This page groups the possible text-to-speech in GNU/Linux according to a language and their current availability in Ubuntu. The '''Upstream URLs and related packages info''' have been added at the end. == Which software speech synthesizer for my preferred languages? == === Libre or no-cost voice synthesizers === ||<rowbgcolor="#d9bb7a"> '''Language''' || '''Synthesizer''' || '''Already installed?''' || '''Works "out of the box"?''' || '''Speech driver''' || '''Comments ''' || '''Last Updated''' || || Afrikaans || eSpeak || Already Installed || Works "out of the box" || emacspeak (>25.0), gnome-speech, speech dispatcher || Ready for use || 26 Fev 2007 || || Croatian || eSpeak || Already Installed || Works "out of the box" || emacspeak (>25.0), gnome-speech, speech dispatcher || eSpeak version 1.25 || 03 Jun 2007 || || Czech || Festival || Network Install || Tweaks required || gnome-speech, speech dispatcher || Comments? || 12 Nov 2006 || || Czech || eSpeak || Already Installed || Works "out of the box" || emacspeak (>25.0), gnome-speech, speech dispatcher || eSpeak version 1.25 || 03 Jun 2007 || || Dutch || eSpeak || Already Installed || Works "out of the box" || emacspeak (>25.0), gnome-speech, speech dispatcher || Initial draft - needs feedback || 26 Fev 2007 || || English || eSpeak || Already Installed || Works "out of the box" || emacspeak (>25.0), gnome-speech, speech dispatcher || Completed || 26 Fev 2007 || || English || Flite || Network Install || Tweaks required || emacspeak, speech dispatcher || Comments? || 21 Jan 2007 || || English || FreeTTS || Network Install || Tweaks required || gnome-speech, speech dispatcher || Comments? || 19 Nov 2006 || || English, UK || Festival || Network Install || Tweaks required || gnome speech, speech dispatcher || Comments? || 12 Nov 2006 || || English, US || Festival || Already Installed || Works "out of the box" || gnome speech, speech dispatcher || Comments? || 12 Nov 2006 || || Esperanto || eSpeak || Already Installed || Works "out of the box" || emacspeak (>25.0), gnome-speech, speech dispatcher || Usable, feedback required || 26 Fev 2007 || || Finnish || eSpeak || Already Installed || Works "out of the box" || emacspeak (>25.0), gnome-speech, speech dispatcher || Usable, improvements expected || 26 Fev 2007 || || Finnish || Festival || Network Install || Tweaks required || gnome speech, speech dispatcher || Comments? || 12 Nov 2006 || || French || Cicero TTS || Network Install || Tweaks required || multispeech, speech dispatcher || MBROLA based || 12 Nov 2006 || || French || eSpeak || Already Installed || Works "out of the box" || emacspeak (>25.0), gnome-speech, speech dispatcher || Usable, improvements expected || 26 Fev 2007 || || French || Festival || Network Install || Tweaks required || speech dispatcher || MBROLA based || 12 Nov 2006 || || French || Lliaphon || Network Install || Tweaks required || multispeech, speech dispatcher || MBROLA based || 12 Nov 2006 || || German || eSpeak || Already Installed || Works "out of the box" || emacspeak (>25.0), gnome-speech, speech dispatcher || It's getting better || 26 Fev 2007 || || German || TXT2PHO || Network Install || Tweaks required || multispeech, speech dispatcher? || MBROLA based || 12 Nov 2006 || || Greek || eSpeak || Already Installed || Works "out of the box" || emacspeak (>25.0), gnome-speech, speech dispatcher || Initial draft - needs feedback || 26 Fev 2007 || || Hindi || eSpeak || Already Installed || Works "out of the box" || emacspeak (>25.0), gnome-speech, speech dispatcher || Initial draft - needs feedback || 26 Fev 2007 || || Hungarian || eSpeak || Already Installed || Works "out of the box" || emacspeak (>25.0), gnome-speech, speech dispatcher || Usable - feedback needed || 14 Mar 2007 || || Italian || eSpeak || Already Installed || Works "out of the box" || emacspeak (>25.0), gnome-speech, speech dispatcher || Ready for use || 26 Fev 2007 || || Italian || Festival || Network