speech_synthesis.h

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// Module Overview: Starboard Speech Synthesis API
//
// A basic text-to-speech API intended to be used for audio accessibility.
//
// Implementations of this API should audibly play back text to assist
// users in non-visual navigation of the application.
//
// Note that these functions do not have to be thread-safe. They must
// only be called from a single application thread.

#ifndef STARBOARD_SPEECH_SYNTHESIS_H_
#define STARBOARD_SPEECH_SYNTHESIS_H_

#include "starboard/configuration.h"
#include "starboard/export.h"
#include "starboard/types.h"

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

// Returns whether the platform supports speech synthesis
SB_EXPORT bool SbSpeechSynthesisIsSupported();

// Enqueues |text|, a UTF-8 string, to be spoken.
// Returns immediately.
//
// Spoken language for the text should be the same as the locale returned
// by SbSystemGetLocaleId().
//
// If audio from previous SbSpeechSynthesisSpeak() invocations is still
// processing, the current speaking should continue and this new
// text should be queued to play when the previous utterances are complete.
SB_EXPORT void SbSpeechSynthesisSpeak(const char* text);

// Cancels all speaking and queued speech synthesis audio. Must
// return immediately.
SB_EXPORT void SbSpeechSynthesisCancel();

#ifdef __cplusplus
}  // extern "C"
#endif

#endif  // STARBOARD_SPEECH_SYNTHESIS_H_