WinDarab support Windows Speech engine

  • WinDarab support the use of the Windows Speech engine. For the beginning, a text can be configured for alerts in the instrument panel gauge settings. If replaying is active (telemetry or replaying offline files) and an alert becomes active, WinDarab passes the text to the speech engine and plays the text on the speaker / headsets.

 

Text to Speech Engine support

  • Possibility to select a sound file for alerts in the instrument panel to have an audible notification about an alert.
  • We decided to use the Text to Speech engine of Windows to go more far.
    We added a textbox for all configurable alerts of gauges in the instrument panel.
    If an alert gets activated, WinDarab passes the text to the Speech to Text engine and Windows sends the speech output to the speaker/headsets.
  • Currently, the speech output is only enabled if replaying data (e.g. watching telemetry or replaying a file): But the audio output can also be disabled for Replaying (e.g. if the head set is disconnected and the user doesn’t want to disturb others).
  • Please let us know your opinion or suggestions to improve the use of Text to Speech in WinDarab!