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ssip: Higher Level API

 
 1.3 Higher Level API
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 SSIP is the basic interface protocol that is being used in the
 communication of a client with the central Speech Server on a system.
 However, in many cases it may be more convenient for application
 programmers not to use SSIP directly (having to care about open socket
 connections etc.)  but rather use an interface wrapper written in the
 specific programming language they use.  There is no obstacle in SSIP
 for this option, and in fact, this approach is highly encouraged.
 
    This way, application programmers should finally be able to use such
 simple functions as speech_open(), speech_printf() and speech_set_rate()
 in their programs.
 
    We believe this can make writing new speech enabled applications a
 lot easier and allow programmers to make more of them.
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