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This article covers some ways of outputting speech based on text strings using the native macOS text-to-speech (TTS) engine which is part of the macOS operating system.
 
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Revision as of 10:29, 4 June 2020

macOSlogo.png

This article applies to macOS only.

See also: Multiplatform Programming Guide

│ English (en) │

Overview

This article covers some ways of outputting speech based on text strings using the native macOS text-to-speech (TTS) engine which is part of the macOS operating system.

NSSpeechSynthesizer: Speech synthesis from code

Source: forum post by kogs and contributions by skalogryz (updated to compile with Lazarus 2.1 and FPC 3.3.1 by Trev - CFStringToStr modified):

The code calling speech synthesis: speechsynthesizer.pas: 

{ Parsed from Appkit.framework NSSpeechSynthesizerSpeechSynthesize.h }
unit speechsynthesizer;

{$mode objfpc}{$H+}
{$modeswitch objectivec1}

interface

{$linkframework AppKit}

uses
  Classes, MacOSAll, CocoaUtils; //, CarbonProc; Omit for Cocoa compilation

type

{ NSSpeechSynthesizer }

  NSSpeechSynthesizer = objcclass external (NSObject)
  private
    _privateNSSpeechSynthesizerVars: id;
    // function and procedure
    // init with voice
    function initWithVoice(voice_: NSString): id; message 'initWithVoice:';
    // Speaking
    function startSpeakingString(string_: NSString): Boolean; message 'startSpeakingString:';
//    function startSpeakingString_toURL(string_: NSString; url: NSURL): Boolean; message 'startSpeakingString:toURL:';
    function isSpeaking: Boolean; message 'isSpeaking';
    procedure stopSpeaking; message 'stopSpeaking';
//    procedure stopSpeakingAtBoundary(boundary: NSSpeechBoundary); message 'stopSpeakingAtBoundary:';
//    procedure pauseSpeakingAtBoundary(boundary: NSSpeechBoundary); message 'pauseSpeakingAtBoundary:';
    procedure continueSpeaking; message 'continueSpeaking';
    function delegate: NSObject; message 'delegate';
    procedure setDelegate(anObject: NSObject); message 'setDelegate:';
    // voice
    function voice: NSString; message 'voice';
    function setVoice(voice_: NSString): Boolean; message 'setVoice:';
    // rate
    function rate: single; message 'rate';
    procedure setRate(rate_: single); message 'setRate:';
    // volume
    function volume: single; message 'volume';
    procedure setVolume(volume_: single); message 'setVolume:';
//    function usesFeedbackWindow: Boolean; message 'usesFeedbackWindow';
//    procedure setUsesFeedbackWindow(flag: Boolean); message 'setUsesFeedbackWindow:';
//    procedure addSpeechDictionary(speechDictionary: NSDictionary); message 'addSpeechDictionary:';
    // phonemes from text
    function phonemesFromText(text: NSString): NSString; message 'phonemesFromText:';
//    function objectForProperty_error(property_: NSString; outError: NSErrorPointer): id; message 'objectForProperty:error:';
//    function setObject_forProperty_error(object_: id; property_: NSString; outError: NSErrorPointer): Boolean; message 'setObject:forProperty:error:';
//    class function isAnyApplicationSpeaking: Boolean; message 'isAnyApplicationSpeaking';
//    class function defaultVoice: NSString; message 'defaultVoice';
//    class function availableVoices: NSArray; message 'availableVoices';
//    class function attributesForVoice(voice_: NSString): NSDictionary; message 'attributesForVoice:';
  end;


  TSpeechDelegate = objcclass;

  { TSpeechSynthesize }

  TSpeechSynthesizer = class
  private
    fOnFinish : TNotifyEvent;
    // Speech are the Synthesizer and the Delegate
    SS: NSSpeechSynthesizer;
    Del: TSpeechDelegate;
    function NSStr(const stringA: String): NSString;
    // Voice
    function GetVoice: String;
    procedure SetVoice(stringVoice: String);
    // Rate
    function GetRate: Integer;
    procedure SetRate(integerRate: Integer);
    // Volume
    function GetVolume: Integer;
    procedure SetVolume(integerVolume: Integer);
    // AllocDelegate
    procedure AllocDelegate;
  protected
    procedure DoFinishedSpeaking;
  public
    constructor Create;
    constructor Create(stringVoice: String);
    destructor Destroy; override;
    // Speaking
    function StartSpeakingString(stringA: String): Boolean;
    procedure StopSpeaking;
    function IsSpeaking: Boolean;  // speaking is yes/no
    procedure ContinueSpeaking;
    // Phonemes from text
    function PhonemesFromText(stringText: String): String;
    // Voice
    property Voice: String read GetVoice write SetVoice;
    // Rate
    property Rate: Integer read GetRate write SetRate;
    // Volume
    property Volume: Integer read GetVolume write SetVolume;
    // Notification on end of speech
    property OnFinish: TNotifyEvent read fOnFinish write fOnFinish;
  end;

