Problems with revSetSpeechVoice

[Mark Waddingham]

On 2024-08-15 14:36, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am currently working with the revSpeak library (needs to be
> crossplatform Mac and Win) and facing serious problems.
> 
> I have a field with all available voices, that I fill with:
> -------------------------------------------
> on mouseUp
>    put revSpeechVoices() into tVoices
>    sort tVoices
>    put textdecode(tVoices,"utf8") into fld "fi_voices"
> end mouseUp
> -------------------------------------------
> textdecode is neccessary to preserve UMLAUTS like in:
> Sandy (Französisch (Kanada))
> ## Sandy (French, Canada))
> 
> Now all the french voices do NOT work!
> I tried:
> ----------------------
> revSetSpeechVoice tVoice
> ## Where tVoice of course contains the above mentioned voice
> ----------------------
> 
> I even tried:
> ----------------------
> put textencode(tVoice,"native") into tVoice2
> revSetSpeechVoice tVoice2
> ----------------------
> No dice, always reverts back to the "default" voice on my Mac.

Did you try:

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put textencode(tVoice,"utf8") into tVoice2
revSetSpeechVoice tVoice2
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Warmest Regards,

Mark.

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