php/czech-tts/czech-tts.php

   1 #!/usr/bin/php
   2 <?php
   3 /* Sources:
   4         http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Czech_Pronunciation
   5         http://victorian.fortunecity.com/vermeer/287/czechtable.htm
   6         http://www.google.cz/search?q=czech+pronunciation
   7 */
   8
   9 $text = 'žluťoučký kůň příšerně úpěl ďábelské ódy.';
  10 $text = 'dobrý den!';
  11
  12 $trans = array(
  13         "au" => "ou",
  14         "ou" => "ew",
  15         "ch" => "cch",
  16
  17         //ertuioasdycnz
  18         "á" => "aa",
  19         "č" => "ch",
  20         "ď" => "d", //
  21         "é" => "ea",
  22         "ě" => "ie",
  23         //"ch" => "",
  24         "í" => "ee",
  25         //"ň" => "",
  26         "ó" => "oo",
  27         "ř" => "rsch", //
  28         "š" => "sch",
  29         "ť" => "t", //
  30         "ú" => "oo",
  31         "ů" => "oo",
  32         "ý" => "ee",
  33         "ž" => "ge",
  34         //"" => "",
  35
  36         "0" => "0"
  37 );
  38
  39 $text = strtr($text, $trans);
  40
  41 echo($text."\n");
  42 system('espeak ' . escapeshellarg($text));
  43
  44 ?>