Re: [orca-list] State of development of the Opensapi project

["Bohdan R. Rau" <ethanak polip com>]

On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 08:51:49 +0200, Petr BlÃha wrote:
> does anybody know what is the state of the opensapi project
> development, was it cancelled or is it still in progress?
Project looks like simply forgotten - I tried to contact authors but 
with no effect.

> So i would like to ask you, if someone have experience with Opensapi,
> can you tell mo how it really works and what may i do to make it work
> with windows voices in my Ubuntu 12.04?

I experimented with Ivona (windows version). Instalation is relatively 
simple, as Ivona installers are self-voicing. On Ubuntu 12.04 due to 
unknown reason I must install SAPI again after installing Ivona.
I had also some Ivona-specific issues (demo version does not work on 
Ubuntu 12.04, but it's not very big problem as Ivona users should have 
license).

> Or is there any other solution to use native windows voices in linux?

I tried to make Opensapi more usable. I added new functionality to 
opensapi server code, and I wrote simple C library for retrieving data 
from server. I also wrote speech-dispatcher module working with Ivona 
voices (Polish language only) which uses sonic to change pitch and rate. 
As my code is Polish language specific - probably it may be not directly 
usable to non-Polish speakers, but may be good start point for 
developers.

All related files you can download from my website:

http://tts.polip.com/files/ivol_sapi51.tar.gz - all you need to run 
opensapi server on Wine or Windows
http://tts.polip.com/files/libivolektor-0.1.10.tar.gz - C library for 
communication with opensapi server and native Ivona
http://tts.polip.com/files/sd_milvona-0.1.7.tar.gz - sound-dispatcher 
module for Polish speakers (Milena and Ivona)
http://tts.polip.com/files/milena-0.2.53.8.tar.gz - natural text 
preprocessor for Polish language (needed for milvona module)

ethanak
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