winsay

node-winsay

TTS module (text to speech) for node.js on windows using Edge.js

Note: changing the voice hasn't been implemented yet (v0.0.4), hopefully someday I or someone else will find out how easy it is and implement it.

Credits

Uses Edge.js to hook into System.Speech.Synthesis with a short C# code snippet. The winsay module is inspired by say.js which currently supports Mac OS X and Linux but not Windows (at this time of writing v0.6.0).

Installation

Install using npm,

$ npm install winsay

Usage

winsay.speak(voice, text, [callback])

or

winsay.speakSync(voice, text)

Usage Example

var winsay = require('winsay');
 
// no callback, fire and forget
winsay.speak("GLaDOS", "Hello, and welcome to the Aperture Science Enrichment Center");
 
// use default voice in System Preferences
winsay.speak(null, "Hello!");
 
// output some text to the console after the callback has completed
winsay.speak("Good News', 'You've won the internet!", function () {
     console.log("text to speech complete");
});
console.log("This text is printed before you win the internet.");
 
// syncronous speak function also available
winsay.speakSync("Red", "A wild Pikachu appears.");
console.log("This text is printed after you encounter the wild Pikachu.");
 

fun facts

winsay.speak() calls are asynchronous, yay ^_^

License

(MIT License)