The Centre for Speech Technology Research, The university of Edinburgh

Festival Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)


This is a collection of the most frequently asked festival questions. To save yourself time please look here before asking questions.


1. Running Festival

1 How do I run festival in server mode?
2 Festival speaks at double speed!
3 Festival is very quiet. How do I make it louder?
4 Altering Pause durations

2. Installing Festival

1 gcc 3.4
2 Problems with RPMs for linux
3 Errors when I compile with Microsoft Windows
4 Compiling with cygwin under windows
5 Which Packages do I actually need?


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