source: gnome/add/gnome-speech/gnome-speech-intro.xml@ a8d6ef3a

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<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>