Using Siri voices in Speech module

rex_noctis

So I am building a text to speech program. It currently says text in the default Daniel Encanced voice. I want the program to say stuff in the Australian Male Siri voice. How would I do that? I have tried speech.say(‘Hello’, ‘en-AU’) but this uses a different Australian voice. Please help.

cvp

@rex_noctis Please, read this topic

rex_noctis

@cvp I have extensively read that post, it hasn’t helped.

cvp

@rex_noctis Did you try the 3 Australian voices?

speech: en-AU Objective-c: en-AU, Name: Catherine
speech: en-AU Objective-c: en-AU, Name: Gordon
speech: en-AU Objective-c: en-AU, Name: Karen

wnMark

This worked on ios 10 but no longer in ios 11

cvp

@wnMark the script works in ios11.4.1

cvp

@rex_noctis Voice n°8 is Siri, male, Australian English but I'm not able to test it because my mother language is French

from objc_util import *
AVSpeechUtterance=ObjCClass('AVSpeechUtterance')
AVSpeechSynthesizer=ObjCClass('AVSpeechSynthesizer')
AVSpeechSynthesisVoice=ObjCClass('AVSpeechSynthesisVoice')

voices=AVSpeechSynthesisVoice.speechVoices()
	
#voice=AVSpeechSynthesisVoice.voiceWithLanguage_('fr-FR')
voice = voices[8]
print(voice.description())

synthesizer=AVSpeechSynthesizer.new()

utterance=AVSpeechUtterance.speechUtteranceWithString_("Hello, I'm the voice pf the Australian male of Siri")

#the value that sounds good apparantly depends on ios version
utterance.rate=0.1
utterance.voice=voice
utterance.useCompactVoice=False 
synthesizer.speakUtterance_(utterance)

#you will want to read about AVSpeechSynthesizer if you want to queue, pause, etc.```

rex_noctis

@cvp said:

@rex_noctis Did you try the 3 Australian voices?

speech: en-AU Objective-c: en-AU, Name: Catherine
speech: en-AU Objective-c: en-AU, Name: Gordon
speech: en-AU Objective-c: en-AU, Name: Karen```

How do I determine between those in the speech.say() line cause they’re all en-AU

cvp

@rex_noctis This code doesn’t use the Pythonista speech module but the Objective-c module.

rex_noctis

@cvp okay thanks for your help!

djl

@cvp Very interesting. Do you have a complete list of of the Objective-c number codes for each available Siri voice?

