org.wcb.plugins.speech
Class AliceSynthesizerModeDesc

java.lang.Object
  javax.speech.EngineModeDesc
      javax.speech.synthesis.SynthesizerModeDesc
          org.wcb.plugins.speech.AliceSynthesizerModeDesc

public class AliceSynthesizerModeDesc

extends javax.speech.synthesis.SynthesizerModeDesc

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 Project: Home Automation Interface Filename: $Id: AliceSynthesizerModeDesc.java,v 1.5 2004/02/27 01:29:53 wbogaardt Exp $ Abstract: Web bean for x10 jsp. $Log: AliceSynthesizerModeDesc.java,v $ Revision 1.5 2004/02/27 01:29:53 wbogaardt modified classes so they conform to Checkstyle format in readability Revision 1.4 2003/12/18 17:35:53 wbogaardt fixed speech engine issue so that the application does not lock up but will notify user of the need to install speech.properties file in their home directory. Revision 1.3 2003/12/13 05:36:52 wbogaardt fixed javadoc comments. Revision 1.2 2003/12/11 23:10:12 wbogaardt cleaned up exception handeling and logging of system.out messages Revision 1.1 2003/12/11 21:58:42 wbogaardt added speach synthesizer using java speech api A SynthesizerModeDesc that implements the toString() method so that it returns the name of the synthesizer.

Constructor Summary

AliceSynthesizerModeDesc(javax.speech.synthesis.SynthesizerModeDesc modeDesc)
Constructs a MySynthesizerModeDesc with the attributes from the given SynthesizerModeDesc.

Method Summary

javax.speech.synthesis.Synthesizer	createSynthesizer() Creates the Synthesizer and its Monitor.
javax.speech.synthesis.Synthesizer	getSynthesizer() Returns a Synthesizer that fits the description of this MySynthesizerModeDesc.
boolean	isSynthesizerLoaded() Returns true if the synthesizer is already loaded.
javax.speech.synthesis.Synthesizer	loadSynthesizer() Allocates the synthesizer if it has never been allocated.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns the name of the Synthesizer.

Methods inherited from class javax.speech.synthesis.SynthesizerModeDesc

addVoice, equals, getVoices, match, setVoices

Methods inherited from class javax.speech.EngineModeDesc

getEngineName, getLocale, getModeName, getRunning, setEngineName, setLocale, setModeName, setRunning

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AliceSynthesizerModeDesc

public AliceSynthesizerModeDesc(javax.speech.synthesis.SynthesizerModeDesc modeDesc)

Constructs a MySynthesizerModeDesc with the attributes from the given SynthesizerModeDesc.

Parameters:

modeDesc - the SynthesizerModeDesc to get attributes from

Method Detail

isSynthesizerLoaded

public boolean isSynthesizerLoaded()

Returns true if the synthesizer is already loaded.

Returns:

true if the synthesizer is already loaded

getSynthesizer

public javax.speech.synthesis.Synthesizer getSynthesizer()

Returns a Synthesizer that fits the description of this MySynthesizerModeDesc. If the synthesize was never loaded, it is loaded in a separate thread.

Returns:

a Synthesizer

createSynthesizer

public javax.speech.synthesis.Synthesizer createSynthesizer()

Creates the Synthesizer and its Monitor.

Returns:

the created Synthesizer

loadSynthesizer

public javax.speech.synthesis.Synthesizer loadSynthesizer()

Allocates the synthesizer if it has never been allocated. This method should be called after method createSynthesizer(). It spawns a new thread to allocate the synthesizer.

Returns:

the Synthesizer to allow speaking.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns the name of the Synthesizer.

Returns:

the name of the Synthesizer