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twblue/src/accessible_output2/outputs/e_speak.py

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from __future__ import absolute_import
from .base import Output
try:
import espeak.core
except:
raise RuntimeError("Cannot find espeak.core. Please install python-espeak")
class ESpeak(Output):
"""Speech output supporting ESpeak on Linux
Note this requires python-espeak to be installed
This can be done on Debian distros by using apt-get install python-espeak
Or through this tarball: https://launchpad.net/python-espeak
"""
name = "Linux ESpeak"
def is_active(self):
try:
import espeak.core
except:
return False
return True
def speak(self, text, interrupt = 0):
if interrupt:
self.silence()
espeak.core.synth(text)
def silence(self):
espeak.core.cancel()
output_class = ESpeak