| Methods |  | 
        
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            |  | __del__ | 
        
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__del__ ( self )
 Shutdown speech engine. | 
            |  | __init__ | 
        
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__init__ (
        self,
        engine='outloud',
        host='localhost',
        initial=config,
        )
Launches speech engine. | 
            |  | allcaps | 
        
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allcaps ( self,  flag )
 Set allcaps  mode. 1  turns on, 0 turns off | 
            |  | capitalize | 
        
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capitalize ( self,  flag )
 Set capitalization  mode. 1  turns on, 0 turns off | 
            |  | configure | 
        
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configure ( self,  settings )
 Configure engine with settings. | 
            |  | decreaseRate | 
        
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decreaseRate ( self,  step=10 )
 Set speech rate. | 
            |  | increaseRate | 
        
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increaseRate ( self,  step=10 )
 Set speech rate. | 
            |  | letter | 
        
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letter ( self,  l )
 Speak single character. | 
            |  | listEngines | 
        
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listEngines ()
 Enumerate available engines. | 
            |  | punctuations | 
        
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punctuations ( self,  mode )
 Set punctuation mode. | 
            |  | queueSilence | 
        
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queueSilence ( self,  duration=50 )
 Queue specified silence. | 
            |  | queueText | 
        
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queueText (
        self,
        text="",
        acss=None,
        )
Queue text to be spoken.
        Output is produced by next call to say() or speak(). | 
            |  | queueTone | 
        
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queueTone (
        self,
        pitch=440,
        duration=50,
        )
Queue specified tone. | 
            |  | rate | 
        
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rate ( self,  r )
 Set speech rate. | 
            |  | reset | 
        
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reset ( self )
 Reset TTS engine. | 
            |  | say | 
        
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say (
        self,
        text="",
        acss=None,
        )
Speaks specified text. All queued text is spoken immediately. | 
            |  | sayUtterances | 
        
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sayUtterances (
        self,
        list,
        acss=None,
        )
Speak list of utterances. | 
            |  | settings | 
        
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settings ( self )
 | 
            |  | shutdown | 
        
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shutdown ( self )
 Shutdown speech engine. | 
            |  | speak | 
        
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speak (
        self,
        text,
        acss=None,
        )
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            |  | splitcaps | 
        
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splitcaps ( self,  flag )
 Set splitcaps mode. 1  turns on, 0 turns off | 
            |  | stop | 
        
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stop ( self )
 Silence ongoing speech. | 
            |  | version | 
        
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version ( self )
 Speak TTS version info. |