cvp

@djl if you print voices in previous script, you get

0 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282513d80] Language: ar-SA, Name: Maged, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Maged-compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282513d80] Language: ar-SA, Name: Maged, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Maged-compact]
1 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282528540] Language: cs-CZ, Name: Zuzana, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Zuzana-compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282528540] Language: cs-CZ, Name: Zuzana, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Zuzana-compact]
2 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x28256e2a0] Language: da-DK, Name: Sara, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Sara-compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x28256e2a0] Language: da-DK, Name: Sara, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Sara-compact]
3 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282516310] Language: de-DE, Name: Anna, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Anna-compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282516310] Language: de-DE, Name: Anna, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Anna-compact]
4 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282517b20] Language: de-DE, Name: Helena, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.siri_female_de-DE_compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282517b20] Language: de-DE, Name: Helena, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.siri_female_de-DE_compact]
5 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x28256fc00] Language: de-DE, Name: Martin, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.siri_male_de-DE_compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x28256fc00] Language: de-DE, Name: Martin, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.siri_male_de-DE_compact]
6 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x28256c880] Language: el-GR, Name: Melina, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Melina-compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x28256c880] Language: el-GR, Name: Melina, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Melina-compact]
7 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282516670] Language: en-AU, Name: Catherine, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.siri_female_en-AU_compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282516670] Language: en-AU, Name: Catherine, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.siri_female_en-AU_compact]
8 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282516860] Language: en-AU, Name: Gordon, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.siri_male_en-AU_compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282516860] Language: en-AU, Name: Gordon, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.siri_male_en-AU_compact]
9 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282516ad0] Language: en-AU, Name: Karen, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Karen-compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282516ad0] Language: en-AU, Name: Karen, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Karen-compact]
10 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x2825172a0] Language: en-GB, Name: Arthur, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.siri_male_en-GB_compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x2825172a0] Language: en-GB, Name: Arthur, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.siri_male_en-GB_compact]
11 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282516760] Language: en-GB, Name: Daniel, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Daniel-compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282516760] Language: en-GB, Name: Daniel, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Daniel-compact]
12 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282523c70] Language: en-GB, Name: Martha, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.siri_female_en-GB_compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282523c70] Language: en-GB, Name: Martha, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.siri_female_en-GB_compact]
13 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x28256f760] Language: en-IE, Name: Moira, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Moira-compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x28256f760] Language: en-IE, Name: Moira, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Moira-compact]
14 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x28256f930] Language: en-US, Name: Aaron, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.siri_male_en-US_compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x28256f930] Language: en-US, Name: Aaron, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.siri_male_en-US_compact]
15 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282516ef0] Language: en-US, Name: Fred, Quality: Default [com.apple.speech.synthesis.voice.Fred] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282516ef0] Language: en-US, Name: Fred, Quality: Default [com.apple.speech.synthesis.voice.Fred]
16 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x28256cca0] Language: en-US, Name: Nicky, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.siri_female_en-US_compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x28256cca0] Language: en-US, Name: Nicky, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.siri_female_en-US_compact]
17 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x28256cc40] Language: en-US, Name: Samantha, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Samantha-compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x28256cc40] Language: en-US, Name: Samantha, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Samantha-compact]
18 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x28256f3e0] Language: en-ZA, Name: Tessa, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Tessa-compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x28256f3e0] Language: en-ZA, Name: Tessa, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Tessa-compact]
19 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x28256e660] Language: es-ES, Name: Monica, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Monica-compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x28256e660] Language: es-ES, Name: Monica, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Monica-compact]
20 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x28256f270] Language: es-MX, Name: Paulina, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Paulina-compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x28256f270] Language: es-MX, Name: Paulina, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Paulina-compact]
21 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x28256f910] Language: fi-FI, Name: Satu, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Satu-compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x28256f910] Language: fi-FI, Name: Satu, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Satu-compact]
22 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282516530] Language: fr-CA, Name: Amelie, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Amelie-compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282516530] Language: fr-CA, Name: Amelie, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Amelie-compact]
23 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282516b10] Language: fr-FR, Name: Daniel, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.siri_male_fr-FR_compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282516b10] Language: fr-FR, Name: Daniel, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.siri_male_fr-FR_compact]
24 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x28251bd00] Language: fr-FR, Name: Marie, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.siri_female_fr-FR_compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x28251bd00] Language: fr-FR, Name: Marie, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.siri_female_fr-FR_compact]
25 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x28256e200] Language: fr-FR, Name: Thomas, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Thomas-compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x28256e200] Language: fr-FR, Name: Thomas, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Thomas-compact]
26 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282514d40] Language: he-IL, Name: Carmit, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Carmit-compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282514d40] Language: he-IL, Name: Carmit, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Carmit-compact]
27 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282516a60] Language: hi-IN, Name: Lekha, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Lekha-compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282516a60] Language: hi-IN, Name: Lekha, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Lekha-compact]
28 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282523d30] Language: hu-HU, Name: Mariska, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Mariska-compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282523d30] Language: hu-HU, Name: Mariska, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Mariska-compact]
29 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282517990] Language: id-ID, Name: Damayanti, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Damayanti-compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282517990] Language: id-ID, Name: Damayanti, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Damayanti-compact]
30 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282516730] Language: it-IT, Name: Alice, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Alice-compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282516730] Language: it-IT, Name: Alice, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Alice-compact]
31 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282515fe0] Language: ja-JP, Name: Hattori, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.siri_male_ja-JP_compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282515fe0] Language: ja-JP, Name: Hattori, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.siri_male_ja-JP_compact]
32 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282516450] Language: ja-JP, Name: Kyoko, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Kyoko-compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282516450] Language: ja-JP, Name: Kyoko, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Kyoko-compact]
33 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x28256d8a0] Language: ja-JP, Name: O-ren, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.siri_female_ja-JP_compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x28256d8a0] Language: ja-JP, Name: O-ren, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.siri_female_ja-JP_compact]
34 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x2825287b0] Language: ko-KR, Name: Yuna, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Yuna-compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x2825287b0] Language: ko-KR, Name: Yuna, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Yuna-compact]
35 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282515ef0] Language: nl-BE, Name: Ellen, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Ellen-compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282515ef0] Language: nl-BE, Name: Ellen, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Ellen-compact]
36 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x28256fa30] Language: nl-NL, Name: Xander, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Xander-compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x28256fa30] Language: nl-NL, Name: Xander, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Xander-compact]
37 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x28256f8e0] Language: no-NO, Name: Nora, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Nora-compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x28256f8e0] Language: no-NO, Name: Nora, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Nora-compact]
38 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282528200] Language: pl-PL, Name: Zosia, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Zosia-compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282528200] Language: pl-PL, Name: Zosia, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Zosia-compact]
39 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x2825166f0] Language: pt-BR, Name: Luciana, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Luciana-compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x2825166f0] Language: pt-BR, Name: Luciana, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Luciana-compact]
40 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282517f30] Language: pt-PT, Name: Joana, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Joana-compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282517f30] Language: pt-PT, Name: Joana, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Joana-compact]
41 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282515010] Language: ro-RO, Name: Ioana, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Ioana-compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282515010] Language: ro-RO, Name: Ioana, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Ioana-compact]
42 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x28256d220] Language: ru-RU, Name: Milena, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Milena-compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x28256d220] Language: ru-RU, Name: Milena, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Milena-compact]
43 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x2825174e0] Language: sk-SK, Name: Laura, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Laura-compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x2825174e0] Language: sk-SK, Name: Laura, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Laura-compact]
44 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282517810] Language: sv-SE, Name: Alva, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Alva-compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282517810] Language: sv-SE, Name: Alva, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Alva-compact]
45 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282516820] Language: th-TH, Name: Kanya, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Kanya-compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282516820] Language: th-TH, Name: Kanya, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Kanya-compact]
46 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x28252fca0] Language: tr-TR, Name: Yelda, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Yelda-compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x28252fca0] Language: tr-TR, Name: Yelda, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Yelda-compact]
47 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282516790] Language: zh-CN, Name: Li-mu, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.siri_male_zh-CN_compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x282516790] Language: zh-CN, Name: Li-mu, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.siri_male_zh-CN_compact]
48 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x28256e010] Language: zh-CN, Name: Ting-Ting, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Ting-Ting-compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x28256e010] Language: zh-CN, Name: Ting-Ting, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Ting-Ting-compact]
49 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x28252fb20] Language: zh-CN, Name: Yu-shu, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.siri_female_zh-CN_compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x28252fb20] Language: zh-CN, Name: Yu-shu, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.siri_female_zh-CN_compact]
50 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x28256f880] Language: zh-HK, Name: Sin-Ji, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Sin-Ji-compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x28256f880] Language: zh-HK, Name: Sin-Ji, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Sin-Ji-compact]
51 [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x28256f650] Language: zh-TW, Name: Mei-Jia, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Mei-Jia-compact] [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x28256f650] Language: zh-TW, Name: Mei-Jia, Quality: Default [com.apple.ttsbundle.Mei-Jia-compact]

