aques_talk

ROS Interface for AqeusTalk2.

For detail, Please see manual and symbols table

Usage

Build aques_talk

mkdir -p catkin_ws/src
cd  catkin_ws/src
wstool init .
wstool set --git jsk-ros-pkg/jsk_3rdparty https://github.com/jsk-ros-pkg/jsk_3rdparty.git -y
wstool update -t .
source /opt/ros/$ROS_DISTRO/setup.bash
rosdep install -y -r --from-paths . --ignore-src
cd ../
catkin build aques_talk
source devel/setup.bash

Launch sound_play with AquesTalk2 Text-to-Speech

roslaunch aques_talk aques_talk.launch

Say something

$ rostopic pub /robotsound_jp  sound_play/SoundRequest "{sound: -3, command: 1, volume: 10.0, arg: 'こんにちわ', arg2: ''}"
$ rostopic pub /robotsound_jp  sound_play/SoundRequest "{sound: -3, command: 1, volume: 10.0, arg: 'こんにちわピーアールツー', arg2: ''}"

import rospy
from sound_play.libsoundplay import SoundClient

rospy.init_node('say_node')

client = SoundClient(sound_action='robotsound_jp', sound_topic='robotsound_jp')

client.say('こんにちは')

# note that
client.say('Hello')
# does not work ! Use
client.say('Hello', voice='en')

Limitations on input strings

All charactors except [a-zA-Z0-9ぁ-んァ-ンー、。?？] and Kanji are removed so that AquesTalk2 can recognize them.

’こ”^＾ん/に*|ち＊＊｜は；：;:『』！#＃$＄&＆~〜()（）＿_｀\_\\\_・・<\>＊｀＞＜+＋@＠ー=＝%[]-￥
->
こんにちはー

Do not input the unpronounceable or control characters. For example,

• ヰ ヱ
• ぁ 〜 at the beginning of sentence (ぁ or 〜 at the beginning of sentence cannot be pronounced)
• たぁ (On the other hand, ふぁ can be pronounced.)
• ' " in many programs (Because many programs recognize them as string control charactor)
• ! ` if you use shell (Because shell recognizes them as control charactor)

You should be careful in input charactors about how they are pronounced.

Wrong -> Correct
20時です -> 20じです # Kanji is sometimes mispronounced.
fetch15 -> フェッチ15 # fetch is pronounced as エフ、イー、ティー、シー、エイチ
73B2 -> 7,3,B,2 # 73B2 is pronounced as ななじゅうさんビーに
私の名前は -> 私の名前わ

Changelog for package aques_talk

2.1.31 (2025-05-13)

2.1.30 (2025-05-10)

• CI:aques_talk : run aques_talk only when download was succeeded (#534)
• Add ROS-O 24.04 test (#521)
• Contributors: Kei Okada, Yoshiki Obinata

2.1.29 (2025-01-05)

2.1.28 (2023-07-24)

2.1.27 (2023-06-24)

• fix package.xml/CMakeLists.txt to supress catkin_lint errors (#479)
• Contributors: Kei Okada

2.1.26 (2023-06-14)

• add LICENSE files (#476)
• Contributors: Kei Okada

2.1.25 (2023-06-08)

• [aques_talk] build as x86 when dpkg cpu check fails (#387)
• GithubAction: add test for aarch64(melodic) / indigo (arm64) (#365)
• Contributors: Aoi Nakane, Kei Okada, Naoto Tsukamoto, Shingo Kitagawa, Yoshiki Obinata

2.1.24 (2021-07-26)

2.1.23 (2021-07-21)

2.1.22 (2021-06-10)

• Ignore charactors which AquesTalk2 cannot recognize (#257)
  • Update README on limitation
  • Delete certain characters when they come at the beginning of a sentence
  • fixed character replacement
  • Update README
  • Support Katakana
  • All charactors except [\^a-zA-Z0-9ぁ-んー、。?？] are removed
  • Ignore charactors which AquesTalk2 cannot recognize
  • Add documentation path to README
• add sound_play_topic and sound_play_node_name argument (#227)
• Add build procedure for aques_talk (#236)
• Replace numbers in text file for aques_talk to speak numbers (#229)
  • Update README about input limitation
  • Replace alphabet for aques_talk
  • Use regular expression [0-9]+ instead of [0-9][0-9]*
• [aques_talk] catkinie aques_talk package (#224)
• Contributors: Kei Okada, Naoya Yamaguchi, Ayaka Fujii, Koki Amabe

2.1.21 (2020-08-19)

2.1.20 (2020-08-07)

2.1.19 (2020-07-21)

2.1.18 (2020-07-20)

2.1.17 (2020-04-16 21:51)

2.1.16 (2020-04-16 15:21)

2.1.15 (2019-12-12)

2.1.14 (2019-11-21)

2.1.13 (2019-07-10)

2.1.12 (2019-05-25)

2.1.11 (2018-08-29)

2.1.10 (2018-04-25)

2.1.9 (2018-04-24)

2.1.8 (2018-04-17)

2.1.7 (2018-04-09)

2.1.6 (2017-11-21)

2.1.5 (2017-11-20)

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