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[6732c094] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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[9d2dc4e2] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[d226c1ff] | 7 | <!ENTITY gnome-speech-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/gnome-speech/0.4/gnome-speech-&gnome-speech-version;.tar.bz2">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY gnome-speech-download-ftp "&gnome-download-ftp;/gnome-speech/0.4/gnome-speech-&gnome-speech-version;.tar.bz2">
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[acf305e] | 9 | <!ENTITY gnome-speech-md5sum "381e2e9126e102ace9abb452c9087141">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY gnome-speech-size "308 KB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY gnome-speech-buildsize "6 MB">
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[b56f06c3] | 12 | <!ENTITY gnome-speech-time "0.2 SBU">
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[9d2dc4e2] | 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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[bdce304] | 15 | <sect1 id="gnome-speech" xreflabel="GNOME Speech-&gnome-speech-version;">
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[24d01da] | 16 | <?dbhtml filename="gnome-speech.html"?>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 21 | </sect1info>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <title>GNOME Speech-&gnome-speech-version;</title>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <indexterm zone="gnome-speech">
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| 26 | <primary sortas="a-GNOME Speech">GNOME Speech</primary>
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| 27 | </indexterm>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 30 | <title>Introduction to GNOME Speech</title>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <para>The <application>GNOME Speech</application> package provides a
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| 33 | simple general API for producing text-to-speech output. Multiple backends
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| 34 | are supported by the <application>GNOME Speech</application> library, but
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| 35 | currently only the <application>Festival</application> backend is built
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| 36 | by default; the other backends require either Java or proprietary
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| 37 | software.</para>
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| 38 |
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| 39 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 40 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 41 | <listitem>
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| 42 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gnome-speech-download-http;"/></para>
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| 43 | </listitem>
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| 44 | <listitem>
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| 45 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gnome-speech-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 46 | </listitem>
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| 47 | <listitem>
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| 48 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &gnome-speech-md5sum;</para>
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| 49 | </listitem>
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| 50 | <listitem>
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| 51 | <para>Download size: &gnome-speech-size;</para>
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| 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | <listitem>
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| 54 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &gnome-speech-buildsize;</para>
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| 55 | </listitem>
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| 56 | <listitem>
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| 57 | <para>Estimated build time: &gnome-speech-time;</para>
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| 58 | </listitem>
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| 59 | </itemizedlist>
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| 60 |
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[86817443] | 61 | <!--
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[4ab8ab91] | 62 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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| 63 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 64 | <listitem>
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| 65 | <para>Required patch: <ulink
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| 66 | url="&patch-root;/gnome-speech-&gnome-speech-version;-freetts_fix-1.patch"/></para>
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| 67 | </listitem>
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| 68 | </itemizedlist>
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[86817443] | 69 | -->
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[4ab8ab91] | 70 |
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[24d01da] | 71 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">GNOME Speech Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 72 |
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| 73 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[c72d5551] | 74 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="libbonobo"/></para>
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[24d01da] | 75 |
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[acf305e] | 76 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional Backend Drivers</bridgehead>
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[c72d5551] | 77 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="java-access-bridge"/>,
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[0d528bd] | 78 | <xref linkend="freetts"/>,
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[acf305e] | 79 | <ulink url="http://www.fonixspeech.com/pages/index.php">DECtalk</ulink>,
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| 80 | <ulink url="http://espeak.sourceforge.net/">eSpeak</ulink>,
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[24d01da] | 81 | <ulink url="http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/festival/">Festival</ulink>,
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[acf305e] | 82 | <ulink url="http://voice-software.loquendo.com/interactive-tts.htm">Loquendo</ulink>,
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| 83 | <ulink url="http://www.freebsoft.org/speechd">Speech Dispatcher</ulink>,
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| 84 | <ulink url="http://www.nuance.com/">Speechworks ETI Eloquence</ulink>,
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| 85 | <ulink url="http://www.cepstral.com/">Swift</ulink>,
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| 86 | <ulink url="http://www.cepstral.com/">Theta</ulink>, and
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| 87 | <ulink url="http://www.ibm.com/software/voice/viavoice/">ViaVoice</ulink></para>
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[24d01da] | 88 |
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[0a7c3921] | 89 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 90 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/gnome-speech"/></para>
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| 91 |
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[24d01da] | 92 | </sect2>
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| 93 |
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| 94 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 95 | <title>Installation of GNOME Speech</title>
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| 96 |
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| 97 | <note>
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| 98 | <para>You must install at least one of the backend drivers for
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| 99 | <application>GNOME Speech</application> to render speech through the
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[b56f06c3] | 100 | audio hardware. You should test the installation of the backend driver and
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[24d01da] | 101 | ensure it produces desired results before installing
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[b56f06c3] | 102 | <application>GNOME Speech</application>.</para>
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[24d01da] | 103 | </note>
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| 104 |
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| 105 | <para>Install <application>GNOME Speech</application> by
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| 106 | running the following commands:</para>
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| 107 |
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[b56f06c3] | 108 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=$(pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0) &&
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[0d528bd] | 109 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 110 |
