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- [Testing](#testing) |
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- [Installing](#installing) |
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- [Documentation](#documentation) |
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- [Notes for packagers](#notes-for-packagers) |
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- [Notes for Packagers](#notes-for-packagers) |
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- [eSpeak for Android](#espeak-for-android) |
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- [Historical Versions](#historical-versions) |
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- [Bugs](#bugs) |
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command-line documentation provide a reference of the different command-line |
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options available to these commands with example usage. |
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## Notes for packagers |
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## Notes for Packagers |
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The **espeak-ng** project works as a drop-in replacement for **espeak**, with a few caveats. More specifically: |
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The **espeak-ng** project works as a drop-in replacement for **espeak**, with |
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a few caveats. More specifically: |
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1. The installation creates compatibility symlinks mapping _espeak_, _speak_ and _libespeak.la_ |
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to their _espeak-ng_ equivalents. These are optional if you just want to install _espeak-ng_ and |
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have an _espeak_ package with the _espeak_ code and an _espeak-ng-compatibility_ package that installs the symlinks. |
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1. The installation creates compatibility symlinks mapping _espeak_, _speak_ |
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and _libespeak.la_ to their _espeak-ng_ equivalents. These are optional if |
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you are packaging _espeak_ using the upstream eSpeak code, and can be |
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handled in distributions in other ways, such as the |
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[Debian Alternatives](https://wiki.debian.org/DebianAlternatives) system. |
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1. The command-line interface to _espeak-ng_ and _speak-ng_ are compatible, and will remain so, with espeak. |
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2. The command-line interface to _espeak-ng_ and _speak-ng_ are compatible |
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with the upstream versions and intend to remain so. Only new command |
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options will be added. |
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1. The C API to _libespeak-ng.so_ will remain API and ABI compatible with libespeak.so. The only change _speak_lib.h_ is a change to the |
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_ESPEAK_API_ macro when building on Windows. All new APIs are being added to _espeak-ng/espeak_ng.h_. |
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3. The C API to _libespeak-ng.so_ will remain API and ABI compatible with |
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_libespeak.so_. The only change `speak_lib.h` has is a change to the |
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`ESPEAK_API` macro when building on Windows. All new APIs are being added |
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to `espeak-ng/espeak_ng.h`. |
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1. The _espeak-data_ files have been modified slightly. Currently _espeak-ng_ can read _espeak_ data, but _espeak_ cannot read _espeak-ng_ data, |
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because espeak-ng uses a different voice data so that both _espeak_ and _espeak-ng_ can be installed on the same machine without problems. |
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4. The _espeak-data_ files have been modified slightly. Currently _espeak-ng_ |
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can read _espeak_ data, but _espeak_ cannot read _espeak-ng_ data, because |
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_espeak-ng_ uses a different voice data so that both _espeak_ and |
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_espeak-ng_ can be installed on the same machine without problems. |
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1. The _espeak-ng_ project does not include _espeakedit_. The voice data is built using the _espeak-ng_ command line itself. |
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Currently, to create and edit the voice data, you need _espekaedit_ from the _espeak_ project. |
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5. The _espeak-ng_ project does not include _espeakedit_. The voice data is |
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built using the _espeak-ng_ command line itself. Currently, to create and |
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edit the voice data, you need _espeakedit_ from the _espeak_ project. |
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## eSpeak for Android |
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