voice_text

ROS Interface for HOYA VoiceText Speech Synthesis Engine

Installation

1. Install VoiceText SDK
2. Put license file
3. Build this package

cd /path/to/catkin_workspace
catkin build voice_text

Usage

1. Launch voice_text node

roslaunch voice_text voice_text.launch

TIPS If you want to launch VoiceText engine on remote machine, try creating launch file like below:

<launch>
  <machine name="remote" address="192.168.0.3" />
  <include file="$(find voice_text)/launch/voice_text.launch">
    <arg name="machine" value="remote" />
  </include>
</launch>

1. Say

Now speech synthesis is enabled.

rosrun sound_play say.py Hello! dummy 1.0 robotsound:=robotsound_jp

Robot says “Hello!”

Reference

Service

• text_to_speech (voice_text/TextToSpeech)

  Set text_path for path to text file that contains speech sentences. Set wave_path for path to generated wave file to be generated. If ok in response is set to true, wave file is generated successfully.

Parameters

• ~db_path (String, default: path found at build time (e.g., "/var/vt/sayaka/M16"))

  Path to VoiceText database directory.

• ~license_path (String, default: "")

  Path to VoiceText license file. If this parameter is empty, SDK tries to search data-common/verify directory relative to db_path.

Dynamic Parameters

• ~pitch (Int, default: 100)

  Pitch of voice by percentage. Speaks higher if this parameter is higher than 100.

• ~speed (Int, default: 100)

  Speed of speech by percentage.

• ~volume (Int, default: 100)

  Volumet of speech by percentage.

• ~pause (Int, default: 800)

  Pause duration between sentences by milliseconds.

Changelog for package voice_text

2.1.28 (2023-07-24)

2.1.27 (2023-06-24)

2.1.26 (2023-06-14)

2.1.25 (2023-06-08)

• GA: enable melodic/aarch64 (#432)
• Restart voice text if verification fails (#300)
• Add verification check rosinfo (#298)
• Contributors: Aoi Nakane, Kei Okada, Naoto Tsukamoto, Naoya Yamaguchi, Shingo Kitagawa, Yoshiki Obinata

2.1.24 (2021-07-26)

2.1.23 (2021-07-21)

2.1.22 (2021-06-10)

• [voice_text] Fix README to follow supporting other speakers than SAYAKA (#220)
• Contributors: Shun Hasegawa

2.1.21 (2020-08-19)

2.1.20 (2020-08-07)

2.1.19 (2020-07-21)

2.1.18 (2020-07-20)

2.1.17 (2020-04-16)

2.1.16 (2020-04-16)

2.1.15 (2019-12-12)

2.1.14 (2019-11-21)

2.1.13 (2019-07-10)

• [voice_text] Call rosservice from python instead of bash (#166 )
  • rewrite text2wave with python
  • call rosservice from python instead of bash
• Contributors: Hideaki Ito

2.1.12 (2019-05-25)

• Fix install directory of text2wave to ./lib -> ./bin (#160) [text2wave]{.title-ref} Was wrongly installed to [CATKIN_PACKAGE_LIB_DESTINATION]{.title-ref} The launch file is assumed that it is installed under [rospack find voice_text]{.title-ref}/bin https://github.com/jsk-ros-pkg/jsk_3rdparty/blob/2.1.10/3rdparty/voice_text/launch/voice_text.launch#L29
• Contributors: Kei Okada

2.1.11 (2018-08-29)

2.1.10 (2018-04-25)

• add dependencies from voice_text to vt_dummy, solves #139 (#143)
• Contributors: Kei Okada

2.1.9 (2018-04-24)

• voice_text: add gencfg target to deps (#141)
• Contributors: Yuki Furta

2.1.8 (2018-04-17)

2.1.7 (2018-04-09)

• voice_text: support dynamic linking (#135)
  • install voice_text TARGETS - voice_text: CMakeLists.txt: remove debug code to force non-exists VT_LIB_PATH
  • voice_text: guide to install libs
  • install voice_text TARGETS
  • voice_text: CMakeLists.txt: remove debug code to force non-exists VT_LIB_PATH
  • add dependencies from generate_message_cpp to voice_text
  • use vt_dummy when we do not have voice_text library
• Contributors: Kei Okada, Yuki Furuta

2.1.6 (2017-11-21)

2.1.5 (2017-11-20)

• [voice_text] Add respawn argument for sound_play (#125)
• Contributors: Shunichi Nozawa

2.1.4 (2017-07-16)

2.1.3 (2017-07-07)

2.1.2 (2017-07-06)

2.1.1 (2017-07-05)

• add dynamic_reconfigure to run/build depends (#110)
• Contributors: Kei Okada

2.1.0 (2017-07-02)

