[DECtalk] Mbrola RE: Status of the archive

[Tony Baechler]

Yes, there's a Windows version.  I didn't mention it for a few reasons.  
First, I've never used it and I don't know how stable it is.  Second, it 
doesn't work with SAPI and doesn't generate speech from text like most 
synthesizers.  Third, since it requires phonemes in its own format, it's 
complicated to learn and isn't something of interest to the casual 
user.  The only easy way I know of to get speech out of it without a 
hassle requires Linux.  You use ESpeak, a free synthesizer for Linux and 
Windows to generate the Mbrola phonemes.  You pipe the output into 
Mbrola itself which can either talk or output to a wave file.  I'm not 
sure if Windows can handle that or not.  Also, Mbrola is fairly old and 
has restrictions on use.

On 9/24/2009 5:13 PM, Blake Roberts wrote:
> Shaun's right, there is a Windows version of Mbrola. I tried using it once.
> For some reason, Eloquence stopped working with Mbrola installed. So, I did
> not use Mbrola long.
> Blake
>