Install || Tweaks required || gnome speech, speech dispatcher || Comments? || 12 Nov 2006 || || Norwegian || eSpeak || Already Installed || Works "out of the box" || emacspeak (>25.0), gnome-speech, speech dispatcher || Initial draft - needs feedback || 26 Fev 2007 || || Polish || eSpeak || Already Installed || Works "out of the box" || emacspeak (>25.0), gnome-speech, speech dispatcher || Initial draft - needs feedback || 26 Fev 2007 || || Portuguese, Brazil || eSpeak || Already Installed || Works "out of the box" || emacspeak (>25.0), gnome-speech, speech dispatcher || Ready for use, improvements expected || 26 Fev 2007 || || Portuguese, Brazil || TTPPORT || Network Install || Tweaks required || multispeech, speech dispatcher? || Based on MBROLA || 19 Nov 2006 || || Portuguese, European || eSpeak || Already Installed || Works "out of the box" || emacspeak (>25.0), gnome-speech, speech dispatcher || eSpeak version 1.25 || 03 Jun 2007 || || Romanian || eSpeak || Already Installed || Works "out of the box" || emacspeak (>25.0), gnome-speech, speech dispatcher || Usable, improvements expected || 26 Fev 2007 || || Russian || eSpeak || Already Installed || Works "out of the box" || emacspeak (>25.0), gnome-speech, speech dispatcher || Initial draft - needs feedback || 26 Fev 2007 || || Russian || RU_TTS || Network Install || Tweaks required || multispeech || Comments? || 12 Nov 2006 || || Slovak || eSpeak || Already Installed || Works "out of the box" || emacspeak (>25.0), gnome-speech, speech dispatcher || eSpeak version 1.25 || 03 Jun 2007 || || Spanish, Castillan || Festival || Network Install || Tweaks required || gnome-speech, speech dispatcher || License? || 12 Nov 2006 || || Spanish, Castillan || ircHa-oralux || Network Install || Tweaks required || multispeech, speech dispatcher? || MBROLA based || 12 Nov 2006 || || Spanish || eSpeak || Already Installed || Works "out of the box" || emacspeak (>25.0), gnome-speech, speech dispatcher || Initial draft - needs feedback || 26 Fev 2007 || || Swahili || eSpeak || Already Installed || Works "out of the box" || emacspeak (>25.0), gnome-speech, speech dispatcher || Initial draft - needs feedback || 14 Mar 2007 || || Swedish || eSpeak || Already Installed || Works "out of the box" || emacspeak (>25.0), gnome-speech, speech dispatcher || Initial draft - needs feedback || 26 Fev 2007 || || Telugu || Festival || Network Install || Tweaks required || gnome speech, speech dispatcher || Comments? || 12 Nov 2006 || || Vietnam || eSpeak || Already Installed || Works "out of the box" || emacspeak (>25.0), gnome-speech, speech dispatcher || Just a wild guess - needs feedback || 26 Fev 2007 || || Welsh || eSpeak || Already Installed || Works "out of the box" || emacspeak (>25.0), gnome-speech, speech dispatcher || Initial draft - needs feedback || 26 Fev 2007 || === Commercial voice synthesizers === ||<rowbgcolor="#d9bb7a"> '''Language''' || '''Synthesizer''' || '''Works "out of the box"?''' || '''Speech driver''' || '''Comments''' || '''Last Updated''' || || Chinese, Simplified || IBM TTS || Works "out of the box" || emacspeak, gnome-speech, pyibmtts, speech dispatcher || Feedback from native speakers required || 27 may 2007 || || Chinese, Traditional || IBM TTS || Works "out of the box" || emacspeak, gnome-speech, pyibmtts, speech dispatcher || Feedback from native speakers required || 27 may 2007 || || English, UK || Cepstral || Tweaks required || gnome-speech || Comments? || 21 Jan 2007 || || English, UK || DECtalk software || Tweaks required || emacspeak, gnome-speech, speech dispatcher || Comments? || 12 Nov 2006 || || English, UK || IBM TTS || Works "out of the box" || emacspeak, gnome-speech, pyibmtts, speech dispatcher || Comments? || 27 may 2007 || || English, US || Cepstral || Tweaks required || gnome-speech || Comments? || 21 Jan 2007 || || English, US || DECtalk software || Tweaks required || emacspeak, gnome-speech, speech dispatcher || Comments? || 