An idiomatic C++ client library for theCloud Text-to-Speech API, a service to synthesize natural-sounding speech by applying powerful neural network models.
While this library isGA, please note Google Cloud C++ client libraries donotfollowSemantic Versioning.
Quickstart
The following shows the code that you'll run in thegoogle/cloud/texttospeech/quickstart/directory, which should give you a taste of the Cloud Text-to-Speech API C++ client library API.
#include "google/cloud/texttospeech/v1/text_to_speech_client.h"
#include <iostream>
auto constexpr kText = R"""(
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this
continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to
the proposition that all men are created equal.)""";
int main(int argc, char* argv[]) try {
if (argc != 1) {
std::cerr << "Usage: " << argv[0] << "\n";
return 1;
}
namespace texttospeech = ::google::cloud::texttospeech_v1;
auto client = texttospeech::TextToSpeechClient(
texttospeech::MakeTextToSpeechConnection());
google::cloud::texttospeech::v1::SynthesisInput input;
input.set_text(kText);
google::cloud::texttospeech::v1::VoiceSelectionParams voice;
voice.set_language_code("en-US");
google::cloud::texttospeech::v1::AudioConfig audio;
audio.set_audio_encoding(google::cloud::texttospeech::v1::LINEAR16);
auto response = client.SynthesizeSpeech(input, voice, audio);
if (!response) throw std::move(response).status();
// Normally one would play the results (response->audio_content()) over some
// audio device. For this quickstart, we just print some information.
auto constexpr kWavHeaderSize = 48;
auto constexpr kBytesPerSample = 2; // we asked for LINEAR16
auto const sample_count =
(response->audio_content().size() - kWavHeaderSize) / kBytesPerSample;
std::cout << "The audio has " << sample_count << " samples\n";
return 0;
} catch (google::cloud::Status const& status) {
std::cerr << "google::cloud::Status thrown: " << status << "\n";
return 1;
}
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For this quickstart, we just print some information.\n auto constexpr kWavHeaderSize = 48;\n auto constexpr kBytesPerSample = 2; // we asked for LINEAR16\n auto const sample_count =\n (response-\u003eaudio_content().size() - kWavHeaderSize) / kBytesPerSample;\n std::cout \u003c\u003c \"The audio has \" \u003c\u003c sample_count \u003c\u003c \" samples\\n\";\n\n return 0;\n } catch (google::cloud::Status const& status) {\n std::cerr \u003c\u003c \"google::cloud::Status thrown: \" \u003c\u003c status \u003c\u003c \"\\n\";\n return 1;\n }\n\n### Main classes\n\nThe main class in this library is [`texttospeech_v1::TextToSpeechClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/texttospeech/2.34.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1texttospeech__v1_1_1TextToSpeechClient). All RPCs are exposed as member functions of this class. Other classes provide helpers, configuration parameters, and infrastructure to mock [`texttospeech_v1::TextToSpeechClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/texttospeech/2.34.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1texttospeech__v1_1_1TextToSpeechClient) when testing your application.\n\n### More Information\n\n- [Error Handling](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/common-error-handling.html) - describes how the library reports errors.\n- [How to Override the Default Endpoint](/cpp/docs/reference/texttospeech/2.34.0/texttospeech-override-endpoint) - describes how to override the default endpoint.\n- [How to Override the Authentication Credentials](/cpp/docs/reference/texttospeech/2.34.0/texttospeech-override-authentication) - describes how to change the authentication credentials used by the library.\n- [Override Retry, Backoff, and Idempotency Policies](/cpp/docs/reference/texttospeech/2.34.0/texttospeech-override-retry) - describes how to change the default retry policies.\n- [Environment Variables](/cpp/docs/reference/texttospeech/2.34.0/texttospeech-env) - describes environment variables that can configure the behavior of the library."]]