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33 <h1> Welcome to FreeTTS </h1>
34 This is a stripped down version of FreeTTS that has all JSAPI
35 dependencies removed. When reading the
36 <a href="docs/index.html">full documentation</a>,
37 please keep this in mind.
39 Furthermore, this is a <b>source only</b> release, which means you
40 need to build FreeTTS before doing anything. You can build FreeTTS
41 by following the <a href="docs/index.html#how_build">build instructions.</a>
43 <h2> How do I run the FreeTTS Emacspeak server? </h2>
44 This version of FreeTTS is written primarily for releasing the
45 non-JSAPI version of the emacspeak server.
47 See these <a href="demo/freetts/Emacspeak/README.html">instructions</a>
48 on building and running the non-JSAPI version of the Emacspeak server.
50 <h2> What is FreeTTS? </h2>
51 <p>FreeTTS is a speech synthesis system written entirely in the Java<sup><font size="-1">TM</font></sup> programming language. It is based upon <a href="http://www.cmuflite.org">Flite 1.2</a>: a small run-time speech synthesis engine developed at Carnegie Mellon University. Flite is derived from the <a href="http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/festival/">Festival</a> Speech Synthesis System from
52 the University of Edinburgh and the <a href="http://festvox.org/">FestVox</a> project from Carnegie Mellon University.</p>
54 <h2> Where can I get the full version of FreeTTS? </h2>
55 For a full version of FreeTTS, please go to <a
56 href="http://freetts.sourceforge.net"> freetts.sourceforge.net </a>
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