Class CMUVoice

java.lang.Object
com.sun.speech.freetts.Voice
com.sun.speech.freetts.en.us.CMUVoice
All Implemented Interfaces:
Dumpable, UtteranceProcessor
Direct Known Subclasses:
CMUClusterUnitVoice, CMUDiphoneVoice, MbrolaVoice

public abstract class CMUVoice extends Voice
Provides generic support for a CMU Voice
  • Constructor Details

    • CMUVoice

      public CMUVoice(String name, Gender gender, Age age, String description, Locale locale, String domain, String organization, CMULexicon lexicon)
      Creates a simple voice
      Parameters:
      name - the name of the voice
      gender - the gender of the voice
      age - the age of the voice
      description - a human-readable string providing a description that can be displayed for the users.
      locale - the locale of the voice
      domain - the domain of this voice. For example,
      organization - the organization which created the voice "general", "time", or "weather".
      lexicon - the lexicon to load
  • Method Details

    • loader

      protected void loader() throws IOException
      Called by Voice during loading, derived voices should override this to provide customized loading.
      Specified by:
      loader in class Voice
      Throws:
      IOException
    • setupFeatureSet

      protected void setupFeatureSet() throws IOException
      Sets up the FeatureSet for this Voice.
      Throws:
      IOException - if an I/O error occurs
    • setupUtteranceProcessors

      protected void setupUtteranceProcessors() throws IOException
      Sets up the utterance processors for this voice. Subclasses should define this method to setup the utterance processors for the voice.
      Throws:
      IOException - throws an IOException if an error occurs
    • getPostLexicalAnalyzer

      protected UtteranceProcessor getPostLexicalAnalyzer() throws IOException
      Returns the post lexical processor to be used by this voice. Derived voices typically override this to customize behaviors.
      Returns:
      the post lexical analyzer in use by this voice
      Throws:
      IOException - if an IO error occurs while getting processor
    • getUnitSelector

      protected UtteranceProcessor getUnitSelector() throws IOException
      Returns the unit selector to be used by this voice Derived voices typically override this to customize behaviors.
      Returns:
      the unit selector in use by this voice
      Throws:
      IOException - if an IO error occurs while getting processor
    • getPitchmarkGenerator

      protected UtteranceProcessor getPitchmarkGenerator() throws IOException
      Returns the pitch mark generator to be used by this voice Derived voices typically override this to customize behaviors.
      Returns:
      the pitch mark generator to be used by this voice
      Throws:
      IOException - if an IO error occurs while getting processor
    • getUnitConcatenator

      protected UtteranceProcessor getUnitConcatenator() throws IOException
      Returns the unit concatenator to be used by this voice Derived voices typically override this to customize behaviors.
      Returns:
      the Unit concatenator
      Throws:
      IOException - if an IO error occurs while getting processor
    • setupFeatureProcessors

      protected void setupFeatureProcessors() throws IOException
      Sets up the FeatureProcessors for this Voice.
      Throws:
      IOException - if an I/O error occurs
    • getPhoneFeature

      public String getPhoneFeature(String phone, String featureName)
      Given a phoneme and a feature name, return the feature
      Overrides:
      getPhoneFeature in class Voice
      Parameters:
      phone - the phoneme of interest
      featureName - the name of the feature of interest
      Returns:
      the feature with the given name
    • getAudioOutput

      protected UtteranceProcessor getAudioOutput() throws IOException
      Returns the AudioOutput processor to be used by this voice Derived voices typically override this to customize behaviors.
      Specified by:
      getAudioOutput in class Voice
      Returns:
      the audio output processor
      Throws:
      IOException - if an IO error occurs while getting processor
    • getTokenizer

      public Tokenizer getTokenizer()
      Gets a tokenizer for this voice
      Specified by:
      getTokenizer in class Voice
      Returns:
      the tokenizer
    • toString

      public String toString()
      Converts this object to its String representation
      Overrides:
      toString in class Voice
      Returns:
      the string representation of this object