source: gnome/add/gnome-speech.xml@ 9d2dc4e2

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<!ENTITY gnome-speech-download-http "http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-speech/0.3/gnome-speech-&gnome-speech-version;.tar.bz2">
<!ENTITY gnome-speech-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-speech/0.3/gnome-speech-&gnome-speech-version;.tar.bz2">
<!ENTITY gnome-speech-size "220 KB">
<!ENTITY gnome-speech-buildsize "4.5 MB">
<!ENTITY gnome-speech-time "0.10 SBU">

]>

<sect1 id="gnome-speech" xreflabel="GNOME Speech-&gnome-speech-version;">
<?dbhtml filename="gnome-speech.html"?>
<title>GNOME Speech-&gnome-speech-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym> Speech</application></title>

<para>
The <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym> Speech</application> gives a
simple general <acronym>API</acronym> for producing text-to-speech
output. Multiple backends are supported by the
<application><acronym>GNOME</acronym> Speech</application> library, but
currently only the Festival backend is enabled in this package; the other
backends require either Java or proprietary software.
</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
url="&gnome-speech-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&gnome-speech-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &gnome-speech-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required:
&gnome-speech-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&gnome-speech-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>
                                                                                
<sect3><title><application><acronym>GNOME</acronym> Speech</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para>
<xref linkend="libbonobo"/>
</para></sect4>
<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para>
<xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>,
<xref linkend="j2sdk"/>,
<ulink url="http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/festival/">Festival</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://freetts.sourceforge.net/">FreeTTS</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://www.ibm.com/software/voice/viavoice/">ViaVoice</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://www.scansoft.com/">Eloquence</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://www.fonix.com/">DECTalk</ulink> and
<ulink url="http://www.cepstral.com/">Theta</ulink>
</para></sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym> Speech</application></title>

<para>Install <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym> Speech</application> by running the following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0` &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym> Speech</application>
package contains
<command>festival-synthesis-driver</command>,
<command>test-speech</command> and
<filename class="libraryfile">libgnomespeech</filename>.
</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>libgnomespeech</title>
<para><filename class="libraryfile">libgnomespeech</filename> provides 
the <acronym>API</acronym> for programs to convert text into
speech.</para></sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>