Class: Belphanior::Servant::Speech::Adaptors::Espeak

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/belphanior/servant/speech/espeak.rb

Defined Under Namespace

Classes: Exception

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(syscall = nil) ⇒ Espeak 



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# File 'lib/belphanior/servant/speech/espeak.rb', line 10

def initialize(syscall=nil)
  @syscall = syscall
  if not @syscall
    @syscall=Kernel
  end
end

Instance Method Details

#say(message, speech_properties = {}) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/belphanior/servant/speech/espeak.rb', line 17

def say(message, speech_properties={})
  args=""
  if speech_properties.has_key?(:voice)
    args += "-v \"#{speech_properties[:voice]}\" "
  end
  command_line = "espeak #{args}\"#{message}\""
  result = @syscall.system(command_line)
  if not result
    raise Exception,
    "Error in say: Tried to shell '#{command_line}', but "
    "result was '#{$?}'"
  end
end