@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ | |||
# eSpeak NG Text-to-Speech | |||
- [Features](#features) | |||
- [Windows](#windows) | |||
- [Binaries](#binaries) | |||
- [Building](#building) | |||
@@ -21,11 +22,10 @@ | |||
- [Installing](#installing-1) | |||
- [Documentation](#documentation) | |||
- [eSpeak Compatibility](#espeak-compatibility) | |||
- [Historical Versions](#historical-versions) | |||
- [History](#history) | |||
- [Feedback](#feedback) | |||
- [License Information](#license-information) | |||
---------- | |||
The eSpeak NG is a compact open source software text-to-speech synthesizer for | |||
@@ -80,322 +80,6 @@ The following platforms are supported: | |||
| Windows | Windows 8 | | | |||
| Mac | | | | |||
## Windows | |||
### Binaries | |||
The Windows version of eSpeak NG 1.49.2 is available as: | |||
* [espeak-ng-x64.msi](https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng/releases/download/1.49.2/espeak-ng-x64.msi) -- | |||
64-bit Windows installer | |||
* [espeak-ng-x86.msi](https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng/releases/download/1.49.2/espeak-ng-x86.msi) -- | |||
32-bit Windows installer | |||
You also need to install the [Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48145). | |||
__NOTE:__ SAPI 5 voices are not currently available in this release of eSpeak NG. | |||
There is an [issue](https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng/issues/7) to track | |||
support for this feature. | |||
### Building | |||
To build eSpeak NG on Windows, you will need: | |||
1. a copy of Visual Studio 2013 or later, such as the Community Edition; | |||
2. the Windows 8.1 SDK; | |||
3. the [WiX installer](http://wixtoolset.org) plugin; | |||
4. the [pcaudiolib](https://github.com/espeak-ng/pcaudiolib) project checked out to | |||
`src` (as `src/pcaudiolib`). | |||
You can then open and build the `src/windows/espeak-ng.sln` solution in Visual | |||
Studio. | |||
You can also use the Visual Studio tools to build espeak-ng with `msbuild` from | |||
the `src/windows` directory: | |||
msbuild espeak-ng.sln | |||
To build with a specific version of Visual Studio, you need to use: | |||
msbuild /p:PlatformToolset=v120 espeak-ng.sln | |||
replacing `v120` with the appropriate value for the target Visual Studio version: | |||
| PlatformToolset | Visual Studio | | |||
|-----------------|---------------| | |||
| v120 | 2013 | | |||
| v140 | 2015 | | |||
| v141 (default) | 2017 | | |||
## Linux, Mac, BSD | |||
### Dependencies | |||
In order to build eSpeak NG, you need: | |||
1. a functional autotools system (`make`, `autoconf`, `automake`, `libtool` | |||
and `pkg-config`); | |||
2. a functional c compiler that supports C99 (e.g. gcc or clang). | |||
Optionally, you need: | |||
1. the [pcaudiolib](https://github.com/espeak-ng/pcaudiolib) development library | |||
to enable audio output; | |||
3. the [sonic](https://github.com/espeak-ng/sonic) development library to | |||
enable sonic audio speed up support; | |||
4. the `ronn` man-page markdown processor to build the man pages. | |||
To build the documentation, you need: | |||
1. the `kramdown` markdown processor. | |||
On Debian-based systems such as Debian, Ubuntu and Mint, these dependencies can | |||
be installed using the following commands: | |||
| Dependency | Install | | |||
|---------------|------------------------------------------------------------------| | |||
| autotools | `sudo apt-get install make autoconf automake libtool pkg-config` | | |||
| c99 compiler | `sudo apt-get install gcc` | | |||
| sonic | `sudo apt-get install libsonic-dev` | | |||
| ronn | `sudo apt-get install ruby-ronn` | | |||
| kramdown | `sudo apt-get install ruby-kramdown` | | |||
For recent Debian or Ubuntu >= 18.04 you should also install: | |||
| Dependency | Install | | |||
|---------------|------------------------------------------------------------------| | |||
| pcaudiolib | `sudo apt-get install libpcaudio-dev` | | |||
### Building | |||
The first time you build eSpeak NG, or when you want to change how to build | |||
eSpeak NG, you need to run the following standard autotools commands: | |||
./autogen.sh | |||
./configure --prefix=/usr | |||
