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Which Packages do I actually need?


What are the different packages?

Main System Packages
*speech_tools-1.2.95-beta.tar.gz Source for speech tools libraries and binaries.
*festival-1.95-beta.tar.gz Source for Festival.
Diphone Voice Packages
*festvox_kallpc16k.tar.gz American English male voice `kal' 16kHz version
festvox_kallpc8k.tar.gz American English male voice `kal' 8kHz version
festvox_kedlpc16k.tar.gz American English male voice `ked' 16kHz version
festvox_kedlpc8k.tar.gz American English male voice `ked' 8kHz version
festvox_rablpc16k.tar.gz British English male voice `rab' 16kHz version
festvox_rablpc8k.tar.gz British English male voice `rab' 8kHz version
HTS Voice Packages
festvox_cmu_us_awb_arctic_hts.tar.gz Scottish English male voice
festvox_cmu_us_bdl_arctic_hts.tar.gz American English male voice
festvox_cmu_us_jmk_arctic_hts.tar.gz Canadian English male voice
festvox_cmu_us_slt_arctic_hts.tar.gz American English female voice
Multisyn Voice Packages
festvox_cstr_us_awb_arctic_multisyn-1.0.tar.gz Scottish English female voice
festvox_cstr_us_jmk_arctic_multisyn-1.0.tar.gz Canadian English female voice
Lexicon Packages
*festlex_POSLEX.tar.gz `Part of Speech' lexical models
*festlex_CMU.tar.gz American English lexicon (requirement for American English voices)
festlex_OALD.tar.gz British English lexicon (requirement for British English voices)
Other Packages
festvox_us1.tar.gz Wrappers for MBROLA `us1' voice
festvox_us2.tar.gz Wrappers for MBROLA `us2' voice
festvox_us3.tar.gz Wrappers for MBROLA `us3' voice
festvox_ellpc11k.tar.gz Experimental Spanish voice

So which of these do I need?

The packages that you need for a minimal American English voice are those marked `*' above. You need both the speech_tools and festival packages, the POS lexicon and the CMU lexicon, and an American English voice package (kallpc16k is recommended, but you could choice a different one).

The HTS and Multisyn voices packages may provide better quality voices. Be warned, the multisyn packages are very large!

Other notes

For a British English voice you need a British English voice package, the POS lexicon and the OALD lexicon.

The us1-3 packages are not complete vocies. They are wrappers for MBROLA voices. See here for more information.

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