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- [Windows Installation](#windows-installation) |
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- [Linux Installation](#linux-installation) |
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- [Installation of standard packages](#installation-of-standard-packages) |
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- [Installation of latest MBROLA packages](#installation-of-latest-mbrola-packages) |
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- [Installation of MBROLA package from source](#installation-of-mbrola-package-from-source) |
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- [Usage](#usage) |
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- [Adding new MBROLA voice entry to eSpeak NG](#adding-new-mbrola-voice-entry-to-espeak-ng) |
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- [1. Add MBROLA voice definition file](#1-add-mbrola-voice-definition-file) |
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The MBROLA project is a collection of diphone voices for speech |
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synthesis. They do not include any text-to-phoneme translation, so this |
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must be done by another program. The MBROLA voices are cost-free but are |
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not open source. |
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The [MBROLA](https://github.com/numediart/MBROLA) is an open source speech engine |
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with collection of diphone voices for speech synthesis. Voices are cost-free for |
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non-commerical purposes, but are not open source. |
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eSpeak NG can be used as a front-end to MBROLA. It provides the |
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spelling-to-phoneme translation and intonation, which MBROLA then uses |
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MBROLA does not include any text-to-phoneme translation, so this |
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must be done by another program. eSpeak NG can be used as a front-end to MBROLA, |
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to provide spelling-to-phoneme translation and intonation, which MBROLA then uses |
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to generate speech sound. |
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## Voice Names |
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`.../espeak-ng-data/voices/mb` (where `...` is usually `/usr/share`, |
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but could be somewhere else). |
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The installation instructions below use the MBROLA voice `en1` as an |
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example. You can use other mbrola voices for which there is an |
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equivalent eSpeak NG voice in `espeak-ng-data/voices/mb`. |
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There are some additional eSpeak NG MBROLA voices, which speak English text |
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using a MBROLA voice for a different language. These contain the name of |
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the MBROLA voice with a suffix `-en`. For example, the voice |
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`mb-de4-en` will speak English text with a German accent by using the |
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MBROLA `de4` voice. |
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The following MBROLA voices are available. Not all are supported by eSpeak NG. |
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The following MBROLA voices are available in eSpeak NG. |
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| MBROLA Voice | Language | Gender | eSpeak | Debian Package | |
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| `us3` | American English | male | `mb-us3` | `mbrola-us3` | |
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| `vz1` | Venezuelan Spanish | male | `mb-vz1` | `mbrola-vz1` | |
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* If some MBROLA voice is not available as Debian package, you can download data files |
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from [https://github.com/numediart/MBROLA-voices](https://github.com/numediart/MBROLA-voices). |
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eSpeak NG will look for mbrola voices firstly in `espeak-ng-data/mbrola` and then in `/usr/share/mbrola`. |
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The installation instructions below use the MBROLA voice `en1` as an |
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example. You can use other mbrola voices for which there is an |
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equivalent eSpeak NG voice in `espeak-ng-data/voices/mb`. |
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## Windows Installation |
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2. Install the PC/Windows version of MBROLA (`MbrolaTools35.exe`) from: |
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[http://www.tcts.fpms.ac.be/synthesis/mbrola/bin/pcwin/MbrolaTools35.exe](http://www.tcts.fpms.ac.be/synthesis/mbrola/bin/pcwin/MbrolaTools35.exe). |
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3. Get the `en1` or other voice from: |
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3. Download the `en1` or other voice from: |
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[https://github.com/numediart/MBROLA-voices](https://github.com/numediart/MBROLA-voices) |
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4. Unpack the archive, and copy the `en1` data file (not the whole "en1" folder) into |
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`C:/Program Files/eSpeak/espeak-ng-data/mbrola`. |
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4. Save downloaded `en1` data file into `C:/Program Files/eSpeak/espeak-ng-data/mbrola`. |
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4. Use the voice `espeak-MB-EN1` from the list of SAPI5 voices. |
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apt-cache search mbrola |
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### Installation of latest MBROLA packages |
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If some MBROLA voice is not available as Debian package, you can download data files |
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from [https://github.com/numediart/MBROLA-voices](https://github.com/numediart/MBROLA-voices) |
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and save them in `/usr/share/mbrola/xxN/xxN` file, where `xxN` is code and number of language file. |
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1. To install the latest MBROLA binary for Linux, download: |
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[http://www.tcts.fpms.ac.be/synthesis/mbrola/bin/pclinux/mbr301h.zip](http://www.tcts.fpms.ac.be/synthesis/mbrola/bin/pclinux/mbr301h.zip). |
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### Installation of MBROLA package from source |
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2. Unpack the archive, and copy and rename the file from: `mbrola-linux-i386` to `mbrola` somewhere in your executable path (eg. `/usr/bin/mbrola`). |
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1. Install necessary packages: |
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sudo apt-get install git make gcc |
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``` |
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3. Get the `en1` or other voice from: |
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[http://www.tcts.fpms.ac.be/synthesis/mbrola/mbrcopybin.html](http://www.tcts.fpms.ac.be/synthesis/mbrola/mbrcopybin.html). |
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2. Clone MBROLA git repository: |
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git clone https://github.com/numediart/MBROLA.git |
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cd MBROLA |
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``` |
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4. Unpack the archive, and copy the `en1` data file (not the whole "en1" folder) to `/usr/share/mbrola/en1` folder. |
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3. Compile MBROLA: |
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``` |
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make |
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``` |
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5. Remember to make `mbrola` file executable. |
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4. Install MBROLA: |
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sudo cp Bin/mbrola /usr/bin/mbrola |
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``` |
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__Notes:__ |
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5. Download the `en1` or other voice from |
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[https://github.com/numediart/MBROLA-voices](https://github.com/numediart/MBROLA-voices) |
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* eSpeak NG will look for mbrola voices firstly in `espeak-ng-data/mbrola` and then in `/usr/share/mbrola`. |
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* You can download latest development versions of MBROLA binaries from [https://github.com/mbrola/mbrola-bin/](https://github.com/mbrola/mbrola-bin/) |
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6. Copy the `en1` data file to `/usr/share/mbrola/en1` folder. |
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## Usage |
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