“HTS_Stream_load_pdf_and_tree: File for duration trees is not specified.”

Without digging into the source I’m not sure what this is but it appears like it’s missing part of the VoiceModel resources. I’ve double-checked and they appear to be included and deployed just like in the project that’s working.

Any tips would be much appreciated.

-fs

P.S. I think there’s a typo on this page: /neatspeech/
“Emma *emma = [[Emma alloc]initWithPitch:0.0 speed:0.0 transform:0.0];”
should be
“emma = [[Emma alloc]initWithPitch:0.0 speed:0.0 transform:0.0];”

thanks in advance,
-fs

So far, this kind of error has always been due to the wrong settings on the “Add” import dialog such as the ones referenced in this similar issue with acoustic model resources being added or not added:

/openears/support/#Q_My_app_crashes_when_listening_starts

Basically, the voice resources were not successfully added to your more complex project in the expected location in the bundle, but they were successfully added to the brand-new project in the expected location in the bundle. In the more complex project they are probably in a subfolder inside the app bundle where NeatSpeech can’t find them because they are expected to be at root level. This difference is a result of the setting mentioned here:

Make absolutely sure that in the add dialog “Create groups for any added folders” is selected and NOT “Create folder references for any added folders”

I suppose one last option is that it is possible that you are dragging the folder containing the voice data files into a group that already represents a folder within your app bundle. See if you get better results from dragging the folder in to the file navigator right into the project file icon rather than a subfolder.

-fs

I tried removing the Voices and I get a different error so I don’t think it’s that the voice data is not being included/deployed in the app.

As an experiment, I just re-created my more complex project from scratch in a new project, new XCode window and am getting the exact same error.

*stumped*

-fs

The only thing you should see in the app bundle as a result of adding NeatSpeech are the loose files that can be found within the folder VoiceData (but not the folder itself) at the root level of the app bundle. The folder that says Voices has no purpose inside the app bundle since it just contains frameworks which get compiled directly into the app product binary. You should see groups called Voices and VoiceData in your project file navigator, but never in your app bundle.

Just remove the added folders from your project and add them again with the correct settings in the dialog box, exactly as they are described in the tutorial. This is the important line from the tutorial:

Make sure that in Xcode’s “Add” dialog, “Create groups for any added folders” is selected. Make sure that “Create folder references for any added folders” is not selected or your app will not work.

“Create folder references” is selected in your add dialog currently — Xcode only has a single way of creating subfolders within an app bundle, and that radio button selection is it, so it’s the cause of the issue.

SLT will work fine because it doesn’t rely on any data files that need to be found in the app bundle.

If you want, you’re welcome to email me your project (with the classes and resources stripped out) and I can double-check what the issue is. If you want to do that, just send me a note via the contact form and I’ll send you the email address.

-fs