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+/**
+ *  $Id: festival_interface.c 53 2008-01-10 00:19:41Z mbroeker $
+ * $URL: http://localhost/svn/c/VirtualReader/trunk/src/festival_interface.c $
+ */
+
+#ifdef FESTIVAL
+#include <festival_interface.h>
+
+ttshandles interface_init (tts_options t_options)
+{
+    ttshandles handle;
+
+    return handle;
+}
+
+long *interface_get_timing (ttshandles tts, char *text)
+{
+    int i;
+    long *t = NULL;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < strlen (text); i++) {
+        t = realloc (t, (i + 2) * sizeof (long));
+        t[i] = i * 20 + 10;
+    }
+
+    t[i] = 0;
+    return t;
+};
+
+int interface_write_to_wav (char *fname, char *text, ttshandles t_handles, tts_options t_options)
+{
+    char *s = NULL;
+
+    if ((s = malloc (strlen (text) + 80)) == NULL)
+        return -1;
+
+    sprintf (s, "printf \"%s\" | bin/festival_write_wav - %s", text, fname);
+#ifdef DEBUG
+    printf ("Writing %s\n", fname);
+#endif
+    system (s);
+
+    if (s != NULL)
+        free (s);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+tts_options interface_get_cl_opts (int num, char **arguments)
+{
+    tts_options options = { 0, 0, 0, 0 };
+    int c;
+
+    while ((c = getopt (num, arguments, "p:v:i:")) > 0) {
+        switch (c) {
+        case 'p':
+            options.Path = optarg;
+            break;
+        case 'v':
+            options.Voice = optarg;
+            break;
+        case 'i':
+            options.TextFile = optarg;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (options.TextFile == NULL) {
+        fprintf (stderr, "It's substantial to give a text file by -i <text file>!\n");
+        exit (0);
+    }
+
+    return options;
+}
+
+#endif