| from .engine import Engine | |
| import weakref | |
| _activeEngines = weakref.WeakValueDictionary() | |
| def init(driverName=None, debug=False): | |
| ''' | |
| Constructs a new TTS engine instance or reuses the existing instance for | |
| the driver name. | |
| @param driverName: Name of the platform specific driver to use. If | |
| None, selects the default driver for the operating system. | |
| @type: str | |
| @param debug: Debugging output enabled or not | |
| @type debug: bool | |
| @return: Engine instance | |
| @rtype: L{engine.Engine} | |
| ''' | |
| try: | |
| eng = _activeEngines[driverName] | |
| except KeyError: | |
| eng = Engine(driverName, debug) | |
| _activeEngines[driverName] = eng | |
| return eng | |
| def speak(text): | |
| engine = init() | |
| engine.say(text) | |
| engine.runAndWait() |