeak(String speak,String  voicename)

    {

        speaktext=speak;

        String voiceName =voicename;

        try

        {

            SynthesizerModeDesc desc = new SynthesizerModeDesc(null,"general",  Locale.US,null,null);

            Synthesizer synthesizer =  Central.createSynthesizer(desc);

            synthesizer.allocate();

            synthesizer.resume();

            desc = (SynthesizerModeDesc)  synthesizer.getEngineModeDesc();

            Voice[] voices = desc.getVoices();

            Voice voice = null;

            for (int i = 0; i < voices.length; i++)

            {

                if (voices[i].getName().equals(voiceName))

                {

                    voice = voices[i];

                    break;

                }

            }

            synthesizer.getSynthesizerProperties().setVoice(voice);

            System.out.print("Speaking : "+speaktext);

            synthesizer.speakPlainText(speaktext, null);

            synthesizer.waitEngineState(Synthesizer.QUEUE_EMPTY);

            synthesizer.deallocate();

        }

        catch (Exception e)

        {

            String message = " missing speech.properties in " + System.getProperty("user.home") + "\n";

            System.out.println(""+e);

            System.out.println(message);

        }

    }

    public static void main(String[] args)

    {

        Text2Speech obj=new Text2Speech(); obj.dospeak("Shashank Mishra I M S Engineering college ghaziabad","kevin16");

    }

}

Now save file and run.

Note -  always run jar file , you can find jar file of your project in dist folder.


Output - 

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