__NOTE:__ The `--prefix` option above will install the files to the `/usr` | |||
directory, instead of the default `/usr/local` location. You can use other | |||
standard `configure` options to control the output. For more information, | |||
you can run: | |||
./configure --help | |||
To use a different compiler, or compiler flags, you can specify these before | |||
the `configure` command. For example: | |||
CC=clang-3.5 CFLAGS=-Wextra ./configure --prefix=/usr | |||
The `espeak-ng` and `speak-ng` programs, along with the espeak-ng voices, can | |||
then be built with: | |||
make | |||
__NOTE:__ Building the voice data does not work when using the `-jN` option. | |||
If you want to use that option, you can run: | |||
make -j8 src/espeak-ng src/speak-ng | |||
make | |||
The documentation can be built by running: | |||
make docs | |||
Specific languages can be compiled by running: | |||
make LANG | |||
where `LANG` is the language code of the given language. More information can | |||
be found in the [Adding or Improving a Language](docs/add_language.md) | |||
documentation. | |||
#### Cross Compilation | |||
Because the eSpeak NG build process uses the built program to compile the | |||
language and voice data, you need to build it locally first. Once you have | |||
built it locally you can perform the cross compilation using: | |||
./configure --build=... --host=... --target=... | |||
make -B src/espeak-ng src/speak-ng | |||
#### Sanitizer Flag Configuration | |||
It is possible to build eSpeak NG with the gcc or clang sanitizer by passing | |||
the appropriate `CFLAGS` and `LDFLAGS` options to `configure`. For example: | |||
CFLAGS="-fsanitize=address,undefined -g" \ | |||
LDFLAGS="-fsanitize=address,undefined" \ | |||
CC=clang-6.0 ./configure | |||
make | |||
make check | |||
__NOTE:__ The `-fsanitize=fuzzer` option does not work when using the above | |||
configuration method. This is because `clang` will use the `libFuzzer` library | |||
which defines its own `main` and requires `LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput` to be | |||
defined. This breaks the autoconf check to see if the C compiler works. | |||
#### LLVM Fuzzer Support | |||
To enable libFuzzer support you need clang 6.0 or later. It is enabled with | |||
the following: | |||
CC=clang-6.0 ./configure --with-libfuzzer=yes | |||
make | |||
make check | |||
#### eSpeak NG Feature Configuration | |||
The following `configure` options control which eSpeak NG features are enabled: | |||
| Option | Description | Default | | |||
|-----------------|----------------------------------------------|---------| | |||
| `--with-klatt` | Enable Klatt formant synthesis. | yes | | |||
| `--with-mbrola` | Enable MBROLA voice support. | yes | | |||
| `--with-sonic` | Use the sonic library to support higher WPM. | yes | | |||
| `--with-async` | Enable asynchronous commands. | yes | | |||
__NOTE:__ The `--with-sonic` option requires that the sonic library and header | |||
is accessible on the system. | |||
#### Extended Dictionary Configuration | |||
The following `configure` options control which of the extended dictionary files | |||
to build: | |||
| Option | Extended Dictionary | Default | | |||
|----------------------|---------------------|---------| | |||
| `--with-extdict-ru` | Russian | no | | |||
| `--with-extdict-zh` | Mandarin Chinese | no | | |||
| `--with-extdict-zhy` | Cantonese | no | | |||
The extended dictionaries are taken from | |||
[http://espeak.sourceforge.net/data/](http://espeak.sourceforge.net/data/) and | |||
provide better coverage for those languages, while increasing the resulting | |||
dictionary size. | |||
### Testing | |||
Before installing, you can test the built espeak-ng using the following command | |||
from the top-level directory of this project: | |||
ESPEAK_DATA_PATH=`pwd` LD_LIBRARY_PATH=src:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH} src/espeak-ng ... | |||
The `ESPEAK_DATA_PATH` variable needs to be set to use the espeak-ng data from | |||
the source tree. Otherwise, espeak-ng will look in `$(HOME)` or | |||
`/usr/share/espeak-ng-data`. | |||
The `LD_LIBRARY_PATH` is set as `espeak` uses the `libespeak-ng.so` shared | |||
library. This ensures that `espeak` uses the built shared library in the | |||
`src` directory and not the one on the system (which could be an older | |||
