From f83663eea9ed7f4a234a20627469c2153d2998cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Reece H. Dunn" Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 15:58:47 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] README.md: Add a summary of eSpeak at the top of the file. --- README.md | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 6ad1a7ca..984c064c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -22,11 +22,16 @@ ---------- +The [eSpeak Text-to-Speech](http://espeak.sourceforge.net/) program is an open +source speech synthesizer that supports over 70 languages. 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. + This is a mirror of the eSpeak sources with the following improvements on the *master* branch: 1. An autotools-based build system that supports building the phoneme data and - language dictionaries from source. + language dictionaries from source on POSIX systems. 2. Detection of the supported audio APIs via the `configure` script — no need to modify the build files.