Text to speech programs (TTS)

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Any links?
Ah, found it:

http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/festival/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festival_S...sis_System

Looks interesting indeed! Thanks!
lots of voices , search festivox as well
New AI powered TTS by Google (Tacotron 2) sounds fantastic!

https://google.github.io/tacotron/public...index.html
https://research.googleblog.com/2017/12/...peech.html
I made some progress with TTS programs. It is fun, but the pronunciation and intonation can be way off... Anyway, for those who want to experiment.

Get the SAPI5 voices from this magnet link:

magnet:?xt=urn:btih:31f696721cdec7975707dfea6f52806dc14fb91d&dn=IVONA+Text+to+Speech+with+crack+%28All+voices%29&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.leechers-paradise.org%3A6969&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fzer0day.ch%3A1337&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fopen.demonii.com%3A1337&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.coppersurfer.tk%3A6969&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fexodus.desync.com%3A6969

The explanations how to make it work and replace the DLL:


.mp4   How to get Ivona Text To Speech For Free Forever 2017-2018-8R3G7KsBt_M.mp4 (Size: 9.48 MB / Downloads: 318)

For Microsoft Speech Platform voices install:
Microsoft Speech Platform
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download...x?id=27225
Voices
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download...x?id=27224

Install Balabolka TTS program:

http://balabolka.site

If you are on Linux, the procedure is a bit longer.

You need 32-bit version of wine prefix.

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
export WINEARCH=win32
export WINEPREFIX=~/.wine32
sudo apt-get install winetricks

Install XML fix:
winetricks msxml3  

Install SAPI5 support:
winetricks speechsdk

At least it worked for me 😉
(This post was last modified: 05 Apr 2019, 22:34 by Like Ra.)
More TTS voices here: https://nvda.ru/sintezatory-sapi5
I use Natural Reader on windows. I'm working on a "Self bondage directed by computer generated directions", it's a lot of fun. 

DBF
I know its not quite the same as the original question... but I started playing with TTS for IOS yesterday.
ended up going with the Pro version of Natural Reader...

It can read from Websites etc and I had it read me about a 5hrs story from Gagged Utopia today while on a very Driving intensive day..

When It first started reading the story I thought i would not be able to tolerate it for very long, but eventually tuned in to it just fine.

It was a story I had started reading but it was very long and never got around to finishing it... having it read to me was much easier.
Free Open TTS RHVoice

https://github.com/Olga-Yakovleva/RHVoice



For Windows users:

https://github.com/Olga-Yakovleva/RHVoic...st-version

Quick tutorial for Linux users.

Just compiled it on Linux - works perfectly!

https://github.com/Olga-Yakovleva/RHVoic...g-on-Linux

Install prerequisites:

sudo apt-get install scons gcc git flite flite1-dev expat libunistring-dev libsox-dev libpulse-dev libao-dev build-essential libc6-dev g++-multilib -y

Clone:

git clone https://github.com/Olga-Yakovleva/RHVoice /var/tmp/rhvoice

Compile and install:

cd  /var/tmp/rhvoice
scons
sudo scons install
sudo ldconfig

Test in English:

echo "Put on shiny latex pantyhose, tight latex leotard, high heels and dance around." | RHVoice-test -p SLT

Test in Russian:
echo "Алиса, включи освещение в доме и надень колготки." | RHVoice-test -p Anna

To save in a file:

echo "Put on shiny latex pantyhose, tight latex leotard, high heels and dance around." | RHVoice-test -p SLT -o 1.mp3

To tweak:

(Increase both pitch and tempo to 120%):

echo "Put on shiny latex pantyhose, tight latex leotard, high heels and dance around." | RHVoice-test -t 120 -r 120 -p SLT

Voices: https://bintray.com/olga-yakovleva/RHVoice

Global configuration file:  /usr/local/etc/RHVoice/RHVoice.conf
(This post was last modified: 10 Jun 2019, 00:12 by Like Ra.)
A good summary on Russian TTS in English 😁 : https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/14224...h-software

And another one: https://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopi...28&st=1800
(This post was last modified: 14 Jun 2019, 22:55 by Like Ra.)

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