version). | |||
### Installing | |||
You can install eSpeak NG by running the following command: | |||
sudo make LIBDIR=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu install | |||
__NOTE:__ The `LIBDIR` path may be different to the one on your system (the | |||
above is for 64-bit Debian/Ubuntu releases that use the multi-arch package | |||
structure -- that is, Debian Wheezy or later). | |||
You can find out where espeak-ng is installed to on your system if you | |||
already have an espeak-ng install by running: | |||
find /usr/lib | grep libespeak-ng | |||
## Android | |||
<div align="right"><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.reecedunn.espeak" title="eSpeak for Android on Google Play"><img src="https://developer.android.com/images/brand/en_app_rgb_wo_45.png"/></a></div> | |||
The espeak-ng sources contain the code for the Android™ port of the application. | |||
This is published as the [eSpeak for Android](http://reecedunn.co.uk/espeak-for-android) | |||
program on the Google Play store. It is based on the eyes-free port of eSpeak | |||
to the Android platform. This code was originally maintained in a separate | |||
branch when the repository tracked eSpeak releases. | |||
### Dependencies | |||
In order to build the Android APK file, you need: | |||
1. the [Android Studio](https://developer.android.com/studio/) with API 26 support; | |||
2. the [Android NDK](http://developer.android.com/tools/sdk/ndk/index.html); | |||
3. Gradle 3.2.1 or later. | |||
### Building with Gradle | |||
1. Set the location of the Android SDK: | |||
$ export ANDROID_HOME=<path-to-the-android-sdk> | |||
(where `<path-to-the-android-sdk>` is your actual path of SDK folder e.g. `/home/user/Android/Sdk`) | |||
2. Add location of NDK to the PATH variable: | |||
$ export PATH=$PATH:<path-to-the-android-ndk> | |||
(where `<path-to-the-android-ndk>` is your actual path of NDK folder, e.g. `/home/user/Android/Ndk`) | |||
3. Configure the project: | |||
$ ./autogen.sh | |||
$ ./configure --with-gradle=<path-to-gradle> | |||
Check that log shows following lines: | |||
... | |||
gradle (Android): gradle | |||
ndk-build (Android): yes | |||
... | |||
`<path-to-gradle>` may be just `gradle` if it is found in your path by simple name. | |||
4. Build the project: | |||
$ make apk-release | |||
This will create an `android/build/outputs/apk/espeak-release-unsigned.apk` file. | |||
### Signing the APK | |||
In order to install the built APK you need to self-sign the package. You can do | |||
this by: | |||
1. Creating a certificate, if you do not already have one: | |||
$ keytool -genkey -keystore [YOUR_CERTIFICATE] -alias [ALIAS] -keyalg RSA -storetype PKCS12 | |||
2. Sign the package using your certificate: | |||
$ jarsigner -sigalg MD5withRSA -digestalg SHA1 \ | |||
-keystore [YOUR_CERTIFICATE] \ | |||
android/build/outputs/apk/release/espeak-release-unsigned.apk [ALIAS] | |||
3. Align the apk using the zipalign tool. | |||
$ zipalign 4 android/build/outputs/apk/release/espeak-release-unsigned.apk \ | |||
android/build/outputs/apk/release/espeak-release-signed.apk | |||
### Opening project in Android Studio | |||
To open project in **Android Studio** select **Import project (Gradle, Eclipse ADT, etc)** | |||
and select `android` folder of the `espeak-ng` project. | |||
Then select menu **File — Project Structure...**, tab **SDK Location**, field **Android NDK location** | |||
and set your location of NDK, e.g. `/home/user/Android/Ndk`. | |||
### Installing | |||
Now, you can install the APK using the `adb` tool: | |||
$ adb install -r android/build/outputs/apk/release/espeak-release-signed.apk | |||
After running, `eSpeakActivity` will extract the `espeakdata.zip` file into its | |||
own data directory to set up the available voices. | |||
To enable eSpeak, you need to: | |||
1. go into the Android `Text-to-Speech settings` UI; | |||
2. enable `eSpeak TTS` in the `Engines` section; | |||
3. select `eSpeak TTS` as the default engine; | |||
4. use the `Listen to an example` option to check if everything is working. | |||
## Documentation | |||
1. [User guide](src/espeak-ng.1.ronn) provides reference and examples for command-line options. |
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# Building eSpeak NG | |||
