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Add different intonation styles (attribute "intonation" in voices files). git-svn-id: https://espeak.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/espeak/trunk@114 d46cf337-b52f-0410-862d-fd96e6ae7743
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eSpeak - RISCOS Version
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NOTE: The contents of the files in the espeak-dat directory,
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and the format of their contents has changed for this version.
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Please delete your old espeak-dat directory and replace it
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with the new one in this package.
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Requirements
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RISCOS 3.6 or later with 16 bit sound system enabled.
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On my 200MHz StrongArm, it takes 51 sec to process 6m 3s of speech output,
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so it will probably run OK on an ARM7 processor also.
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Installation and Use
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====================
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1. Copy the !eSpeak directory onto your harddrive.
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2. To load the Speak module: double-click on !eSpeak.
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This sets the <eSpeak$Dir> system variable, and then runs
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the "speakmod" file to load the Speak module.
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Note, <eSpeak$Dir> refers to the directory that contains the
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espeak-dat directory, which contains the speech data. It must
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be set before the module is loaded.
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3. Example commands:
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*help speak
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should now show version 3.30 (or whatever is the latest version)
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*speak -h
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shows the available commands
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*speak "this is some text"
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speaks the string "this is some text"
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*speak -v en-f "this is some text"
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speaks with a different voice
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*speak -f textfile
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speaks the text from file "textfile"
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*speak -a30 "this is some text"
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speaks more quietly (range 0 to 200)
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*speak -s200 "this is some text"
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speaks more quickly (200 words per minute)
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The improvement in speech quality over Speak v.2 are most clearly
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heard when listening through a good sound system (eg. domestic
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stereo system) rather than small computer speakers.
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4. Adding words to the pronunciation dictionary
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The directory "data" contains pronunciation rules and exceptions
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lists. To add words, add the word and its pronunciation
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phonemes to en_extra and then do the speak command
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speak --compile=en
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from within the data directory. This will recompile the files:
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en_dict in the espeak_dat directory.
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Details of the phoneme codes are given in docs.phonemes/html
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You can see the translated phoneme codes for a word by
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speak -x "word"
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Use with Pluto
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!Pluto will use the new module if speakmod has already
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been run. Pluto's Speak dialog should show the new voices.
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If you wish, you can give them more meaningful names by
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renaming the files in espeak-dat.voices
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To install permanently in Pluto, you can copy "speakmod" into
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!Pluto to replace the old speakmod for Speak version 2.
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Note that the system variable <eSpeak$dir> must be set before
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speakmod is loaded. This can be done by either:
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a. Making sure that !eSpeak is seen by the RISC OS filer
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before Pluto is run.
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or
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b. Putting the line:
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Set eSpeak$dir <obey$dir>
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in the !Pluto.!Run file and copying the espeak-dat directory
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into !Pluto
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Re-select the voices that Pluto uses. These may have changed.
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To Re-Compile the Speak Module
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Download the "speak-*-source.zip" package and follow the instruction
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int the ReadMe file in the "riscos" directory.
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Problems
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1. It uses the sound system directly rather than through the
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SharedSound module, would allow the system volume control apply
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to speech.
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2. There is no session management implemented, so changes to speed,
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amplitude etc by one user of the module will affect the others.
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