eSpeak 1.11   07.Aug.2006

NOTE:  The contents of the files in the espeak-dat directory,
  and the format of their contents has changed for this version.
  Please delete your old  espeak-dat  directory and replace it
  with the new one in this package.

1. Recognise and obey some SSML (Speak synthesis markup language)
   and HTML tags, and ignore unrecognised tags.
   Use with the -m option.

2. Added language: Afrikaans.

3. Added initial draft implementation of languages which need
   word and advice from native speakers:
    Spanish, Italian, Polish,
   as well as previous: German, Esperanto.

4. English languages variants (Voice file now renamed to:
   en-n, en-rp, en-wm) are improved.

5. Added --voices command option to list voices.  Voice files
   can now be in subdirectories in  espeak-data/voices.



eSpeak 1.10   29.Apr.2006

1. Add UTF-8 capability.  Assume input text is UTF-8 until
   any non-UTF-8 sequences are found.

2. Use UTF-8 encoding for eSpeaks's data files (_rules,
   _list, _extra)

3. Treat any accented characters which are not recognized
   in the _rules data as their un-accented equivalents.

4. Improve pronunciation of number strings.

5. Added embedded commands within the input text to change,
   pitch, speed, amplitude, etc.  See docs/ReadMe for details.

6. Added command option  --punct  to speak punctuation within
   the input text.

7. Added command option  -k  to indicate capital letters within
   the input text by either a click, raised pitch, or spoken
   word "capital".

8. Changed command options for phoneme display from -p -P to
   -x -X.  Added new option -p to adjust pitch.

9. Improvements to Esperanto language, including numbers.

10. Added "roughness" attribute for voice files.



eSpeak 1.09   10.Apr.2006

1. Changes for use with ARM/RISCOS version.

2. Added "flutter" attribute for voice files.



eSpeak 1.08   06.Apr.2006

1. Added command syntax to speak text string:
      speak [options] "this is some text"

2. Added command option --stdout to write speech output to stdout

3. Change SpeakNextClause() function to take input from either
   a file or memory.

4. Changed compiler options in Makefile

5. Added phonemes @- Q  o- u-


eSpeak 1.07

1. Minor improvements in tonal quality.

2. Added some support in the source code for tone languages.

