From 0991ba8bfc4960b0449a6b03da49434f4d7d4451 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Reece H. Dunn" Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 22:18:14 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Provide a list of the supported languages and accents. --- README.md | 9 +-- espeak-ng-data/voices/README.md | 113 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 118 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) create mode 100644 espeak-ng-data/voices/README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index b53b4851..68369358 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -22,10 +22,11 @@ ---------- The eSpeak NG (Next Generation) Text-to-Speech program is an open source speech -synthesizer that supports over 70 languages. It is based on the eSpeak engine -created by Jonathan Duddington. It uses spectral formant synthesis by default -which sounds robotic, but can be configured to use Klatt formant synthesis or -MBROLA to give it a more natural sound. +synthesizer that supports [93 languages and accents](espeak-ng-data/voices/README.md). +It is based on the eSpeak engine created by Jonathan Duddington. It uses +spectral formant synthesis by default which sounds robotic, but can be +configured to use Klatt formant synthesis or MBROLA to give it a more natural +sound. See the [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for a description of the changes in the various releases and with the eSpeak project. diff --git a/espeak-ng-data/voices/README.md b/espeak-ng-data/voices/README.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..1901649d --- /dev/null +++ b/espeak-ng-data/voices/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,113 @@ +# Voices + +The voices in espeak-ng are grouped by their +[ISO 639-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-5_codes) language +family code. The voices are identified by their +[BCP 47](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BCP47) identifier. For several accents +and dialects, +[private-use extensions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/espeak-ng/bcp47-data/master/bcp47-extensions) +have been used. + +The supported languages are: + +| Family Code | Voice Identifier | Language Family | Language | Accent/Dialect | +|-------------|-------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------| +| `gmw` | `af` | West Germanic | Afrikaans | | +| `ine` | `sq` | Indo-European | Albanian | | +| `sem` | `am` | Semitic | Amharic | | +| `roa` | `an` | Romance | Aragonese | | +| `ine` | `hy` | Indo-European | Armenian | East Armenian | +| `ine` | `hy-arevmda` | Indo-European | Armenian | West Armenian | +| `inc` | `as` | Indic | Assamese | | +| `trk` | `az` | Turkic | Azerbaijani | | +| | `eu` | | Basque | | +| `inc` | `bn` | Indic | Bengali | | +| `zls` | `bs` | South Slavic | Bosnian | | +| `zls` | `bg` | South Slavic | Bulgarian | | +| `sit` | `my` | Sino-Tibetan | Burmese | | +| `roa` | `ca` | Romance | Catalan | | +| `sit` | `yue` | Sino-Tibetan | Chinese | Cantonese | +| `sit` | `cmn` | Sino-Tibetan | Chinese | Mandarin | +| `zls` | `hr` | South Slavic | Croatian | | +| `zls` | `cs` | South Slavic | Czech | | +| `gmq` | `da` | North Germanic | Danish | | +| `gmw` | `nl` | West Germanic | Dutch | | +| `gmw` | `en-US` | West Germanic | English | American | +| `gmw` | `en` | West Germanic | English | British | +| `gmw` | `en-029` | West Germanic | English | Caribbean | +| `gmw` | `en-GB-x-gbclan` | West Germanic | English | Lancastrian | +| `gmw` | `en-GB-x-rp` | West Germanic | English | Received Pronunciation | +| `gmw` | `en-GB-scotland` | West Germanic | English | Scottish | +| `gmw` | `en-GB-x-gbcwnd` | West Germanic | English | West Midlands | +| `urj` | `et` | Uralic | Estonian | | +| `ira` | `fa` | Iranian | Farsi/Persian[1] | | +| `ira` | `fa-en-us` | Iranian | Farsi/Persian[2] | | +| `ira` | `fa-Latin` | Iranian | Farsi/Persian[3] | | +| `urj` | `fi` | Uralic | Finnish | | +| `roa` | `fr` | Romance | French | France | +| `roa` | `fr-BE` | Romance | French | Belgian | +| `cel` | `ga` | Celtic | Gaelic | Irish | +| `cel` | `gd` | Celtic | Gaelic | Scottish | +| `ccs` | `ka` | South Caucasian | Georgian | | +| `gmw` | `de` | West Germanic | German | | +| `grk` | `grc` | Greek | Greek | Ancient | +| `grk` | `el` | Greek | Greek | Modern | +| `esx` | `kl` | Eskimo-Aleut | Greenlandic | | +| `sai` | `gn` | South American Indian | Guarani | | +| `inc` | `gu` | Indic | Gujarati | | +| `inc` | `hi` | Indic | Hindi | | +| `urj` | `hu` | Uralic | Hungarian | | +| `gmq` | `is` | North Germanic | Icelandic | | +| `poz` | `in` | Malayo-Polynesian | Indonesian | | +| `art` | `ia` | Constructed | Interlingua | | +| `roa` | `it` | Romance | Italian | | +| `dra` | `kn` | Dravidian | Kannada | | +| | `ko` | | Korean | | +| `ira` | `ku` | Iranian | Kurdish | | +| `trk` | `ky` | Turkic | Kyrgyz | | +| `itc` | `la` | Italic | Latin | | +| `bat` | `lv` | Baltic | Latvian | | +| `art` | `lfn` | Constructed | Lingua Franca Nova | | +| `bat` | `lt` | Baltic | Lithuanian | | +| `art` | `jbo` | Constructed | Lojban | | +| `zls` | `mk` | South Slavic | Macedonian | | +| `poz` | `ms` | Malayo-Polynesian | Malay | | +| `dra` | `ml` | Dravidian | Malayalam | | +| `sem` | `mt` | Semitic | Maltese | | +| `inc` | `mr` | Indic | Marathi | | +| `azc` | `nci` | Uto-Aztecan | Nahuatl | Classical | +| `inc` | `ne` | Indic | Nepali | | +| `gmq` | `no`; `nb` | North Germanic | Norwegian | | +| `inc` | `or` | Indic | Oriya | | +| `cus` | `om` | Cushitic | Oromo | | +| `roa` | `pap` | Romance | Papiamento | | +| `zls` | `pl` | South Slavic | Polish | | +| `roa` | `pt-BR` | Romance | Portuguese | Brazillian | +| `roa` | `pt` | Romance | Portuguese | Portugal | +| `inc` | `pa` | Indic | Punjabi | | +| `roa` | `ro` | Romance | Romanian | | +| `zls` | `ru` | South Slavic | Russian | | +| `zls` | `sr` | South Slavic | Serbian | | +| `bnt` | `tn` | Bantu | Setswana | | +| `inc` | `si` | Indic | Sinhala | | +| `zls` | `sk` | South Slavic | Slovak | | +| `zls` | `sl` | South Slavic | Slovenian | | +| `roa` | `es` | Romance | Spanish | Spain | +| `roa` | `es-419` | Romance | Spanish | Latin American | +| `bnt` | `sw` | Bantu | Swahili | | +| `gmq` | `sv` | North Germanic | Swedish | | +| `dra` | `ta` | Dravidian | Tamil | | +| `trk` | `tt` | Turkic | Tatar | | +| `dra` | `te` | Dravidian | Telugu | | +| `trk` | `tr` | Turkic | Turkish | | +| `inc` | `ur` | Indic | Urdu | | +| `aav` | `vi-VN-x-central` | Austroasiatic | Vietnamese | Central Vietnam | +| `aav` | `vi` | Austroasiatic | Vietnamese | Northern Vietnam | +| `aav` | `vi-VN-x-south` | Austroasiatic | Vietnamese | Southern Vietnam | +| `cel` | `cy` | Celtic | Welsh | | + +[1] Includes support for reading British English text. + +[2] Includes support for reading American English text. + +[3] Farsi/Persian written using English (Latin) characters.