epy/mimic.patch

From 30596836fcd707098bbae6ebe453e67eb2caef87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Mat=C4=9Bj=20Cepl?= <mcepl@cepl.eu>
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2021 19:50:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Use mimic instead of pico2wave.

Unfortunately, the language setting is gone again.

Fixes #42
---
 README.md |   10 ++++------
 epy.py    |   22 +++++++++-------------
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -93,21 +93,19 @@ But you can enable it by setting `MouseS
 
 To get Text-to-Speech (TTS) support, you need to install these external dependencies:
 
-- `pico2wave` (from `libttspico-utils` package (Ubuntu) or `svox-pico-bin` package (AUR))
-- `play` (from `sox` package)
+- `mimic` package (AUR))
 
 eg.
 
 ```shell
 $ # Ubuntu
-$ apt install libttspico-utils sox
+$ apt install mimic
 
 $ # Arch
-$ yay -S svox-pico-bin
-$ pacman -S sox
+$ pacman -S mimic
 ```
 
-And then make sure `pico2wave` and `play` is in `$PATH`.
+And then make sure `mimic` is in `$PATH`.
 
 ## Double Spread
 
--- a/epy.py
+++ b/epy.py
@@ -1871,7 +1871,7 @@ class Reader:
         self.jump_list: Mapping[str, ReadingState] = dict()
 
         # TTS speaker utils
-        self._tts_support: bool = any([shutil.which("pico2wave"), shutil.which("play")])
+        self._tts_support: bool = any([shutil.which("mimic")])
         self.is_speaking: bool = False
 
         # multi process & progress percentage
@@ -2334,19 +2334,16 @@ class Reader:
         self.screen.refresh()
         self.screen.timeout(1)
         try:
-            _, path = tempfile.mkstemp(suffix=".wav")
-            subprocess.call(
-                ["pico2wave", "-w", path, text],
-                stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL,
-                stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL,
-            )
-            speaker = subprocess.Popen(
-                ["play", path, "tempo", str(self.setting.TTSSpeed)],
+            spk = subprocess.Popen(
+                ["mimic"], text=True,
+                stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
                 stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL,
-                stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+                stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
             )
+            spk.stdin.write(text)
+            spk.stdin.close()
             while True:
-                if speaker.poll() is not None:
+                if spk.poll() is not None:
                     k = self.keymap.PageDown[0]
                     break
                 tmp = self.screen.getch()
@@ -2373,12 +2370,11 @@ class Reader:
                     + self.keymap.ScrollDown
                     + (curses.KEY_RESIZE,)
                 ):
-                    speaker.terminate()
+                    spk.terminate()
                     # speaker.kill()
                     break
         finally:
             self.screen.timeout(-1)
-            os.remove(path)
 
         if k in self.keymap.Quit:
             self.is_speaking = False