• [voice_text] Refactor API (#101)
  • Cleanup directory (remove rosbuild related files.)
  • Rewrote VoiceText server node as ROS friendly.
  • text2wave calls rosservice internally (This enables running VoiceText
  • engine on remote machine easily)
  • Create sample launch file
  • Create README
  • WARNING : This breaks API (we need to run voice_text node in addition to sound_play), so existing users will have to change launch file for using voice text.
• Contributors: Yuki Furuta

2.0.20 (2017-05-09)

2.0.19 (2017-02-22)

2.0.18 (2016-10-28)

2.0.17 (2016-10-22)

2.0.16 (2016-10-17)

2.0.15 (2016-10-16)

• voice_text : clean up CMakeList.txt
• [3rdparty/voice_text/text2wave] Enable text2wave using VoiceText other than pr2 robots.
• Contributors: Kei Okada, Shunichi Nozawa

2.0.14 (2016-03-20)

2.0.13 (2015-12-15)

2.0.12 (2015-11-26)

2.0.11 (2015-10-07)

2.0.10 (2015-10-07)

2.0.9 (2015-09-26)

2.0.8 (2015-09-15)

2.0.7 (2015-09-14)

2.0.6 (2015-09-08)

2.0.5 (2015-08-23)

2.0.4 (2015-08-18)

2.0.3 (2015-08-01)

2.0.2 (2015-06-29)

2.0.1 (2015-06-19)

2.0.0 (2015-06-19)

• move from jsk_common to jsk_3rdparty

1.0.72 (2015-06-07)

1.0.71 (2015-05-17)

1.0.70 (2015-05-08)

1.0.69 (2015-05-05)

1.0.68 (2015-05-05)

1.0.67 (2015-05-03)

1.0.66 (2015-04-03)

1.0.65 (2015-04-02)

1.0.64 (2015-03-29)

1.0.63 (2015-02-19)

1.0.62 (2015-02-17)

1.0.61 (2015-02-11)

1.0.60 (2015-02-03)

1.0.59 (2015-02-03)

• Remove rosbuild files
• Contributors: Ryohei Ueda

1.0.58 (2015-01-07)

1.0.57 (2014-12-23)

1.0.56 (2014-12-17)

1.0.55 (2014-12-09)

1.0.54 (2014-11-15)

1.0.53 (2014-11-01)

1.0.52 (2014-10-23)

1.0.51 (2014-10-20)

1.0.50 (2014-10-20)

1.0.49 (2014-10-13)

1.0.48 (2014-10-12)

1.0.47 (2014-10-08)

1.0.46 (2014-10-03)

1.0.45 (2014-09-29)

1.0.44 (2014-09-26)

1.0.43 (2014-09-26)

1.0.42 (2014-09-25)

• Support cakint for vice_text by using catkin_find command
• Contributors: Ryohei Ueda

1.0.41 (2014-09-23)

1.0.40 (2014-09-19)

1.0.39 (2014-09-17)

1.0.38 (2014-09-13)

• catkinize python_twoauth and voice_text, modify multi_map_server's catkin.cmake
• Contributors: Ryohei Ueda, JSK applications
• catkinize python_twoauth and voice_text, modify multi_map_server's catkin.cmake
• Contributors: Yuto Inagaki

1.0.37 (2014-09-08)

1.0.36 (2014-09-01)

1.0.35 (2014-08-16)

1.0.34 (2014-08-14)

1.0.33 (2014-07-28)

1.0.32 (2014-07-26)

1.0.31 (2014-07-23)

1.0.30 (2014-07-15)

1.0.29 (2014-07-02)

1.0.28 (2014-06-24)

1.0.27 (2014-06-10)

1.0.26 (2014-05-30)

1.0.25 (2014-05-26)

1.0.24 (2014-05-24)

1.0.23 (2014-05-23)

1.0.22 (2014-05-22)

1.0.21 (2014-05-20)

1.0.20 (2014-05-09)

1.0.19 (2014-05-06)

1.0.18 (2014-05-04)

1.0.17 (2014-04-20)

1.0.16 (2014-04-19 23:29)

1.0.15 (2014-04-19 20:19)

1.0.14 (2014-04-19 12:52)

1.0.13 (2014-04-19 11:06)

1.0.12 (2014-04-18 16:58)

1.0.11 (2014-04-18 08:18)

1.0.10 (2014-04-17)

1.0.9 (2014-04-12)

1.0.8 (2014-04-11)

1.0.7 (2014-04-10)

1.0.6 (2014-04-07)

1.0.5 (2014-03-31)

1.0.4 (2014-03-29)

1.0.3 (2014-03-19)

1.0.2 (2014-03-12)

1.0.1 (2014-03-07)

1.0.0 (2014-03-05)

• add nkf to rosdep.yaml
• do not compile if voicetext is not installed
• add r58200(fixed include path), r58221(added nkf to rosdep) by mikita
• add voice_text client program, copy from jsk-ros-pkg-unreleased
• Contributors: Kei Okada