How to install more voices to Espeak?
- Download: http://www.tcts.fpms.ac.be/synthesis/mbrola/bin/pclinux/mbr301h.zip
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Copy text to run in terminal line by line:
cd Downloads unzip mbr301h.zip sudo cp mbrola-linux-i386 /usr/bin/mbrola
Download: http://www.tcts.fpms.ac.be/synthesis/mbrola/dba/en1/en1-980910.zip
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Copy text to run in terminal line by line:
unzip en1-980910.zip cp en1/en1 /usr/share/mbrola/en1
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Now run espeak, with options
espeak -v mb-en1 "Hello world"
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Nice, but it seems he is reading too fast, try:
espeak -v mb-en1 -s 120 "Hello world"
you can install embrola voices executing the following command:
sudo apt-get install mbrola mbrola-en1
for more information visit the offical repo from github
espeak docs and man pages