hollie/misterhouse — pull request #447 by JaredF (2014-07-22 07:11:07+00:00)
Title: Closes #235

The primary fix here for Ubuntu is to add the parameter 'sound_converter' which allows the user to specify the program to be used for converting the mp3 files to wav format. In Ubuntu, the name of the ffmpeg program was changed to avconv while still accepting the same flags/parameters. I have left ffmpeg as the default for backwards compatibility for anyone that is currently using this feature.

I also slightly changed the system call to play the sound file generated to be compatible with 'sound_program' parameters that include flags with the sound program name.

Finally, I used the preexisting voice parameter 'language' to allow the user to select the language of the voice that Google will use to create the audio file.

I really like this feature as a TTS option because it requires no extra software on the part of the user and minimal configuration in MH to get quickly up and running. Thanks to @ProGEEK for the initial commit.