This TTS is based on the Watson engine. This one is free for less than 10,000 Characters per Month.
You need to create an account and then a project to get a username and password.
Once you project created, you should see your credentials like the following
{
"url": "https://stream.watsonplatform.net/text-to-speech/api",
"username": "785dazs-example-98dz-b324-a965478az",
"password": "generated_password"
}
| Parameters | Required | Default | Choices | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| username | yes | Username of the created service in IBM cloud | ||
| password | yes | Password related to the username | ||
| voice | yes | See voice table below | Code that define the voice used for the synthesis |
Voice code that can be used in the voice flag of your configuration
| Languages | Code | Gender |
|---|---|---|
| German | de-DE_BirgitVoice | Female |
| German | de-DE_DieterVoice | Male |
| UK English | en-GB_KateVoice | Female |
| US English | en-US_AllisonVoice | Female |
| US English | en-US_LisaVoice | Female |
| US English | en-US_MichaelVoice (the default) | Male |
| Castilian Spanish | es-ES_EnriqueVoice | Male |
| Castilian Spanish | es-ES_LauraVoice | Female |
| Latin American Spanish | es-LA_SofiaVoice | Female |
| North American Spanish | es-US_SofiaVoice | Female |
| French | fr-FR_ReneeVoice | Female |
| Italian | it-IT_FrancescaVoice | Female |
| Japanese | ja-JP_EmiVoice | Female |
| Brazilian Portuguese | pt-BR_IsabelaVoice | Female |
default_text_to_speech: "watson"
cache_path: "/tmp/kalliope_tts_cache"
text_to_speech:
- watson:
username: "username_code"
password: "generated_password"
voice: "fr-FR_ReneeVoice"