But not sure it is what you want

djl

Right. And if the enhanced Alex voice has been downloaded, you get one more at the end:

[AVAlexSpeechSynthesisVoice 0x28210ce80] Language: en-US, Name: Alex, Quality: Enhanced [com.apple.speech.voice.Alex]

afelix

I am currently working on a high level Python interface to the AVSpeechUtterance/AVSpeechSynthesizer/AVSpeechSynthesisVoice triad. To do so, I'm creating Python classes that bridge the access to the Objective-c classes, following the Apple Documentation. The low level classes are just about directly bridging the objc classes to Python, with a method on each of them to convert the python instance back to an ObjCInstance. On top of that, a high level interface will be created that functions similar to speech.say, but running directly on objc_util. Means that to use it you can follow the top level interface, without worrying about the objective-c classes in the backend.

I'm currently halfway through the low level Python classes, hoping to release to PyPI (Python 3 only though) later this week.
@cvp thanks for the research you've already did on this, it's on that snippet I've been able to figure the rest out :)

Edit: Quick prototype for the high level interface works nicely together, here's a sample of how the code above would look like (though it will get a couple naming upgrades and more configuration options):

import av_speech
speech = av_speech.AVSpeech()
voices = av_speech.AVSpeechSynthesisVoice.get_speech_voices()

for voice in voices:
    print(voice)

speech.set_voice(av_speech.AVSpeechSynthesisVoice.voice_with_identifier('com.apple.ttsbundle.siri_male_en-AU_compact'))
speech.say('Hello, I'm the voice of the Australian male of Siri')

Alternative for the set_voice line is speech.set_voice(av_speech.AVSpeechSynthesisVoice.voice_with_language('en-AU', av_speech.AVSpeechSynthesisVoiceGender.MALE)), so it is easy to configure.

cvp

@afelix Thanks, but don't never forget that initial works comes from @jonb script

afelix

@cvp yes you're right I'm still getting used to the names here on the forum. Definitely a big thank you to @jonb for this work too.

It's still a WIP, and I can't guarantee the interface won't change. Consider it alpha at this point. Segfaults with "logical" operations have been fixed (Do not attempt to access a class from ObjCInstance instead of ObjCClass, because it will segfault; and on that same note, do not attempt to write with the objc_utils module when tired), but any testing beyond that has still to be done. Documentation is incomplete too. only AVSpeechSynthesisVoice is pretty complete at this point, but I'm considering a couple method name changes in a more pythonic style. Who knows... Either way have fun in case you want to try it: https://gist.github.com/boisei0/08e6f9f619e8c045ba08dae100e63b17 Dump all those files in a folder named av_speech in your site-packages, then import it like the sample above.

edgar

@afelix Thanks for the scripts! It seems however, you made some refactoring before upload.
The name of the file av_synthesis_voice_quality should be av_speech_synthesis_voice_quality.py and of av_synthesis_voice_gender.py should be av_speech_synthesis_voice_gender.py. For av_speech_synthesizer the .py is missing.
For everybody else struggling with the module: it is important to restart Pythonista after upload.

afelix

@edgar you're completely right. I just fixed the gist. The problem wasn't caused by refactoring though, but by being not careful enough when typing the filenames in gist while looking at my phone for how I defined them :P