[A12n-forum] Re: voice output for diverse languages

["Chris Culy" <Culy@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

One TTS system that has been used with a wide variety of languages is
MBROLA (free for non-commercial use):

http://tcts.fpms.ac.be/synthesis/mbrola/

It is generally somewhat tricky to develop TTS for a new language,
though sometimes adapting an existing language can work (which is what
we did, using MBROLA, for the Bambara work that Don kindly mentioned).

Hope this helps.

--Chris Culy
Senior Research Scientist
FX Palo Alto Laboratory, Inc.
http://www.fxpal.com/


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don Osborn [mailto:dzo@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 12:09 PM
> To: A12n-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Chris Culy
> Subject: Re: [A12n-forum] voice output for diverse languages
> 
> 
> Wallace, I think what you're talking about is text-to-speech 
> (TTS) software. This has been used for other languages.  A 
> friend (who I cc) actually was working on TTS for Bambara not 
> too long ago.
> 
> I'm sending around the question and we'll get back to you on this.
> 
> Don Osborn
> Bisharat.net
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "wallace Chigona" <mankhwala@xxxxxx>
> To: <A12n-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 2:55 PM
> Subject: [A12n-forum] voice output for diverse languages
> 
> 
> Hi,
> You know the software which converts written text into audio 
> output?  I have seen one demonstration for English.  Does 
> anybody know if there have been any work for other languages 
> as well?  I would appreciate any links and references on this topic
> 
> 
> Wallace
> 
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