From f0b74984b013ddf730b7b947318d7dd5826346e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aleksey Lim <alsroot@member.fsf.org>
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:49:31 +0000
Subject: Use espeak command when gst-plugins-espeak is not installed(Joshua Minor)

---
(limited to 'Speak.activity/voice.py')

diff --git a/Speak.activity/voice.py b/Speak.activity/voice.py
index 9727fb0..256bbf0 100644
--- a/Speak.activity/voice.py
+++ b/Speak.activity/voice.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #     along with Speak.activity.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 
+import subprocess
 import pygst
 pygst.require("0.10")
 import gst
@@ -84,16 +85,29 @@ class Voice:
     
 def allVoices():
     if len(_allVoices) == 0:
-        for i in gst.element_factory_make('espeak').props.voices:
-            name, language = i.split(':')
-            if name in ('en-rhotic','english_rp','english_wmids'):
-                # these voices don't produce sound
-                continue
-            voice = Voice(language, name)
-            _allVoices[voice.friendlyname] = voice
-
+        try:
+            for i in gst.element_factory_make('espeak').props.voices:
+                name, language = i.split(':')
+                if name in ('en-rhotic','english_rp','english_wmids'):
+                    # these voices don't produce sound
+                    continue
+                voice = Voice(language, name)
+                _allVoices[voice.friendlyname] = voice
+        except:
+            result = subprocess.Popen(["espeak", "--voices"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]
+            for line in result.split('\n'):
+                m = re.match(r'\s*\d+\s+([\w-]+)\s+([MF])\s+([\w_-]+)\s+(.+)', line)
+                if m:
+                    language, gender, name, stuff = m.groups()
+                    if stuff.startswith('mb/') or name in ('en-rhotic','english_rp','english_wmids'):
+                        # these voices don't produce sound
+                        continue
+                    voice = Voice(language, name)
+                    _allVoices[voice.friendlyname] = voice
     return _allVoices
 
+
+
 def defaultVoice():
     """Try to figure out the default voice, from the current locale ($LANG).
        Fall back to espeak's voice called Default."""
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