  { TSpeechDelegate }

  TSpeechDelegate = objcclass(NSObject)
  public
    Obj : TSpeechSynthesizer;
    procedure SpeechSynthesizer_DidFinishSpeaking(sender: NSSpeechSynthesizer;
      finishedSpeakingSuccess: Boolean); message
      'speechSynthesizer:didFinishSpeaking:';
    {procedure speechSynthesizer_willSpeakWord_ofString(sender: NSSpeechSynthesizer; characterRange: NSRange; string_: NSString); message 'speechSynthesizer:willSpeakWord:ofString:';
    procedure speechSynthesizer_willSpeakPhoneme(sender: NSSpeechSynthesizer; phonemeOpcode: cshort); message 'speechSynthesizer:willSpeakPhoneme:';
    procedure speechSynthesizer_didEncounterErrorAtIndex_ofString_message(sender: NSSpeechSynthesizer; characterIndex: NSUInteger; string_: NSString; message: NSString); message 'speechSynthesizer:didEncounterErrorAtIndex:ofString:message:';
    procedure speechSynthesizer_didEncounterSyncMessage(sender: NSSpeechSynthesizer; message: NSString); message 'speechSynthesizer:didEncounterSyncMessage:';}
  end;

function NSStringToString(ns: NSString): String;

implementation

{-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    function NSStringToString
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------}
function NSStringToString(ns: NSString): String;
begin
  Result := CFStringToStr(CFStringRef(ns));
end;

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

{ TSpeechDelegate }

{-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    procedure SpeechSynthesizer_DidFinishSpeaking
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------}
procedure TSpeechDelegate.SpeechSynthesizer_DidFinishSpeaking(
  sender: NSSpeechSynthesizer; finishedSpeakingSuccess: Boolean);
begin
  if Assigned(Obj) then Obj.DoFinishedSpeaking;
end;

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

{ TSpeechSynthesize }

{-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    function NSStr
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------}
function TSpeechSynthesizer.NSStr(const stringA: String): NSString;
 begin
   // converting string to NSString (CFStringRef and NSString are interchangable)
   Result := NSString(CFStr(PChar(stringA)));
 end;

{-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    function StartSpeakingString
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------}
function TSpeechSynthesizer.StartSpeakingString(stringA: String): Boolean;
begin
  Result := SS.startSpeakingString(NSStr(stringA));
end;

{-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    procedure StopSpeaking
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------}
procedure TSpeechSynthesizer.StopSpeaking;
begin
  SS.stopSpeaking;
end;

{-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    function IsSpeaking
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------}
function TSpeechSynthesizer.IsSpeaking: Boolean;
begin
  Result := False;
  Result := SS.isSpeaking;
end;

{-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    procedure ContinueSpeakinG
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------}
procedure TSpeechSynthesizer.ContinueSpeaking;
begin
  SS.continueSpeaking;
end;

{-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    function GetVoice
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------}
function TSpeechSynthesizer.GetVoice: String;
begin
  Result := NSStringToString(SS.voice);
end;

{-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    procedure SetVoice
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------}
procedure TSpeechSynthesizer.SetVoice(stringVoice: String);
begin
  SS.setVoice(NSStr(stringVoice));
end;

{-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    function GetRate
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------}
function TSpeechSynthesizer.GetRate: Integer;
begin
  Result := Integer(SS.rate);
end;

{-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    procedure SetRate
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------}
procedure TSpeechSynthesizer.SetRate(integerRate: Integer);
begin
  SS.setRate(single(integerRate));
end;

{-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    function GetVolume
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------}
function TSpeechSynthesizer.GetVolume: Integer;
begin
  Result := Integer(SS.rate);
end;

{-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    procedure SetRate
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------}
procedure TSpeechSynthesizer.SetVolume(integerVolume: Integer);
begin
  SS.setRate(Integer(integerVolume));
end;

{-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    function PhonemesFromText
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------}
function  TSpeechSynthesizer.PhonemesFromText(stringText: String): String;
begin
  Result := NSStringToString(SS.phonemesFromText(NSStr(stringText)));
end;

{-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    procedure AllocDelegate
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------}
procedure TSpeechSynthesizer.AllocDelegate;
begin
  Del := TSpeechDelegate.alloc.init;
  Del.Obj:=Self;
  SS.setDelegate(Del);
end;

