Package com.sun.speech.freetts

Class Segmenter

java.lang.Object
com.sun.speech.freetts.Segmenter
All Implemented Interfaces:
UtteranceProcessor
public class Segmenter extends Object implements UtteranceProcessor
Annotates an utterance with Relation.SYLLABLE, Relation.SYLLABLE_STRUCTURE, and Relation.SEGMENT. To determine stress, the isStressed method relies upon a phone ending in the number "1". Subclasses should override isStressed and deStress if stresses are determined in other ways.
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  • Constructor Details

    • Segmenter

      public Segmenter()

  • Method Details

    • processUtterance

      public void processUtterance(Utterance utterance) throws ProcessException
      Annotates an utterance with Relation.SYLLABLE, Relation.SYLLABLE_STRUCTURE, and Relation.SEGMENT.
      Specified by:
      processUtterance in interface UtteranceProcessor
      Parameters:
      utterance - the utterance to process/tokenize
      Throws:
      ProcessException - if an IOException is thrown during the processing of the utterance
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    • isStressed

      protected boolean isStressed(String phone)
      Determines if the given phonemene is stressed. To determine stress, this method relies upon a phone ending in the number "1". Subclasses should override this method if stresses are determined in other ways.
      Parameters:
      phone - the phone to check
      Returns:
      true if the phone is stressed, otherwise false

    • deStress

      protected String deStress(String phone)
      Converts stressed phoneme to regular phoneme. This method merely removes the last character of the phone. Subclasses should override this if another method is to be used.
      Parameters:
      phone - the phone to convert
      Returns:
      de-stressed phone

    • toString

      public String toString()
      Returns the simple name of this class.
      Overrides:
      toString in class Object
      Returns:
      the simple name of this class