eSpeak NG is an open source speech synthesizer that supports more than hundred languages and accents.
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ESPEAKEDIT PROGRAM {.western}

The espeakedit program is used to prepare phoneme data for the eSpeak speech synthesizer.

It has two main functions:

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Installation {.western}

espeakedit needs the following packages:\ (The package names mentioned here are those from the Ubuntu “Dapper” Linux distribution).


In addition, a modified version of praat (www.praat.org) is used to view and analyse WAV sound files. This needs the package libmotif3 to run and libmotif-dev to compile.

Quick Guide {.western}

This will quickly illustrate the main features. Details of the interface and key commands are given in editor_if.html

For more detailed information on analysing sound recordings and preparing phoneme definitions and keyframe data see analyse.html (to be written).

Compiling Phoneme Data {.western}

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Keyframe Sequences {.western}

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Text and Prosody Windows {.western}

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The Prosody window can be used to experiment with different phoneme lengths and different intonation.