Constructor Detail

• FreeTTSSynthesizerModeDesc

  public FreeTTSSynthesizerModeDesc(java.lang.String engineName,
                                    java.lang.String modeName,
                                    java.util.Locale locale)

  Creates a fully-specified descriptor. Any of the features may be null.

  Parameters:

  engineName - the name of the engine

  modeName - the name of the mode

  locale - the locale associated with this mode

Method Detail

• getVoices

  public javax.speech.synthesis.Voice[] getVoices()

  Returns the valid voices in this synthesizer mode.

  Returns:

  an array of valid voices, if no valid voices, it will return an array of size 0

• validate

  public void validate()
                throws ValidationException

  Returns true if this is a valid FreeTTSSynthesizerModeDesc. It is valid if it contains at least one valid Voice. Returns false otherwise.

  Throws:

  ValidationException - if this FreeTTSSynthesizerModeDesc is invalid

• createEngine

  public Engine createEngine()
                      throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException,
                             EngineException,
                             java.lang.SecurityException

  Constructs a FreeTTSSynthesizer with the properties of this mode descriptor.

  Returns:

  a synthesizer that mathes the mode

  Throws:

  java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the properties of this descriptor do not match any known engine or mode

  EngineException - if the engine could not be created

  java.lang.SecurityException - if the caller does not have permission to use the speech engine