![]() ![]() A few open-source 'engines' exist, though they need to be 'trained', and to make a usable package you still need to add a lot of items is right, I'm afraid Windows has this particular facet sewn-up, and all devs who cover this area do so exclusively for Windows. Do be aware that these are NOT small packages, and the average "voice" can run out anywhere between 600-800 MB, each.Īlthough you can find equivalents for pretty much anything on our side of the fence, text-to-speech is one of the very few areas where Linux is NOT well represented, and Linux TTS software is nearly non-existent. I found a free source for some of the AT&T "NaturalVoices" from a few years ago. ![]() The good news is that once everything's in place, these do work very well.even though these are the older-type, less 'natural-sounding' voices than what we have available today. You have to install a few Windows items into WINE, then you need to install voices as part of the "back-end" stuff before installing the apps themselves. They're all Windows apps, running under WINE.TTS Reader, Balabolka, and what was at one time the "industry standard", TextAloud!
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