com.ibm.watson.developer_cloud.text_to_speech.v1

Class TextToSpeech

java.lang.Object

com.ibm.watson.developer_cloud.service.WatsonService

com.ibm.watson.developer_cloud.text_to_speech.v1.TextToSpeech

public class TextToSpeech
extends WatsonService

The Text to Speech service uses IBM's speech synthesis capabilities to convert English or Spanish text to an audio signal. The audio is streamed back to the client with minimal delay.

Version:

v1

See Also:

Text to Speech

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.ibm.watson.developer_cloud.service.WatsonService

VERSION

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
TextToSpeech() Instantiates a new text to speech.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
List<Voice>	getVoices() Gets the voices.
InputStream	synthesize(String text, String format) Synthesize text using a provided format
InputStream	synthesize(String text, Voice voice) Synthesize text using a voice.
InputStream	synthesize(String text, Voice voice, String outputFormat) Synthesize text using a voice and format.

Methods inherited from class com.ibm.watson.developer_cloud.service.WatsonService

configureHttpClient, execute, executeRequest, executeWithoutResponse, getApiKey, getEndPoint, getName, getToken, setApiKey, setAuthentication, setDefaultHeaders, setEndPoint, setUsernameAndPassword, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

TextToSpeech

public TextToSpeech()

Instantiates a new text to speech.

Method Detail

getVoices

public List<Voice> getVoices()

Gets the voices.

Returns:

the list of Voice

synthesize

public InputStream synthesize(String text,
                              String format)

Synthesize text using a provided format

Parameters:

text - the text to synthesize

format - the format, it needs to be an audio mime type, for example: audio/wav or audio/ogg; codecs=opus

Returns:

the input stream with the synthesized audio doesn't have the content-length set.

synthesize

public InputStream synthesize(String text,
                              Voice voice)

Synthesize text using a voice.

Parameters:

text - the text to synthesize

voice - the voice

Returns:

the input stream

synthesize

public InputStream synthesize(String text,
                              Voice voice,
                              String outputFormat)

Synthesize text using a voice and format.

Parameters:

text - the text

voice - the voice

outputFormat - the output format. e.g: audio/wav or audio/ogg; codecs=opus

Returns:

the input stream