30016-RT Parallax, 30016-RT Datasheet - Page 4

• Manufacturer Part Number: 30016-RT
• Description: Audio IC Development Tools Emic 2 Text-2-Speech Module RETAIL PKG
• Manufacturer: Parallax

Command Details
Sx: Convert text-to-speech
Convert the passed text string into synthesized speech. The text string is limited to 1023 characters and
should terminate on a clause or sentence boundary as indicated by a full stop '.' or comma ','
punctuation mark. If the text is longer than the allowable limit, it will be truncated and may result in
unintelligible speech output.
Emic
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO/IEC_8859-1). See the Special Characters section (p. 9) for details on
entering accents, foreign characters, and symbols.
The audio will be output from both the SP+/SP- speaker connection and 1/8” audio jack. The LED will
remain RED while the text-to-speech message is being played.
Example:
:SHello there! My name is Emic 2. Nice to meet you.
<audio output>
:
Dx: Play demonstration message
Play one of Emic 2’s built-in demonstration messages:
Note that each demonstration message is fixed with specific voice, audio volume, speaking rate,
language, and parser settings and cannot be modified by the user. All user-configured settings will be
saved prior to demonstration playback and restored afterwards.
See the Sample Text Strings section (p. 9) for the actual text strings used for these demonstration
messages.
Example:
:D0
<audio output>
:
X: Stop playback (while message is playing)
Immediately stop the currently playing text-to-speech message. This command is only valid while a
message is playing.
Example:
:D0
<audio output>
X
:
Copyright © Parallax Inc.
2
0: English Introduction
1: Singing “Daisy Bell” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_Bell)
2: Spanish Introduction
expects
characters
Emic 2 Text-to-Speech Module (#30016)
that
conform
to
the
ISO-8859-1
v1.1 7/2/2012 Page 4 of 12
Latin
character
set