sdk/fidl/fuchsia.accessibility.tts/tts.fidl

// Copyright 2019 The Fuchsia Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

library fuchsia.accessibility.tts;

using fuchsia.intl;

/// Error codes for TTS operations.
enum Error {
    /// The underlying TTS engine does not support this operation.
    NOT_IMPLEMENTED= 1;
    /// The value is out of range for a particular TTS parameter.
    OUT_OF_RANGE= 2;
    /// The operation is impossible to be completed.
    BAD_STATE = 3;
    /// This operation can not be completed because the TTS service is in use.
    BUSY = 4;
};

/// Parameters of a voice.
/// TODO(MI4-2453): Add extra voice parameters such as speech rate and  pitch.
table VoiceParameters {
    /// The current selected language.
    1: fuchsia.intl.LocaleId language;
};

/// An utterance holds information about its message and how it should be spoken.
table Utterance {
    /// The message to be spoken.
    /// Clients should pay attention to the FIDL maximum size for a message,
    /// splitting when necessary into several utterances.
    1: string message;
    /// Parameters that control the speech output.
    2: VoiceParameters params;
};

/// An interface to produce speech output.
/// Assistive technology use an Engine to start producing speech output and
/// set configuration parameters that control the speech.
/// TODO(MI4-2452): Implement pause, stop and resume.
[Discoverable]
protocol Engine {
    /// Enqueues  an utterance to be spoken. Speech is not started until Speak
    /// is called.
    Enqueue(Utterance utterance) ->() error Error;

    /// Speaks all enqueued utterances. The method returns the value when they
    /// are all finished playing.
    Speak() -> () error Error;

    /// Cancels current speech and also empties the queue.
    Cancel() -> ();
};