/// <summary>
/// Get the list of available installed voices.
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
internal Dictionary <string, AvailableVoice> GetVoices()
{
Dictionary <string, AvailableVoice> names = new Dictionary <string, AvailableVoice>();
// Festival organizes voices by their language.
// TODO deal with other languages then English
// TODO Use (voice.list) to fetch the list from Festival
string path = LIBRARYPATH + "english/";
// If directory not there, maybe Festival is not installed?
if (!Directory.Exists(path))
{
return(names);
}
// Voice names are simply the names of directories.
foreach (string voicename in Directory.GetDirectories(path))
{
string[] terms = voicename.Split('/');
string name = terms[terms.Length - 1];
bool male = true;
bool skip = false;
// Check for additional information about this voice
string propString = voiceProperties?[name].AsString();
if (propString != null)
{
// Properties are a series of blank-separated keywords
string[] props = propString.Split(' ');
foreach (string key in props)
{
switch (key)
{
case "male":
male = true;
break;
case "female":
male = false;
break;
case "ignore":
skip = true;
break;
}
}
}
// If this voice is not blocked add it to the list.
if (!skip)
{
names[name] = new LinAvailableVoice(name, male);
}
}
return(names);
}
/// <summary>
/// Get the list of available installed voices.
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
internal Dictionary<string, AvailableVoice> GetVoices()
{
Dictionary<string, AvailableVoice> names = new Dictionary<string, AvailableVoice>();
// Festival organizes voices by their language.
// TODO deal with other languages then English
// TODO Use (voice.list) to fetch the list from Festival
string path = LIBRARYPATH + "english/";
// If directory not there, maybe Festival is not installed?
if (!Directory.Exists(path)) return names;
// Voice names are simply the names of directories.
foreach (string voicename in Directory.GetDirectories(path))
{
string[] terms = voicename.Split('/');
string name = terms[terms.Length - 1];
bool male = true;
bool skip = false;
// Check for additional information about this voice
if (voiceProperties != null)
{
string propString = voiceProperties[name].AsString();
if (propString != null)
{
// Properties are a series of blank-separated keywords
string[] props = propString.Split(' ');
foreach (string key in props)
{
switch (key)
{
case "male":
male = true;
break;
case "female":
male = false;
break;
case "ignore":
skip = true;
break;
}
}
}
}
// If this voice is not blocked add it to the list.
if (!skip)
names[name] = new LinAvailableVoice(name, male);
}
return names;
}
