Read Text 0.8.64

All

• Bug fixes

• Additional docker tools - MaryTTS & Rhvoice-rest

• Pronunciation editor

How to edit localized pronunciation

When you use this extension with a compatible app, you can replace incorrectly pronounced words and acronyms with a string that the system speech synthesizer can read correctly.

"g":"Metis","p":"[met-tea]"

"g":"Read Text Extension","p":"reed text extension"

• Select a word that you want to change the pronunciation (i.e.: "Metis")

• Select Tools - Add Ons... - Read Text Extension

• Click About...

• On MacOS Command + Click the Tools Icon, on other supported platforms, right-click the Tools Icon

• In the Read with an external program (svox_pico) field enter how you want to say the mispronounced word (i.e.: "[met-tea]")

• Click Apply.

• You can find an example of a lexicon table on GitHub

• To download an online lexicon table, Command + Click or right click the Open button and verify the URL.

Windows

• LibreOffice 7.5 allows you to download or create localized lexicons to specify how text to speech says local words or peoples' names.

• On Windows, no speech is changed until you manually change the pronunciation of at least one word.

MacOS

• When using a supported release of MacOS, LibreOffice 7.5 allows you to download or create localized lexicons to specify how text to speech says local words or peoples' names.

Linux

• Support additional docker text to speech programs including MaryTTS and Rhvoice-rest.

• On supported platforms and releases, Apache OpenOffice and LibreOffice allow you to download or create localized lexicons to specify how text to speech says local words or peoples' names.

read_text_2023.03.10_12.10a.oxt

Version 0.8.65

Works with Apache OpenOffice 4.1

read_text_2023.03.10_12.10.oxt

Version 0.8.64

Works with LibreOffice 7 and OpenOffice.org 3.4