Espeak

You can install eSpeak easily using the respective package manager. In case of Arch Linux, the repository has espeak-ng in place, which is described in the next section.To use eSpeak, enter espeak in the terminal. It waits for input. You can start typing your text. When you press enter (new line), you can hear the text you had entered.You can continue adding text in lines to hear it out. Use Ctrl+C to close the running program.eSpeak in terminalThere are several other options available. You can browse through them through the help section of the program.espeak --helpeSpeak help section explaining the usagesGUI Version: espeakeditIf you prefer the GUI version over the command line, you can install espeakedit which provides a GTK front end to eSpeak.Use the command below to install espeakedit:sudo apt install espeakeditOnce installed, you need to copy the data on /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/espeak-data/ to your home directory. For this, open a terminal and run:sudo cp -r /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/espeak-data/ Once done, you can open the espeakedit application. It will look like:epeakedit GUI appYou can enter the text on the field provided and press speak to start. You can save the file as .WAV file and listen later.The interface is straightforward and easy to use. You can explore the submenus and functions all by yourself.A New Tool: eSpeak NGThe eSpeak NG is a compact open-source text-to-speech synthesizer, based on eSpeak engine created by Jonathan Duddington.It offers the features of eSpeak and is in active development. The project also provides a separate espeak-ng-data package, to

Avoid conflict with the espeak-data package offered by eSpeak project.To install this, on Ubuntu, run:sudo apt install espeak-ngThe new eSpeak NG project is a significant departure from the eSpeak project, aiming to clean up the existing codebase, add new features, and add to and improve the supported languages.Also, it is important to note that espeakedit GUI is not part of this new project.Some of the notable features:Uses the same command-line options as espeak with several additions.Provides new functionality such as specifying the output audio device name to use.Has been ported to other platforms, including Solaris and Mac OSX.Includes different voices whose characteristics can be altered.Available as a command-line program for Linux and Windows to speak text from a file or from stdin.Available as a shared library version for use by other programs.Wrapping UpOn It’s FOSS, we use Play.ht to provide audio formats of selected articles. The espeak tools are not as good as the professional AI tools.However, if you want something basic and free to be used in your project, you can give it a try. About the author Abhishek Prakash Created It's FOSS 11 years ago to share my Linux adventures. Have a Master's degree in Engineering and years of IT industry experience. Huge fan of Agatha Christie detective mysteries 🕵️‍♂️

WordbookLook up definitions of any English termWordbook is an offline English-English dictionary application built for GNOME using the Open English WordNet database for definitions and the reliable eSpeak for pronunciations (both audio and phoneme).FeaturesFully offline after initial data downloadRandom WordLive SearchDouble click to searchCustom Definitions feature using Pango Markup or an HTML subset for formattingSupport for GNOME Dark Mode and launching app in dark mode.Screenshots RequirementsGTK 4.6+ [Arch: gtk4]libadwaita 1.1.0+ [Arch: libadwaita]Python 3 [Arch: python]Standalone WordNet Python module [Arch AUR: python-wn]Python GObject [Arch: python-gobject]eSpeak-ng (For pronunciations and audio) [Arch: espeak-ng]InstallationUsing FlatpakUsing NixThis method can be used anywhere the Nix package manager is installed.Using distro-specific packagesRight now, Wordbook is only packaged for Arch through the AUR as wordbook.On NixOS, Wordbook can be installed using the Nix package manager as shown above. Additionally, the following code can be added to your NixOS configuration file, usually located in /etc/nixos/configuration.nix. environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.wordbook ];From SourceTo install, first make sure of the dependencies as listed above. You can use just to make the process easy.Without just:mkdir -p _buildmeson setup . _buildninja -C _build installFor a local build with debugging enabled:just run# ORjust setupjust develop-configurejust local-run

In this tutorial, we explain how to download, install, and run locally Kokoro-82M on a Windows computer. Kokoro is an open-weight and open-source text-to-speech model or briefly TTS model. Its main advantage is that it is lightweight, however, at the same time, it delivers comparable quality to larger models. Due to its relatively small number of parameters, it is faster and more cost-efficient than larger models. You can integrate Kokoro-82M in robotics projects. Namely, Kokoro-82M, large language, as well as other AI models can give the ability to robot express itself like a human being. For example, in a practical application, you would use this model to develop a personal AI assistant or enable a robot to communicate with humans.In this tutorial, we will thoroughly explain all the steps you need to perform in order to run the model. The YouTube tutorial is given below. Installation ProcedureFirst, make sure that you have Python installed on your system. We tested Kokoro by using Python 3.12. Probably some older versions of Python will also work. Then, just in case make sure that you have Microsoft C++ Compilers on your system. The easiest way to install them is to install Microsoft Visual Studio C++ Community Edition by using this link just in case, make sure that the NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit is installed on your system. You can install it from this link you need to install espeak-ng text-to-speech synthesizer. Download the Windows binary files from this link more details on how to do that watch the video tutorial. Then, text the installation of espeak-ng by starting a Windows command prompt and by typing espeak-ng "This is a test"If espeak-ng is properly installed, the text should be converted to a primitive speech. After these preliminary steps are completed, we can install Kokoro.To do that, open a Windows command prompt, and type cd\mkdir kokorocd kokoropython -m venv env1env1\Scripts\activate.batThis will create a workspace folder and create and start the Python virtual environment. Then, install the necessary libraries.pip install kokoropip install soundfileThe next step is to write the Python code. The code is given below. from kokoro

ESpeak is a command line tool for Linux that converts text to speech. This compact speech synthesizer provides support for English and many other languages. It is written in C.eSpeak reads the text from the standard input or input file. The voice generated, however, is nowhere close to a human voice. But it is still a compact and handy tool if you want to use it in your projects.Some of the main features of eSpeak are:Speaks text from a file or from stdinShared library version to be used by other programsSAPI5 version for Windows, so it can be used with screen-readers and other programs that support the Windows SAPI5 interfacePorted to other platforms, including Android, Mac OSX etc.Several voice characteristics to choose fromSpeech output can be saved as .WAV fileSSML (Speech Synthesis Markup Language) is supported partially along with HTMLUses a “formant synthesis” method. This allows many languages to be provided in a small size.Tiny in size, the complete program with language support, etc is under 2 MB.Can translate text into phoneme codes so that it could be adapted as a front end for another speech synthesis engine.Development tools are available for producing and tuning phoneme dataSupports several languages; however, in many cases these are initial drafts and need more workInstall eSpeakTo install eSpeak in Ubuntu based system, use the command below in a terminal:sudo apt install espeakeSpeak is an old tool and I presume that it should be available in the repositories of other Linux distributions such as Fedora.