/**
* Converts a given text file into a audio file of WAVE format.
*
* @param inputFile The input file path. Cannot be null or empty.
* @throws Exception
*/
public void convertText2Audio(String inputFile) throws Exception {
// Verify the file name
if (StringUtils.isEmpty(inputFile)) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid file path");
}
LOGGER.debug("Starting conversion of file : " + inputFile);
// Timing the conversion process
long startTime = System.nanoTime();
// TODO: This is very memory inefficient.
String inputText = FileUtils.readFileToString(new File(inputFile));
// Text to Audio format conversion
ByteArrayOutputStream audioOutputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
MaryClient mary = MaryClient.getMaryClient(new Address(maryHostname, maryPort));
mary.process(inputText, inputType, outputType, locale, audioType, voiceName, audioOutputStream);
// The byte array constitutes a full wave file, including the header. Write the byte array to
// file.
FileOutputStream fileOut = new FileOutputStream(getOutputFile(inputFile));
audioOutputStream.writeTo(fileOut);
audioOutputStream.flush();
fileOut.close();
// Timing purpose
long endTime = System.nanoTime();
long duration = (endTime - startTime);
LOGGER.info(
"Conversion time for file : " + inputFile + " took " + duration / 1000000000.0 + " secs");
}
/** {@inheritDoc} It creates the MaryClient and starts the synthesisQueue thread. */
@Override
public void connect(final ConnectionInformation info) throws IOException {
processor = MaryClient.getMaryClient();
synthesisQueue = new SynthesisQueue(this);
synthesisQueue.addListener(this);
synthesisQueue.setProcessor(processor);
synthesisQueue.setRequestParameters(maryRequestParameters);
synthesisQueue.start();
}
public MaryClient getMaryClient() throws IOException {
if (mary == null) {
try {
mary =
MaryClient.getMaryClient(
new Address(getProp(MARYSERVERHOST), Integer.parseInt(getProp(MARYSERVERPORT))));
} catch (IOException e) {
throw new IOException(
"Could not connect to Maryserver at "
+ getProp(MARYSERVERHOST)
+ " "
+ getProp(MARYSERVERPORT));
}
}
return mary;
}
