[e_lotan]

I've tried using the procedure audio.say but it works only in English. The phone itself (N95) can read other languages as well.
What am I missing? Why can't I use other languages other than English?
This is the code I'm using:

import inbox
import e32
import audio

def read_sms(id):
    e32.ao_sleep(0.1)
    sms_text = i.content(id)
    audio.say(sms_text)
    
i=inbox.Inbox()
print "send now sms to this phone"
i.bind(read_sms)

[nlsp]

You can't change much. I believe it is determined by the language set in your telephone settings control panel. Mine reads Dutch, be it with a funny french accent.

I actually tend to like it :-/

[e_lotan]

I don't think this is the case/ Mine is set to hebrew, and reads hebrew names from the contacts, but hebrew (unlike dutch or french uses different letters and I think that here lies the problem. The python interpreter shouts about ascii characters not in range (128).

[nlsp]

Yeah i noticed it doesn't like unicode. Too bad :-/

Anybody found out how to set the playback volume for audio.say?

[e_lotan]

Originally Posted by nlsp

Yeah i noticed it doesn't like unicode. Too bad :-/

Do you suggest that python uses their own text2speech engine and not the built in one? Because the built in one handles hebrew smoothly.

[nlsp]

Originally Posted by e_lotan

Do you suggest that python uses their own text2speech engine and not the built in one? Because the built in one handles hebrew smoothly.

On my device the messagereader application speaks with a different voice than the speach recognition/voice command response apps do. Pythons audio.say interface *seems* to use the latter.

Anybody found out how to set things like playback volume or language support for audio.say() ??

I'm not suggesting anything. Just sharing thoughts and findings.

Regards,

Niels