Okay, so today I wanted to figure out how to get my computer to say words and measure how long it takes. Sounds kinda weird, I know, but I had this idea and just had to try it out. I’m calling it “pronounce measure,” real original, huh?
Getting Started
First things first, I needed a way to make the computer talk. I remembered Python has some cool libraries for this, so I jumped into that. I fired up my trusty old code editor and started messing around.
The Code Stuff
I used this library called pyttsx3. It’s pretty simple to use, you just install it and then tell it what to say. I also grabbed the time library, ’cause, you know, I needed to measure time.
- pyttsx3: Makes the computer talk.
- time: Keeps track of, well, time.
I wrote a little function, I just use def, named, and put something in it. In the function, I make engine to use *(),and use *() to input what I want to say, then run and wait. I get time recorded with *() before and after those say things.
The Experiment
I typed in a word – “hippopotamus” – just because it’s long and kinda fun. I set up the code to record the time before the computer started talking and after it finished. Did the same thing a few times, just to see if the times were consistent.
And then to make it more reliable, I put a for loop, and run several times, the result is the same.
What I Found Out
Turns out, it took my computer roughly the same amount of time to say “hippopotamus” each time. No big surprises there, but it was cool to see it in action. The time was pretty short, like, less than a second, usually.
This was just a quick and dirty experiment, but it was a fun little dive into making my computer talk and timing stuff. I can show other people easily, just run and let them hear it.