- [Windows](#windows) | |||
- [Binaries](#binaries) | |||
- [Building](#building) | |||
- [Linux, Mac, BSD](#linux-mac-bsd) | |||
- [Dependencies](#dependencies) | |||
- [Building](#building-1) | |||
- [Cross Compilation](#cross-compilation) | |||
- [Sanitizer Flag Configuration](#sanitizer-flag-configuration) | |||
- [LLVM Fuzzer Support](#llvm-fuzzer-support) | |||
- [eSpeak NG Feature Configuration](#espeak-ng-feature-configuration) | |||
- [Extended Dictionary Configuration](#extended-dictionary-configuration) | |||
- [Testing](#testing) | |||
- [Installing](#installing) | |||
- [Android](#android) | |||
- [Dependencies](#dependencies-1) | |||
- [Building with Gradle](#building-with-gradle) | |||
- [Signing the APK](#signing-the-apk) | |||
- [Opening project in Android Studio](#opening-project-in-android-studio) | |||
- [Installing](#installing-1) | |||
## Windows | |||
### Binaries | |||
The Windows version of eSpeak NG 1.49.2 is available as: | |||
* [espeak-ng-x64.msi](https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng/releases/download/1.49.2/espeak-ng-x64.msi) -- | |||
64-bit Windows installer | |||
* [espeak-ng-x86.msi](https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng/releases/download/1.49.2/espeak-ng-x86.msi) -- | |||
32-bit Windows installer | |||
You also need to install the [Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48145). | |||
__NOTE:__ SAPI 5 voices are not currently available in this release of eSpeak NG. | |||
There is an [issue](https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng/issues/7) to track | |||
support for this feature. | |||
### Building | |||
To build eSpeak NG on Windows, you will need: | |||
1. a copy of Visual Studio 2013 or later, such as the Community Edition; | |||
2. the Windows 8.1 SDK; | |||
3. the [WiX installer](http://wixtoolset.org) plugin; | |||
4. the [pcaudiolib](https://github.com/espeak-ng/pcaudiolib) project checked out to | |||
`src` (as `src/pcaudiolib`). | |||
You can then open and build the `src/windows/espeak-ng.sln` solution in Visual | |||
Studio. | |||
You can also use the Visual Studio tools to build espeak-ng with `msbuild` from | |||
the `src/windows` directory: | |||
msbuild espeak-ng.sln | |||
To build with a specific version of Visual Studio, you need to use: | |||
msbuild /p:PlatformToolset=v120 espeak-ng.sln | |||
replacing `v120` with the appropriate value for the target Visual Studio version: | |||
| PlatformToolset | Visual Studio | | |||
|-----------------|---------------| | |||
| v120 | 2013 | | |||
| v140 | 2015 | | |||
| v141 (default) | 2017 | | |||
## Linux, Mac, BSD | |||
### Dependencies | |||
In order to build eSpeak NG, you need: | |||
1. a functional autotools system (`make`, `autoconf`, `automake`, `libtool` | |||
and `pkg-config`); | |||
2. a functional c compiler that supports C99 (e.g. gcc or clang). | |||
Optionally, you need: | |||
1. the [pcaudiolib](https://github.com/espeak-ng/pcaudiolib) development library | |||
to enable audio output; | |||
3. the [sonic](https://github.com/espeak-ng/sonic) development library to | |||
enable sonic audio speed up support; | |||
4. the `ronn` man-page markdown processor to build the man pages. | |||
To build the documentation, you need: | |||
1. the `kramdown` markdown processor. | |||
On Debian-based systems such as Debian, Ubuntu and Mint, these dependencies can | |||
be installed using the following commands: | |||
| Dependency | Install | | |||
|---------------|------------------------------------------------------------------| | |||
| autotools | `sudo apt-get install make autoconf automake libtool pkg-config` | | |||
| c99 compiler | `sudo apt-get install gcc` | | |||
| sonic | `sudo apt-get install libsonic-dev` | | |||
| ronn | `sudo apt-get install ruby-ronn` | | |||
| kramdown | `sudo apt-get install ruby-kramdown` | | |||
For recent Debian or Ubuntu >= 18.04 you should also install: | |||
| Dependency | Install | | |||
|---------------|------------------------------------------------------------------| | |||
| pcaudiolib | `sudo apt-get install libpcaudio-dev` | | |||
### Building | |||
The first time you build eSpeak NG, or when you want to change how to build | |||
