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<H2 ALIGN=CENTER><I>FreeTTS</I> - A speech synthesizer written
entirely in the<BR>Java<FONT SIZE=2><SUP>TM</SUP></FONT>
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<H1>What is it?</H1>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.5cm">FreeTTS is a speech synthesis system
written entirely in the Java<FONT SIZE=2><SUP>TM</SUP></FONT>
programming language. It is based upon <A HREF="http://www.cmuflite.org/">Flite</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 the University of Edinburgh and the
<A HREF="http://festvox.org/">FestVox</A> project from Carnegie
Mellon University.</P>
<P >FreeTTS includes:</P>
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<LI>Core speech synthesis engine
<LI>Support for three voices: an
8khz diphone voice, a 16khz diphone voice
and a 16khz limited domain voice
<LI>JSAPI 1.0 speech synthesis support
<LI>Extensive API documentation
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<h1>What can I do with it?</h1>
<P >Here are a few possible uses of
FreeTTS:
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<LI><P ><B><I>JSAPI Synthesizer.</I></B>
We provide a partial support for the <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/speech/">Java
Speech API</A> (JSAPI) 1.0 using FreeTTS.
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<LI><P ><B><I>Remote TTS Server.</I></B>
FreeTTS can serve as a back-end text-to-speech engine that works
with a speech/telephony system. Our client/server demo shows how
this can be done.
</P>
<LI><P ><B><I>Desktop TTS engine.</I></B>
You can use FreeTTS as your workstation/desktop TTS engine.
For example, our Emacspeak demo works right out of the box with
<a href="http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Info/People/raman/emacspeak/emacspeak.html"> Emacspeak. </a>
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<h1>What does it sound like?</h1>
<P >Here are some samples of what FreeTTS
sounds like:</P>
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<LI>Talking clock (16k limited-domain voice) <FONT COLOR="#ff0000"><A
HREF="audio/12-35.au"><FONT SIZE=3>au</FONT></A><FONT SIZE=3>
</FONT><A HREF="audio/12-35.wav"><FONT SIZE=3>wav</FONT></A><FONT SIZE=3>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> </FONT> </FONT></FONT>
<LI>Talking machine(8k voice) <FONT COLOR="#ff0000"><A
HREF="audio/talkforever.au"><FONT SIZE=3>au</FONT></A><FONT SIZE=3>
</FONT><A HREF="audio/talkforever.wav"><FONT SIZE=3>wav</FONT></A><FONT SIZE=3>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> </FONT> </FONT></FONT>
<LI>Talking machine (16k voice) <FONT COLOR="#ff0000"><A
HREF="audio/talkforever16.au"><FONT SIZE=3>au</FONT></A><FONT SIZE=3>
</FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR="#ff0000"><A
HREF="audio/talkforever16.wav"><FONT SIZE=3>wav</FONT></A><FONT SIZE=3>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> </FONT> </FONT></FONT>
<LI>Susie Shines Shoes(16k voice) <FONT COLOR="#ff0000"><A
HREF="audio/shoeshineshop.au"><FONT SIZE=3>au</FONT></A><FONT SIZE=3>
</FONT><A HREF="audio/shoeshineshop.wav"><FONT SIZE=3>wav</FONT></A><FONT SIZE=3>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> </FONT> </FONT></FONT>
<LI>Cookie Cooks (16k voice) <FONT COLOR="#ff0000"><A
HREF="audio/cookiecooks.au"><FONT SIZE=3>au</FONT></A><FONT SIZE=3>
</FONT><A HREF="audio/cookiecooks.wav"><FONT SIZE=3>wav</FONT></A><FONT SIZE=3>
</FONT></FONT><FONT SIZE=3><FONT COLOR="#000000"> </FONT></FONT>
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<h1><B>Where can I get it?</B> </h1>
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<LI>Browse
<A HREF="http://freetts.sourceforge.net/docs/">
FreeTTS documentation at SourceForge.net</A>.
<LI>Download the source distribution from the <A
HREF="http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/freetts">FreeTTS
project page</A> at SourceForge.net.</P>
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