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| 111 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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| 112 |
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| 113 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 114 |
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| 115 | <screen role='root'><userinput>make install &&
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| 116 | install -v -m644 -D doc/gnome-speech.html \
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[b56f06c3] | 117 | $(pkg-config --variable=prefix \
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| 118 | ORBit-2.0)/share/doc/gnome-speech-&gnome-speech-version;/gnome-speech.html</userinput></screen>
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[24d01da] | 119 |
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| 120 | </sect2>
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| 121 |
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| 122 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 123 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 124 |
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[b56f06c3] | 125 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
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| 126 | href="../../xincludes/gnome-prefix.xml"/>
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| 127 |
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| 128 | <para><option>--with-jab-dir=$(pkg-config
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| 129 | --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0)/share/jar</option>: Use this option if you
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[24d01da] | 130 | have installed the <application>Java Access Bridge</application> package
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| 131 | and wish to have <application>GNOME Speech</application> build
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| 132 | in <application>Java</application> support.</para>
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| 133 |
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| 134 | <para>Note: see the <filename>README</filename> and
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| 135 | <filename>INSTALL</filename> files in the package source tree for the
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| 136 | correct parameters to pass to <command>configure</command> to enable the
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| 137 | desired backends.</para>
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| 138 |
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| 139 | </sect2>
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| 140 |
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[4f2f35c] | 141 | <sect2 role="testing">
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[0d528bd] | 142 | <title>Testing the Installation</title>
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[24d01da] | 143 |
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| 144 | <para>You can test all the available backend drivers, voices and audio
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| 145 | hardware using the <command>test-speech</command> command. Invoking
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| 146 | <command>test-speech</command> produces a menu allowing you to select
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[bccbdaea] | 147 | a backend driver and the desired voice, then prompts you (with on-screen
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[0d528bd] | 148 | prompts and text-to-speech audio) for additional information.</para>
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[24d01da] | 149 |
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[4ab8ab91] | 150 | <para>If you are using the <application>FreeTTS</application> backend and
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| 151 | you do not hear any audio, you may need to use the streaming audio method
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| 152 | instead of the clip audio method. As the
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| 153 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, modify the
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| 154 | <command>freetts-synthesis-driver</command> script:</para>
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| 155 |
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[b56f06c3] | 156 | <screen role='root'><userinput>sed -i "s/clip/streaming/" <envar>$GNOME_PREFIX</envar>/bin/freetts-synthesis-driver</userinput></screen>
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[4ab8ab91] | 157 |
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[24d01da] | 158 | </sect2>
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| 159 |
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| 160 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 161 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 162 |
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| 163 | <segmentedlist>
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| 164 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 165 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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| 166 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 167 |
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| 168 | <seglistitem>
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[b56f06c3] | 169 | <seg>festival-synthesis-driver, freetts-synthesis-driver,
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| 170 | speechd-synthesis-driver and test-speech</seg>
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[0a7c3921] | 171 | <seg>libgnomespeech.{so,a}. Other drivers and libraries are also
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[24d01da] | 172 | installed if you have enabled additional backends.</seg>
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[b56f06c3] | 173 | <seg>The following subdirectories of <envar>$GNOME_PREFIX</envar>/:
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[86817443] | 174 | include/gnome-speech-1.0,
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[0a7c3921] | 175 | share/{doc/gnome-speech-&gnome-speech-version;,
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[25c002f] | 176 | gnome-speech,
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[0a7c3921] | 177 | idl/gnome-speech-1.0}</seg>
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[24d01da] | 178 | </seglistitem>
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| 179 | </segmentedlist>
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| 180 |
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| 181 | <variablelist>
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| 182 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 183 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 184 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 185 |
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| 186 | <varlistentry id="test-speech">
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| 187 | <term><command>test-speech</command></term>
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| 188 | <listitem>
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| 189 | <para>is used to test the various backend drivers and voices
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| 190 | installed on the system.</para>
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| 191 | <indexterm zone="gnome-speech test-speech">
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| 192 | <primary sortas="b-test-speech">test-speech</primary>
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| 193 | </indexterm>
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| 194 | </listitem>
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| 195 | </varlistentry>
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| 196 |
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| 197 | <varlistentry id="libgnomespeech">
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[0a7c3921] | 198 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgnomespeech.{so,a}</filename></term>
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[24d01da] | 199 | <listitem>
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| 200 | <para>provides the API for programs to convert text into speech.</para>
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| 201 | <indexterm zone="gnome-speech libgnomespeech">
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[0a7c3921] | 202 | <primary sortas="c-libgnomespeech">libgnomespeech.{so,a}</primary>
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[24d01da] | 203 | </indexterm>
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| 204 | </listitem>
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| 205 | </varlistentry>
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| 206 |
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| 207 | </variablelist>
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| 208 |
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| 209 | </sect2>
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[bdce304] | 210 |
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| 211 | </sect1>
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