eSpeak is a compact, multi-language, open source
text-to-speech synthesizer.

This version is a SAPI5 compatible Windows speech engine
which should work with screen readers such as Jaws,
NVDA, and Window-Eyes.

Note that the information in the docs directory generally
refers to the Linux version.



Voices and Languages
====================

The available Voices can be seen as files in the directory
  espeak-edit/voices.

To change which eSpeak Voices are available thorugh
Windows, re-run the installer and specify up to five
Voice files which you want to use.

The tone of a Voice can be modified by adding a variant
number after the Voice name, eg:
  pt+13

The available variants are:
male:     +1  +2  +3  +4  +5
female:  +11 +12 +13 +14

These variants are defined by text files in
  espeak-edit/voices/!v


Updates
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The eSpeak project homepage is at:
  http://espeak.sourceforge.net/

Comments, corrections, and other feedback and assistance
is sought from native speakers of the various languages
because I've no idea how they are supposed to sound :-)

To make changes to pronunciation rules and exceptions,
or to change the sounds of phonemes, or just to experiment
with speech synthesis, download the "espeakedit" program.