eSpeak NG, you need to run the following standard autotools commands: | |||
./autogen.sh | |||
./configure --prefix=/usr | |||
__NOTE:__ The `--prefix` option above will install the files to the `/usr` | |||
directory, instead of the default `/usr/local` location. You can use other | |||
standard `configure` options to control the output. For more information, | |||
you can run: | |||
./configure --help | |||
To use a different compiler, or compiler flags, you can specify these before | |||
the `configure` command. For example: | |||
CC=clang-3.5 CFLAGS=-Wextra ./configure --prefix=/usr | |||
The `espeak-ng` and `speak-ng` programs, along with the espeak-ng voices, can | |||
then be built with: | |||
make | |||
__NOTE:__ Building the voice data does not work when using the `-jN` option. | |||
If you want to use that option, you can run: | |||
make -j8 src/espeak-ng src/speak-ng | |||
make | |||
The documentation can be built by running: | |||
make docs | |||
Specific languages can be compiled by running: | |||
make LANG | |||
where `LANG` is the language code of the given language. More information can | |||
be found in the [Adding or Improving a Language](docs/add_language.md) | |||
documentation. | |||
#### Cross Compilation | |||
Because the eSpeak NG build process uses the built program to compile the | |||
language and voice data, you need to build it locally first. Once you have | |||
built it locally you can perform the cross compilation using: | |||
./configure --build=... --host=... --target=... | |||
make -B src/espeak-ng src/speak-ng | |||
#### Sanitizer Flag Configuration | |||
It is possible to build eSpeak NG with the gcc or clang sanitizer by passing | |||
the appropriate `CFLAGS` and `LDFLAGS` options to `configure`. For example: | |||
CFLAGS="-fsanitize=address,undefined -g" \ | |||
LDFLAGS="-fsanitize=address,undefined" \ | |||
CC=clang-6.0 ./configure | |||
make | |||
make check | |||
__NOTE:__ The `-fsanitize=fuzzer` option does not work when using the above | |||
configuration method. This is because `clang` will use the `libFuzzer` library | |||
which defines its own `main` and requires `LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput` to be | |||
defined. This breaks the autoconf check to see if the C compiler works. | |||
#### LLVM Fuzzer Support | |||
To enable libFuzzer support you need clang 6.0 or later. It is enabled with | |||
the following: | |||
CC=clang-6.0 ./configure --with-libfuzzer=yes | |||
make | |||
make check | |||
#### eSpeak NG Feature Configuration | |||
The following `configure` options control which eSpeak NG features are enabled: | |||
| Option | Description | Default | | |||
|-----------------|----------------------------------------------|---------| | |||
| `--with-klatt` | Enable Klatt formant synthesis. | yes | | |||
| `--with-mbrola` | Enable MBROLA voice support. | yes | | |||
| `--with-sonic` | Use the sonic library to support higher WPM. | yes | | |||
| `--with-async` | Enable asynchronous commands. | yes | | |||
__NOTE:__ The `--with-sonic` option requires that the sonic library and header | |||
is accessible on the system. | |||
#### Extended Dictionary Configuration | |||
The following `configure` options control which of the extended dictionary files | |||
to build: | |||
| Option | Extended Dictionary | Default | | |||
|----------------------|---------------------|---------| | |||
| `--with-extdict-ru` | Russian | no | | |||
| `--with-extdict-zh` | Mandarin Chinese | no | | |||
| `--with-extdict-zhy` | Cantonese | no | | |||
The extended dictionaries are taken from | |||
[http://espeak.sourceforge.net/data/](http://espeak.sourceforge.net/data/) and | |||
provide better coverage for those languages, while increasing the resulting | |||
dictionary size. | |||
### Testing | |||
Before installing, you can test the built espeak-ng using the following command | |||
from the top-level directory of this project: | |||
ESPEAK_DATA_PATH=`pwd` LD_LIBRARY_PATH=src:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH} src/espeak-ng ... | |||
The `ESPEAK_DATA_PATH` variable needs to be set to use the espeak-ng data from | |||
the source tree. Otherwise, espeak-ng will look in `$(HOME)` or | |||
`/usr/share/espeak-ng-data`. | |||
