Re: codeProject article on TTS for the web

Well, now also tried specifically upgrading internet explorer to IE9, and at 
least one of the server side implementations of using HTML5 audio playback 
worked now, whereas the client-side, javascript one only seems to work in 
firefox 14 thus far, but anyway.

Stay well

Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arno Kuhl" <[email protected]>
To: "'Jacob Kruger'" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 10:49 AM
Subject: RE: [PHP-WIN] codeProject article on TTS for the web


> Thanks for the links, could be quite useful.
>
> Cheers
> Arno
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jacob Kruger [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: 13 August 2012 01:30 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [PHP-WIN] codeProject article on TTS for the web
>
> This article makes use of 4 separate examples/ways to try dynamically
> generate/output TTS content using PHP pages, requesting TTS content via
> webpages, making use of google translate, speechUtil.com and 
> text2Speech.org
> for server side requests for output audio files, but also makes use of a
> sort of client side javascript port of the eSpeak TTS synth:
> http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/435434/Text-to-Speech-tts-for-the-Web
>
> Only real issues seem to be browser compatibility, but they seem to have
> tested it, and are sort of making use of primarily HTML5 audio tags, which
> won't work too well backwardly compatible, but still.
>
> For example, while the clientSide javascript port of eSpeak works alright 
> in
> mozilla fireFox 14 here, the other examples don't appear to be playing
> rendered audio automatically via internet explorer 8 as such, which is 
> still
> my primary browser, but could probably easily enough make minor changes to
> the PHP code to render that part of the audio playback process work a bit
> better on it, but, the other issue is I know, for example, google 
> translate
> doesn't like automated server side requests from my website...<smile>.
>
> Either way, if you want, I have put these samples up on a page here - and,
> the reason the eSpeak example may take a little time to load is the
> javascript port comes to over 2Mb:
> http://www.blindza.co.za/webTTS/
>
> Stay well
>
> Jacob Kruger
> Blind Biker
> Skype: BlindZA
> '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'
>
> 


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