revSpeak/speechSpeakutterance?

[Klaus major-k]

Hi Panos,

> Am 12.08.2024 um 15:36 schrieb panagiotis merakos via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
> 
> Hello Klaus,
> 
> It is not the same library:
> - The "revSpeak" one is the old speech library, implemented in the engine
> level, available for Windows and macOS
> - The "speechSpeakUtterance" is the new speech library, implemented in LCB,
> available for macOS, Android, iOS

ah, I see, thank you for clarification!

But then this should be made clear in the dictionary!
Entry for revSpeak:
...
Associations: Speech library
...

And:
...
Entry for speechSpeakUtterance:
...
Associations: Speech Library
...

See what I mean? That was puzzling me. :-)

> Also, each one of them has a slightly different feature set - see the
> dictionary for more details.
> 
> Kind regards,
> Panos
> --
> 
> On Sun, 11 Aug 2024 at 14:44, Klaus major-k via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi friends,
>> 
>> I am currently exploring the revspeak stuff, but the dictionary
>> does in fact irritate me a lot?
>> 
>> Entry for revSpeak:
>> Type: command
>> Syntax: revSpeak phraseToSpeak
>> Associations: Speech library
>> Summary: Speaks text through the computer's speakers.Introduced2.0
>> OS: mac, windows
>> 
>> Entry for speechSpeakUtterance:
>> Type: handler
>> Syntax: speechSpeakUtterance(pString)
>> Associations: Speech Library
>> Summary: Synthesize text to speech
>> OS: mac, ios, android
>> 
>> Note the OS differences (while obviously using the SAME library)!?
>> 
>> Is this an error in the dictionary or does the "speechspeak..." stuff
>> really not work on Windows? Thanks for any insight!

Best

Klaus

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