From 8022d12783bc6a0aa7abd8d9f234e3592940af94 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Reece H. Dunn" Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2018 12:53:54 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] README: Wording changes based on suggestions by https://github.com/CarlosFromNewYork. --- README.md | 22 ++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index b68cc0f3..c26a45cb 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -27,11 +27,9 @@ ---------- The eSpeak NG (Next Generation) Text-to-Speech program is an open source speech -synthesizer that supports [101 languages and accents](docs/languages.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. +synthesizer that supports [101 languages and accents](docs/languages.md), +based on the eSpeak engine created by Jonathan Duddington. It supports spectral +and Klatt formant synthesis, and the ability to use MBROLA voices. See the [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for a description of the changes in the various releases and with the eSpeak project. @@ -344,16 +342,16 @@ options available to these commands with example usage. ## eSpeak Compatibility -The *espeak-ng* binaries expose the same command-line options as *espeak*, with -several additions to expose new functionality from *espeak-ng* such as specifying +The *espeak-ng* binaries use the same command-line options as *espeak*, with +several additions to provide new functionality from *espeak-ng* such as specifying the output audio device name to use. The build creates symlinks of `espeak` to `espeak-ng`, and `speak` to `speak-ng`. -The espeak `speak_lib.h` include file is provided in `espeak-ng/speak_lib.h` with -an optional symlink in `espeak/speak_lib.h`. This file contains the espeak API as -of 1.48.15, with a change to the `ESPEAK_API` macro to fix building on Windows, -and some minor changes to the documentation comments. Thus, the C API is API and -ABI compatible with espeak. +The espeak `speak_lib.h` include file is located in `espeak-ng/speak_lib.h` with +an optional symlink in `espeak/speak_lib.h`. This file contains the espeak 1.48.15 +API, with a change to the `ESPEAK_API` macro to fix building on Windows +and some minor changes to the documentation comments. This C API is API and ABI +compatible with espeak. The `espeak-data` data has been moved to `espeak-ng-data` to avoid conflicts with espeak. There have been various changes to the voice, dictionary and phoneme files