LanguagesAndSpeechSynthesis
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
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
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
eSpeak version 1.25. Available in Ubuntu repository .
Lliaphon .
Festival, available in Ubuntu repository .
Flite, available in Ubuntu repository.
FreeTTS .
MBROLA .
RU_TTS .
Speech Dispatcher, available in Ubuntu repository.
TTPPORT .
TXT2PHO .
Commercial voice synthesizers
The following URLs are given for info:
Cepstral .
IBM TTS SDK from Wizzard Software, for developers.
Accessibility/doc/LanguagesAndSpeechSynthesis (last edited 2008-08-06 16:25:07 by localhost)