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Client-side Text-to-Speech Shoutbox
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Text-To-Speech ShoutBox
If you haven't seen my previous post, feel free to take a quick look at it just to get some background.
In that post, I'm running a Node server that uses the underlying system's text-to-speech engine to speak every shout. However, a server isn't even needed thanks to [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] from Google way back in 2014! I don't know how I missed it!
Now you can easily listen to our shoutbox speak with one line of code! Simply open up the console from the shoutbox window (F12 shortcut on Chrome) and execute the following.
Since the speech might get annoying after a while, you can stop it with stopShouts(). However, you might've noticed the script logs each shout to the console when speaking it. So if you only want the logs, then you can include some options into startShouts() like so: startShouts( {speak: false, log: true} ).
But why would I only want the logs, dude? Because they include timestamps!!! (See suggestions: 1 2 3 4)
Okay, but it's not like I can chat through the console? Hah!
If you guys have any questions about the code, I'd be glad to answer them!
Bugs
Google's speech synthesis cuts out on longer texts, and does not work again until the browser is restarted, or until speechSynthesis.cancel() is executed in the console. See [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] StackOverflow question for a solution. I'll get around to implementing it whenever.
Thanks.
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If you haven't seen my previous post, feel free to take a quick look at it just to get some background.
In that post, I'm running a Node server that uses the underlying system's text-to-speech engine to speak every shout. However, a server isn't even needed thanks to [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] from Google way back in 2014! I don't know how I missed it!
Now you can easily listen to our shoutbox speak with one line of code! Simply open up the console from the shoutbox window (F12 shortcut on Chrome) and execute the following.
$.getScript( 'https://rawgit.com/kinkyturtle/TTG-TTS-SB/master/client-app/speak-shouts.js', () => startShouts() );However, you really should not go around executing random code you find off the internet, so open that link up and read through it! If you want to be able to change the voice, volume, rate, and pitch, you would be doing that anyways! The entire repo is [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] .
Since the speech might get annoying after a while, you can stop it with stopShouts(). However, you might've noticed the script logs each shout to the console when speaking it. So if you only want the logs, then you can include some options into startShouts() like so: startShouts( {speak: false, log: true} ).
But why would I only want the logs, dude? Because they include timestamps!!! (See suggestions: 1 2 3 4)
Okay, but it's not like I can chat through the console? Hah!
If you guys have any questions about the code, I'd be glad to answer them!
Bugs
Google's speech synthesis cuts out on longer texts, and does not work again until the browser is restarted, or until speechSynthesis.cancel() is executed in the console. See [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] StackOverflow question for a solution. I'll get around to implementing it whenever.
Thanks.
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I'm still using ipv4 boi
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coolbunny1234 wrote I'm still using ipv4 boi
I don't understand. Can you elaborate? Networking isn't really my thing, but what does your IP have to do with anything?
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Update: fixed the issue with Google's speech synthesis cutting out on longer strings thanks to the help of the referenced Stack Overflow question in the original post.
Should be able to work smoothly now!
Should be able to work smoothly now!
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