Text to speech Matlab Linux

Hi,

I want to convert text to speech in Matlab on Linux. With windows I can use the .NET library, but on Linux it does not work, I think. Do you know an other possibility or how it could work on Linux?

Regards

Answer 1

[jibrahim]

Hi christopher,

You can use the text2speech function (Audio Toolbox).

You will need an internet connection, and an active subscription to a text-to-speech service of your choice – Google™ Cloud Speech-to-Text API, IBM™ Watson Speech to Text API, Microsoft™ Azure Speech Services API, or Amazon™ Polly.

[Christopher Dirks]

ok thanks. Can you give me a hint how it works with the subscription?

[jibrahim]

The steps concerning the subscription vary depending on the provider. The linked submission above has links to get you started.

Once you have a subscription and have the required files on path, usage is quite simple. For example:

text = "Hello world.";
googleSpeechClient = speechClient('Google');
[speech,fs] = text2speech(googleSpeechClient,text);
sound(speech,fs)

[Christopher Dirks]

So I have to download one of the functions? Do I have to put it then in the current folder or where do I have to place it?

[jibrahim]

you will need to download the referenced File Exchange submission and follow the intructions included in the example.

[Walter Roberson]

You can use the Add-On Explorer to install the submission; makes it easier.