The `LD_LIBRARY_PATH` is set as `espeak` uses the `libespeak-ng.so` shared | |||
library. This ensures that `espeak` uses the built shared library in the | |||
`src` directory and not the one on the system (which could be an older | |||
version). | |||
### Installing | |||
You can install eSpeak NG by running the following command: | |||
sudo make LIBDIR=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu install | |||
__NOTE:__ The `LIBDIR` path may be different to the one on your system (the | |||
above is for 64-bit Debian/Ubuntu releases that use the multi-arch package | |||
structure -- that is, Debian Wheezy or later). | |||
You can find out where espeak-ng is installed to on your system if you | |||
already have an espeak-ng install by running: | |||
find /usr/lib | grep libespeak-ng | |||
## Android | |||
<div align="right"><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.reecedunn.espeak" title="eSpeak for Android on Google Play"><img src="https://developer.android.com/images/brand/en_app_rgb_wo_45.png"/></a></div> | |||
The espeak-ng sources contain the code for the Android™ port of the application. | |||
This is published as the [eSpeak for Android](http://reecedunn.co.uk/espeak-for-android) | |||
program on the Google Play store. It is based on the eyes-free port of eSpeak | |||
to the Android platform. This code was originally maintained in a separate | |||
branch when the repository tracked eSpeak releases. | |||
### Dependencies | |||
In order to build the Android APK file, you need: | |||
1. the [Android Studio](https://developer.android.com/studio/) with API 26 support; | |||
2. the [Android NDK](http://developer.android.com/tools/sdk/ndk/index.html); | |||
3. Gradle 3.2.1 or later. | |||
### Building with Gradle | |||
1. Set the location of the Android SDK: | |||
$ export ANDROID_HOME=<path-to-the-android-sdk> | |||
(where `<path-to-the-android-sdk>` is your actual path of SDK folder e.g. `/home/user/Android/Sdk`) | |||
2. Add location of NDK to the PATH variable: | |||
$ export PATH=$PATH:<path-to-the-android-ndk> | |||
(where `<path-to-the-android-ndk>` is your actual path of NDK folder, e.g. `/home/user/Android/Ndk`) | |||
3. Configure the project: | |||
$ ./autogen.sh | |||
$ ./configure --with-gradle=<path-to-gradle> | |||
Check that log shows following lines: | |||
... | |||
gradle (Android): gradle | |||
ndk-build (Android): yes | |||
... | |||
`<path-to-gradle>` may be just `gradle` if it is found in your path by simple name. | |||
4. Build the project: | |||
$ make apk-release | |||
This will create an `android/build/outputs/apk/espeak-release-unsigned.apk` file. | |||
### Signing the APK | |||
In order to install the built APK you need to self-sign the package. You can do | |||
this by: | |||
1. Creating a certificate, if you do not already have one: | |||
$ keytool -genkey -keystore [YOUR_CERTIFICATE] -alias [ALIAS] -keyalg RSA -storetype PKCS12 | |||
2. Sign the package using your certificate: | |||
$ jarsigner -sigalg MD5withRSA -digestalg SHA1 \ | |||
-keystore [YOUR_CERTIFICATE] \ | |||
android/build/outputs/apk/release/espeak-release-unsigned.apk [ALIAS] | |||
3. Align the apk using the zipalign tool. | |||
$ zipalign 4 android/build/outputs/apk/release/espeak-release-unsigned.apk \ | |||
android/build/outputs/apk/release/espeak-release-signed.apk | |||
### Opening project in Android Studio | |||
To open project in **Android Studio** select **Import project (Gradle, Eclipse ADT, etc)** | |||
and select `android` folder of the `espeak-ng` project. | |||
Then select menu **File — Project Structure...**, tab **SDK Location**, field **Android NDK location** | |||
and set your location of NDK, e.g. `/home/user/Android/Ndk`. | |||
### Installing | |||
Now, you can install the APK using the `adb` tool: | |||
$ adb install -r android/build/outputs/apk/release/espeak-release-signed.apk | |||
After running, `eSpeakActivity` will extract the `espeakdata.zip` file into its | |||
own data directory to set up the available voices. | |||
To enable eSpeak, you need to: | |||
1. go into the Android `Text-to-Speech settings` UI; | |||
2. enable `eSpeak TTS` in the `Engines` section; | |||
3. select `eSpeak TTS` as the default engine; | |||
4. use the `Listen to an example` option to check if everything is working. | |||