Re: [orca-list] TTS choices? Don't worry, not Voxin

[Alex ARNAUD <alexarnaud hypra fr>]

Hello Christopher,

If you want a free voice better than espeak you can try mbrola voices.

Otherwise if you want a high quality voice, you can purchase Voxygen 
from Hypra.

Best regards,
Alex.

Le 29/06/2018 à 19:41, Christopher-Mark Gilland via orca-list a écrit :
> These days, with Orca 3.29.1 Pre, Master, what TTS engines are out there available which speak English? 
> Obviously, I know about ESpeak, which is the default. There's Voxin, but we won't go there.
>
> I dont' recall who the project was started by, but at one point I recall there being a project based off of 
> ESpeak. It basically was ESpeak, but it had somehow been modified through its code where it sounded, not 
> quite like Eloquence, but sort of. I think it was called ESpeak Speaker, or something along those lines. Kyle 
> was the one who way back in the days told me about it. I just don't remember where to get it, what it was 
> called, if it's still maintained, or how to install it.
>
> Finally, someone told me the Swift Cepstral voices actually are available and if purchased will work with 
> Orca.
>
> I know most of you here are very biased to ESpeak. My goal here isn't to say, why would you want X synth over 
> Y. I just want some resources where I can download other TTS voices which will work with Ubuntu, paid or not, 
> and the resources online which would talk me step by step through how to get them up and working with Orca. 
> Please keep your opinions about which TTS is crap and which is God of the universe to an unbiased level when 
> writing me back. I couldn't care less what you think is the best synth. I'd like to approach this question 
> from the bigger picture.
>
> Chris.
>
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