Generate timing files (like karaoke files) for a given text

[hbemtec]

Hello everybody,

I noticed that TextAloud was able to highlight each word it reads while it reads it.
Now, my question is: it there a way to get a "timing list" that associates each word with the time it begins to be pronounced (like a karaoke) ?

For example (the given times are totally random):
"The cat is in the garden" would give:

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The => 0.00
cat => 0.75
is => 1.25
in => 1.75
the => 2.15
garden => 2.40

or something along these lines.

Do you know a way (even involving programming or exploring dark APIs ) to achieve that ? Or any tech doc/link/smoke signal I could follow ?
Or has it ever been considered as a feature idea for a future release ?

Thanks in advance

[Jim Bretti]

It currently is not possible to configure TextAloud to write this kind of file automatically, but there may be way to do it yourself from your own program using some "dark api's"

Send me an email at jim@nextup.com and I'll give you some instructions.

[hbemtec]

I just sent you a mail, thank you so much for your answer !