12 Nov 2006 || || English, US || IBM TTS || Works "out of the box" || emacspeak, gnome-speech, pyibmtts, speech dispatcher || Comments? || 27 may 2007 || || Finnish || IBM TTS || Works "out of the box" || emacspeak, gnome-speech, pyibmtts, speech dispatcher || Comments? || 27 may 2007 || || French || DECtalk software || Tweaks required || emacspeak, gnome-speech, speech dispatcher || Comments? || 12 Nov 2006 || || French || IBM TTS || Works "out of the box" || emacspeak, gnome-speech, pyibmtts, speech dispatcher || Comments? || 27 may 2007 || || French Canadian || Cepstral || Tweaks required || gnome-speech || Comments? || 21 Jan 2007 || || French Canadian || IBM TTS || Works "out of the box" || emacspeak, gnome-speech, pyibmtts, speech dispatcher || Comments? || 27 may 2007 || || German || Cepstral || Tweaks required || gnome-speech || Comments? || 21 Jan 2007 || || German || DECtalk software || Tweaks required || emacspeak, gnome-speech, speech dispatcher || Comments? || 12 Nov 2006 || || German || IBM TTS || Works "out of the box" || emacspeak, gnome-speech, pyibmtts, speech dispatcher || Comments? || 27 may 2007 || || Italian || Cepstral || Tweaks required || gnome-speech || Comments? || 21 Jan 2007 || || Italian || DECtalk software || Tweaks required || emacspeak, gnome-speech, speech dispatcher || Comments? || 12 Nov 2006 || || Italian || IBM TTS || Works "out of the box" || emacspeak, gnome-speech, pyibmtts, speech dispatcher || Comments? || 27 may 2007 || || Japanese || IBM TTS || Works "out of the box" || emacspeak, gnome-speech, pyibmtts, speech dispatcher || Feedback from native speekers required || 27 may 2007 || || Portuguese, Brazil || IBM TTS || Works "out of the box" || gnome speech, pyibmtts, speech dispatcher || Comments? || 27 may 2007 || || Spanish, American || Cepstral || Tweaks required || gnome-speech || Comments? || 21 Jan 2007 || || Spanish, Castillan || DECtalk software || Tweaks required || emacspeak, gnome-speech, speech dispatcher || Comments? || 12 Nov 2006 || || Spanish, Castillan || IBM TTS || Works "out of the box" || emacspeak, gnome-speech, pyibmtts, speech dispatcher || Comments? || 27 may 2007 || || Spanish, Latin American || DECtalk software || Tweaks required || emacspeak, gnome-speech, speech dispatcher || Comments? || 12 Nov 2006 || || Spanish, Mexican || IBM TTS || Works "out of the box" || emacspeak, gnome-speech, pyibmtts, speech dispatcher || Comments? || 27 may 2007 || == Upstream URLs and related packages info == === Libre or no-cost voice synthesizers === * [[http://www.cam.org/~nico/cicero/|Cicero TTS]] . * [[http://espeak.sourceforge.net|eSpeak]] version 1.25. Available in Ubuntu repository . * [[http://download.gna.org/lliaphon/|Lliaphon]] . * [[http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/festival/|Festival]], available in Ubuntu repository . * [[http://download.gna.org/lliaphon/franfest/|Festival (in French)]] * [[http://www.speech.cs.cmu.edu/flite/|Flite]], available in Ubuntu repository. * [[http://freetts.sourceforge.net|FreeTTS]] . * [[http://www.telefonica.net/web2/ircha|IrcHa]], [[http://oralux.org|IrcHa-oralux]] . * [[http://tcts.fpms.ac.be/synthesis/mbrola.html|MBROLA]] . * [[ftp://ftp.rakurs.spb.ru/pub/Goga|Multispeech]] . * [[ftp://ftp.rakurs.spb.ru/pub/Goga|RU_TTS]] . * [[http://www.freebsoft.org|Speech Dispatcher]], available in Ubuntu repository. * [[http://oralux.org|TTPPORT]] . * [[http://www.ikp.uni-bonn.de/dt/forsch/phonetik/hadifix|TXT2PHO]] . === Commercial voice synthesizers === The following URLs are given for info: * [[https://www.cepstral.com/|Cepstral]] . * [[http://www.fonixspeech.com/pages/dectalk_rt_purchase.php|DECtalk software]] . * [[http://ttsynth.com/|IBM TTS included in TTSynth]] . * [[http://voxin.oralux.net|IBM TTS included in Voxin]] . * [[http://wizzardsoftware.com/ibm_tts_sdk.php|IBM TTS SDK from Wizzard Software]], for developers. 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