eSpeak is a compact, multi-language, open source

text-to-speech synthesizer.



This version is a SAPI5 compatible Windows speech engine

which should work with screen readers such as Jaws,

NVDA, and Window-Eyes.



There is also a version of eSpeak which can be run as a

command-line program.  This is in eSpeak\command-line.

Read docs\commands.html for details.







Voices and Languages

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The available Voices can be seen as files in the directory

  espeak-edit/voices.



To change which eSpeak Voices are available through

Windows, re-run the installer and specify up to six

Voice files which you want to use.



The tone of a Voice can be modified by adding a variant

name after the Voice name, eg:

  pt+f3



The available variants are:

male:    +m1  +m2  +m3  +m4  +m5

female:  +f1  +f2  +f3  +f4

other effects:  +croak  +wisper



These variants are defined by text files in

  espeak-edit/voices/!v





Updates

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The eSpeak project homepage is at:

  http://espeak.sourceforge.net/



Comments, corrections, and other feedback and assistance

is sought from native speakers of the various languages

because I've no idea how they are supposed to sound :-)



To make changes to pronunciation rules and exceptions,

or to change the sounds of phonemes, or just to experiment

with speech synthesis, download the "espeakedit" program.





License

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This software is licencsed under the GNU General Public License

version3.  See file:  License.txt.