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15 <H2 ALIGN=CENTER><I>FreeTTS</I> - A speech synthesizer written
16 entirely in the<BR>Java<FONT SIZE=2><SUP>TM</SUP></FONT>
17 programming language</H2>
24 <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.5cm">FreeTTS is a speech synthesis system
25 written entirely in the Java<FONT SIZE=2><SUP>TM</SUP></FONT>
26 programming language. It is based upon <A HREF="http://www.cmuflite.org/">Flite</A>:
27 a small run-time speech synthesis engine developed at Carnegie Mellon
28 University. Flite is derived from the <A HREF="http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/festival/">Festival</A>
29 Speech Synthesis System from the University of Edinburgh and the
30 <A HREF="http://festvox.org/">FestVox</A> project from Carnegie
31 Mellon University.</P>
32 <P >FreeTTS includes:</P>
34 <LI>Core speech synthesis engine
35 <LI>Support for three voices: an
36 8khz diphone voice, a 16khz diphone voice
37 and a 16khz limited domain voice
38 <LI>JSAPI 1.0 speech synthesis support
40 <LI>Extensive API documentation
42 <h1>What can I do with it?</h1>
43 <P >Here are a few possible uses of
47 <LI><P ><B><I>JSAPI Synthesizer.</I></B>
48 We provide a partial support for the <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/speech/">Java
49 Speech API</A> (JSAPI) 1.0 using FreeTTS.
51 <LI><P ><B><I>Remote TTS Server.</I></B>
52 FreeTTS can serve as a back-end text-to-speech engine that works
53 with a speech/telephony system. Our client/server demo shows how
56 <LI><P ><B><I>Desktop TTS engine.</I></B>
57 You can use FreeTTS as your workstation/desktop TTS engine.
58 For example, our Emacspeak demo works right out of the box with
59 <a href="http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Info/People/raman/emacspeak/emacspeak.html"> Emacspeak. </a>
62 <h1>What does it sound like?</h1>
63 <P >Here are some samples of what FreeTTS
66 <LI>Talking clock (16k limited-domain voice) <FONT COLOR="#ff0000"><A
67 HREF="audio/12-35.au"><FONT SIZE=3>au</FONT></A><FONT SIZE=3>
68 </FONT><A HREF="audio/12-35.wav"><FONT SIZE=3>wav</FONT></A><FONT SIZE=3>
69 <FONT COLOR="#000000"> </FONT> </FONT></FONT>
70 <LI>Talking machine(8k voice) <FONT COLOR="#ff0000"><A
71 HREF="audio/talkforever.au"><FONT SIZE=3>au</FONT></A><FONT SIZE=3>
72 </FONT><A HREF="audio/talkforever.wav"><FONT SIZE=3>wav</FONT></A><FONT SIZE=3>
73 <FONT COLOR="#000000"> </FONT> </FONT></FONT>
74 <LI>Talking machine (16k voice) <FONT COLOR="#ff0000"><A
75 HREF="audio/talkforever16.au"><FONT SIZE=3>au</FONT></A><FONT SIZE=3>
76 </FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR="#ff0000"><A
77 HREF="audio/talkforever16.wav"><FONT SIZE=3>wav</FONT></A><FONT SIZE=3>
78 <FONT COLOR="#000000"> </FONT> </FONT></FONT>
79 <LI>Susie Shines Shoes(16k voice) <FONT COLOR="#ff0000"><A
80 HREF="audio/shoeshineshop.au"><FONT SIZE=3>au</FONT></A><FONT SIZE=3>
81 </FONT><A HREF="audio/shoeshineshop.wav"><FONT SIZE=3>wav</FONT></A><FONT SIZE=3>
82 <FONT COLOR="#000000"> </FONT> </FONT></FONT>
83 <LI>Cookie Cooks (16k voice) <FONT COLOR="#ff0000"><A
84 HREF="audio/cookiecooks.au"><FONT SIZE=3>au</FONT></A><FONT SIZE=3>
85 </FONT><A HREF="audio/cookiecooks.wav"><FONT SIZE=3>wav</FONT></A><FONT SIZE=3>
86 </FONT></FONT><FONT SIZE=3><FONT COLOR="#000000"> </FONT></FONT>
88 <h1><B>Where can I get it?</B> </h1>
91 <A HREF="http://freetts.sourceforge.net/docs/">
92 FreeTTS documentation at SourceForge.net</A>.
93 <LI>Download the source distribution from the <A
94 HREF="http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/freetts">FreeTTS
95 project page</A> at SourceForge.net.</P>
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