Emic 2

A simple JS API to communicate with the Emic 2. Emic 2 is a module used to perform TTS. This particular version of the API is targeted to Tessel microcontroller.

Installation

npm install emic2

Initiating module

var tessel = require('tessel');
var emic2 = require('emic2').use(tessel.port['D']);
 
emic2.on('ready', function(){
    emic2.speak('Hello, this is Tessel, your new friend');
});

Methods

• speak(txt) The main function that transform text to speech

emic2.speak('Hello there, today is going to be a great day');

• setVoice(int) Change between 9 available voices in Emic2

    /*
     0: Perfect Paul (Paulo)
     1: Huge Harry (Francisco)
     2: Beautiful Betty
     3: Uppity Ursula
     4: Doctor Dennis (Enrique)
     5: Kit the Kid
     6: Frail Frank
     7: Rough Rita
     8: Whispering Wendy (Beatriz) 
    */
    emic2.setVoice(0); // default voice

• setLanguage('es', ['lan']) Set the language used in TTS

    /*
     en: English
     es: Spanish | [ lan: latino or ca: castilian ] 
    */
    emic2.setLanguage('es', 'lan') //Setting language to espanish
    .speak('Hola amigos y amigas, esperon que todos esten bien')
    .setLanguage('en')
    .speak('As you can see, I am able to speak two languages, can you?');

• setVolume(int) Set the volume of the Emic 2

    /*
     Volume range [-48 to 18] 
     -48 (softest) to 18 (loudest)
    */
    emic2.setVolume(10);

• setRate(int) Set the speaking rate in words per minute from 75 (slowest) to 600 (fastest).

    //Default value: 200
    emic2.setRate(500)
    .speak('I am speaking kind of fast');

• stop() Immediately stop the currently playing text-to-speech message. This command is only valid while a message is playing.

    emic2.speak('This is a really long text........');
    emic2.stop();

License

MIT

Free Software, Hell Yeah!