| The MBROLA project is a collection of diphone voices for speech | The MBROLA project is a collection of diphone voices for speech | ||||
| synthesis. They do not include any text-to-phoneme translation, so this | synthesis. They do not include any text-to-phoneme translation, so this | ||||
| must be done by another program. The MBROLA voices are cost-free but are | must be done by another program. The MBROLA voices are cost-free but are | ||||
| not open source. Voice files are available at | |||||
| [http://www.tcts.fpms.ac.be/synthesis/mbrola/mbrcopybin.html](http://www.tcts.fpms.ac.be/synthesis/mbrola/mbrcopybin.html). | |||||
| not open source. | |||||
| eSpeak NG can be used as a front-end to MBROLA. It provides the | eSpeak NG can be used as a front-end to MBROLA. It provides the | ||||
| spelling-to-phoneme translation and intonation, which MBROLA then uses | spelling-to-phoneme translation and intonation, which MBROLA then uses | ||||
| | `vz1` | Venezuelan Spanish | male | `mb-vz1` | `mbrola-vz1` | | | `vz1` | Venezuelan Spanish | male | `mb-vz1` | `mbrola-vz1` | | ||||
| * If some MBROLA voice is not available as Debian package, you can download data files | * If some MBROLA voice is not available as Debian package, you can download data files | ||||
| from [here](https://github.com/mbrola/mbrola-voices). | |||||
| from [https://github.com/numediart/MBROLA-voices](https://github.com/numediart/MBROLA-voices). | |||||
| ## Windows Installation | ## Windows Installation | ||||
| [http://www.tcts.fpms.ac.be/synthesis/mbrola/bin/pcwin/MbrolaTools35.exe](http://www.tcts.fpms.ac.be/synthesis/mbrola/bin/pcwin/MbrolaTools35.exe). | [http://www.tcts.fpms.ac.be/synthesis/mbrola/bin/pcwin/MbrolaTools35.exe](http://www.tcts.fpms.ac.be/synthesis/mbrola/bin/pcwin/MbrolaTools35.exe). | ||||
| 3. Get the `en1` or other voice from: | 3. Get the `en1` or other voice from: | ||||
| [http://www.tcts.fpms.ac.be/synthesis/mbrola/mbrcopybin.html](http://www.tcts.fpms.ac.be/synthesis/mbrola/mbrcopybin.html). | |||||
| [https://github.com/numediart/MBROLA-voices](https://github.com/numediart/MBROLA-voices) | |||||
| 4. Unpack the archive, and copy the `en1` data file (not the whole "en1" folder) into | 4. Unpack the archive, and copy the `en1` data file (not the whole "en1" folder) into | ||||
| `C:/Program Files/eSpeak/espeak-ng-data/mbrola`. | `C:/Program Files/eSpeak/espeak-ng-data/mbrola`. |