{-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    procedure SetRate
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------}
procedure TSpeechSynthesizer.DoFinishedSpeaking;
begin
  if Assigned(fOnFinish) then fOnFinish(Self);
end;

{-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    constructor Create
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------}
constructor TSpeechSynthesizer.Create;
begin
  inherited;
  SS := NSSpeechSynthesizer.alloc.init;
  AllocDelegate;
end;

constructor TSpeechSynthesizer.Create(stringVoice: String);
begin
  SS := NSSpeechSynthesizer.alloc.initWithVoice(NSStr(stringVoice));
  AllocDelegate;
end;

destructor TSpeechSynthesizer.Destroy;
begin
  Del.release;
  SS.release;
  inherited Destroy;
end;

end.

Example code: 

unit Unit1;

{$mode objfpc}{$H+}

interface

uses
  Classes, Forms, StdCtrls, Menus, speechsynthesize; 

type

  { TForm1 }

  TForm1 = class(TForm)
    MainMenu1: TMainMenu;
    Memo1: TMemo;
    MenuItemEdit: TMenuItem;
    MenuItemEditSpeech: TMenuItem;
    MenuItemEditSpeechStart: TMenuItem;
    MenuItemEditSpeechStop: TMenuItem;
    procedure FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
    procedure FormDestroy(Sender: TObject);
    procedure MenuItemEditSpeechStartClick(Sender: TObject);
    procedure MenuItemEditSpeechStopClick(Sender: TObject);
  private
    { private declarations } 
    SpeechSynthesizer: TSpeechSynthesizer;
  public
    { public declarations }
    procedure OnFinish(Sender: TObject);
  end;

var
  Form1: TForm1;

implementation

{$R *.lfm}

{ TForm1 }

procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
begin
  SpeechSynthesizer := TSpeechSynthesizer.Create;

  // SpeechSynthesizer.OnFinish <-@OnFinish (Self)
  SpeechSynthesizer.OnFinish := @OnFinish;

  MenuItemEditSpeechStop.Enabled := False;
end;

procedure TForm1.FormDestroy(Sender: TObject);
begin
  SpeechSynthesizer.Free;
end;

procedure TForm1.MenuItemEditSpeechStartClick(Sender: TObject);
begin
  //  IsSpeaking - yes -> StopSpeaking
  if SpeechSynthesizer.IsSpeaking then
  begin
    SpeechSynthesizer.StopSpeaking;
    MenuItemEditSpeechStop.Enabled := False;
  end;

  // StartSpeakingString
  SpeechSynthesizer.StartSpeakingString(Memo1.Text);

  MenuItemEditSpeechStop.Enabled := True;
end;

procedure TForm1.MenuItemEditSpeechStopClick(Sender: TObject);
begin
  SpeechSynthesizer.StopSpeaking;
end;

{  OnFinish }

procedure TForm1.OnFinish(Sender: TObject);
begin
  //  not SpeechSynthesizer.IsSpeaking - yes or no
  if not SpeechSynthesizer.IsSpeaking then
  begin
    MenuItemEditSpeechStart.Enabled := True;
    MenuItemEditSpeechStop.Enabled := False;
  end;
end;

end.

Using /usr/bin/say

This tool uses the Speech Synthesis manager to convert input text to audible speech and either play it through the sound output device chosen in System Preferences or save it to an AIFF file. 

...

Uses
  Unix,
  BaseUnix,
  ...;

...

procedure TForm1.MenuItem22Click(Sender: TObject);
var
  status: LongInt;
  tts: String;
begin
  tts := 'Hello, this is a test.';
  status := fpSystem('/usr/bin/say "' + tts + '"');
  ShowMessage('Exit status: ' + IntToStr(wexitStatus(status)));
end;

Program sayhello;

Uses
  Process;

Var
  AProcess:TProcess;

Begin
  AProcess := TProcess.Create(nil);
  Try
    AProcess.Executable := '/usr/bin/say';
    AProcess.Parameters.Add( '-o');
    AProcess.Parameters.Add( '/Users/<you>/Desktop/hello.aiff');  // save speech to file on your desktop
    AProcess.Parameters.Add( 'hello');
    AProcess.Options := AProcess.Options + [poWaitOnExit];
    AProcess.Execute;
  Finally
    AProcess.Free;
  End;
End.

For more details on how to use this command, open a Terminal and type man say for the manual page.

Using osascript

From a forum post by jwdietrich: 

var
  s: longint;
  t: String;
begin
  t := 'This is a test.';
  s := fpSystem('osascript -e ''say "' + t + '"'''); 
end;

For more details on how to use this command, open a Terminal and type man osascript for the manual page.

See also

External links

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