Playback and Recording w/ Groups of Service Presets

Once you have at least two service presets, you can put them into a group. Service groups can be used in two modes:

• Randomized: AwesomeTTS will randomly select a preset from your group and use that preset for playback or recording.
• In-Order: AwesomeTTS will try the first preset from your group for playback or recording. If your preset does not work, AwesomeTTS will try again with your second preset, then your third preset, and so on.

Groups can be used with all generation dialogs in AwesomeTTS, the on-the-fly mode (<tts group="...">...</tts>), as well as the context menu while reviewing.

Instructions

1. From the Advanced tab of the AwesomeTTS configuration window, find the “Service Presets and Groups” section and click “Manage Groups”.
2. Click the green plus button add the top of the dialog to add a new group.
3. Name your group.
4. Select either randomized or in-order for your new group.
5. For each service preset you want to add:
   1. Click the green plus button on the right side of the dialog.
   2. Select the preset from the newly-displayed dropdown.
6. Save your group by clicking “OK”.
7. Use your group by either…
   • Opening the dialog for the note editor generator, card browser generator, or card template helper, and then selecting it from the “generate using” dropdown.
   • Entering review mode, selecting some text, side-clicking, and then clicking the “Say …” item for your group.

Hints

• When using the randomized mode, you can weight a particular preset more heavily by including it in your list more than once.
• The in-order mode can be helpful if you want to use a dictionary service with a limited vocabulary, and fallback to another service with an unlimited vocabulary if the dictionary service does not have your word.
• You can specify a group to use via a template field in the on-the-fly playback mode, e.g.: <tts group="{{group}}">{{text}}</tts>