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"""
SAPI 5 text-to-speech class
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"""
from win32com.client import Dispatch
from win32com.client.gencache import EnsureDispatch
from dragonfly.engines.base.speaker import SpeakerBase
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class Sapi5Speaker(SpeakerBase):
"""
This speaker class uses the SAPI 5 text-to-speech functionality. It is
available on Microsoft Windows Vista and above.
It has no specific requirements other than the pywin32 library, which is
required to use Dragonfly on Microsoft Windows.
"""
_name = "sapi5"
def __init__(self):
EnsureDispatch("SAPI.SpVoice")
self._spvoice = Dispatch("SAPI.SpVoice")
self._register()
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def speak(self, text):
self._spvoice.Speak(text)