# Espeak

Category: Geeks r Us

## Post 1 by blake (Zone BBS Addict) on Sunday, 03-Jun-2007 16:03:22

Hi all. I want to use the Espeak speech synthesizer, available from sourceforge.net. However, I have several questions.
1. Is the Espeak program free? Or will the program stop working after a
specified number of days?
2. How many voices are included with the English version of ESpeak?
3. Is the Windows version of Espeak sapi5-compatible?
I'd appreciate feedback regarding these questions.

## Post 2 by PorkInCider (Wind assisted.) on Sunday, 03-Jun-2007 16:30:36

Well, I think by the nature of sourceforge being open source that software from there is free. As for your questions, why not go and read about it on the espeak page on the sourceforge site, and then come back and ask questions they didn't answer for you.

## Post 3 by Dave_H (the boringest guy you'll ever know) on Sunday, 03-Jun-2007 16:49:25

1) Hello, it's on sourceforge; it's open-sources; it will stop working when you stop using it.
3) The Windows version is a SAPI 5 voice.

## Post 4 by blake (Zone BBS Addict) on Sunday, 03-Jun-2007 18:23:03

The Sourceforge site answered most of my questions, but I wanted t clarify on here.
Now that i have downloaded ESpeak, I have two additional questions.
1. If I want to uninstall the voice, will add/remove programs remove the voice from the Speech section of Control Panel?
2. If I change the voice using the edit boxes in the install program, will the voice install correctly?

## Post 5 by nikos (English words from a Greek thinking brain) on Sunday, 03-Jun-2007 18:47:09

Yes to both your questions.

## Post 6 by blake (Zone BBS Addict) on Wednesday, 06-Jun-2007 19:09:08

Thanks all for your help with ESpeak.