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- ;;; Centre for Speech Technology Research ;;
- ;;; University of Edinburgh, UK ;;
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- ;;; Specification of voices and some major choices of synthesis
- ;;;
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- ;;;
- ;;; This should use some sort of database description for voices so
- ;;; new voices will become automatically available.
- ;;;
-
- (define (language_british_english)
- "(language_british_english)
- Set up language parameters for British English."
- (require 'voices)
- ;; Will get more elaborate, with different choices of voices in language
-
- (set! male1 voice_rab_diphone)
- (set! male2 voice_don_diphone)
- (if (symbol-bound? 'voice_gsw_diphone)
- (set! male3 voice_gsw_diphone))
- (if (symbol-bound? 'voice_gsw_450)
- (set! male4 voice_gsw_450))
-
- (male1)
- (Parameter.set 'Language 'britishenglish)
- )
-
-
- (define (language_italian)
- "(language_italian)
- Set up language parameters for Italian."
-
- (if (symbol-bound? 'voice_lp_diphone)
- (set! female1 voice_lp_diphone))
- (set! male1 voice_pc_diphone)
-
- (male1)
- (Parameter.set 'Language 'italian)
- )
-
-
- (define (language_american_english)
- "(language_american_english)
- Set up language parameters for Aemerican English."
-
- (if (symbol-bound? 'voice_kal_diphone)
- (set! female1 voice_kal_diphone))
- (set! male1 voice_ked_diphone)
-
- (male1)
- (Parameter.set 'Language 'americanenglish)
- )
-
- (define (language_finnish)
- "(language_finnish)
- Set up language parameters for Finnish."
- (if (symbol-bound? 'voice_suo_lj_diphone)
- (set! female1 voice_suo_lj_diphone))
- (set! male1 voice_hy_fi_mv_diphone)
-
- (male1)
- (Parameter.set 'Language 'finnish)
- )
-
- (define (language_scots_gaelic)
- "(language_scots_gaelic)
- Set up language parameters for Scots Gaelic."
- (error "Scots Gaelic not yet supported.")
-
- (Parameter.set 'Language 'scotsgaelic)
- )
-
- (define (language_welsh)
- "(language_welsh)
- Set up language parameters for Welsh."
-
- (set! male1 voice_welsh_hl)
-
- (male1)
- (Parameter.set 'Language 'welsh)
- )
-
- (define (language_castillian_spanish)
- "(language_spanish)
- Set up language parameters for Castillian Spanish."
-
- (voice_el_diphone)
- (set! male1 voice_el_diphone)
-
- (Parameter.set 'Language 'spanish)
- )
-
- (define (select_language language)
- (cond
- ((or (equal? language 'britishenglish)
- (equal? language 'english)) ;; we all know its the *real* English
- (language_british_english))
- ((equal? language 'americanenglish)
- (language_american_english))
- ((equal? language 'scotsgaelic)
- (language_scots_gaelic))
- ((equal? language 'welsh)
- (language_welsh))
- ((equal? language 'italian)
- (language_italian))
- ((equal? language 'spanish)
- (language_castillian_spanish))
- ((equal? language 'finnish)
- (language_finnish))
- ((equal? language 'klingon)
- (language_klingon))
- (t
- (print "Unsupported language, using English")
- (language_british_english))))
-
- (defvar language_default language_british_english)
-
- (provide 'languages)
-