![]() ![]() ![]() Under Debian, the appropriate packages are part of the non-free channel – for Raspbian there are no pre-compiled packages.įor manually compiling the software, the APT source list ( /etc/apt/sources.list) needs to be altered in order to include source code packages: deb-src buster main contrib non-free rpiĪfterwards, the source code is downloaded: $ apt-get updateīefore compiling the software, ensure to install some tools: # apt-get install autoconf libtool help2man libpopt-dev debhelperĪfter this, move to the svox folder and start compiling the software: $ cd svox-Ĭreate the packages takes at about 2 minutes on a Raspberry Pi 4, the older Pi 3 needs at about 4,5 minutes. ![]() Of course, there are also cloud-based TTS solutions ( for example Amazon Polly oder Google Cloud TTS) – but you should decide on your own whether you would like to go for such a solution.Īnd there is Pico TTS – a software from the Android project that works offline and – at least of for the german language – sounds way better than eSpeak and Flite. From a sound perspective, both tools deliver usable results when using english language, the german voices could be improved heavily. Under Linux there are basically two free tools: CMU Flite and eSpeak.ĬMU Flite ( festival-lite) exists since 2001 and is therefore considered a veteran in speech synthesis under Linux, eSpeak was first released in 2006. To translate text into voice, a TTS software ( Text-to-Speech) is required. ![]()
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