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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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[de0c1bf] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[15b3bc29] | 7 | <!ENTITY freetts-download-http "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/freetts/freetts-&freetts-version;-src.zip">
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[de0c1bf] | 8 | <!ENTITY freetts-download-ftp " ">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY freetts-md5sum "f3e3ceae5b8cb5e175b50931f2e350e8">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY freetts-size "14.1 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY freetts-buildsize "112 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY freetts-time "0.4 SBU">
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| 13 |
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[15b3bc29] | 14 | <!ENTITY freetts-testsuite-download "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/freetts/freetts-&freetts-version;-tst.zip">
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[de0c1bf] | 15 | <!ENTITY freetts-testsuite-md5sum "8e461701ee94b3942cc37783f6de4128">
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| 16 | <!ENTITY freetts-testsuite-size "3.9 MB">
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| 17 |
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| 18 | ]>
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| 19 |
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| 20 | <sect1 id="freetts" xreflabel="FreeTTS-&freetts-version;">
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| 21 | <?dbhtml filename="freetts.html"?>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <sect1info>
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| 24 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 25 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 26 | </sect1info>
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| 27 |
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| 28 | <title>FreeTTS-&freetts-version;</title>
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| 29 |
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| 30 | <indexterm zone="freetts">
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| 31 | <primary sortas="a-FreeTTS">FreeTTS</primary>
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| 32 | </indexterm>
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| 33 |
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| 34 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 35 | <title>Introduction to FreeTTS</title>
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| 36 |
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[e204bf91] | 37 | <para>The <application>FreeTTS</application> package contains a speech
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[d7ecaa6] | 38 | synthesis system written entirely in the <application>Java</application>
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[e204bf91] | 39 | programming language. It is based upon
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| 40 | <ulink url="http://www.cmuflite.org/">Flite</ulink>: a small run-time
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| 41 | speech synthesis engine developed at Carnegie Mellon University.
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| 42 | <application>Flite</application> is derived from the
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[d7ecaa6] | 43 | <ulink url="http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/festival/">Festival</ulink>
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[e204bf91] | 44 | Speech Synthesis System from the University of Edinburgh and the
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| 45 | <ulink url ="http://festvox.org/">FestVox</ulink> project from Carnegie
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| 46 | Mellon University. The <application>FreeTTS</application> package is used
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[de0c1bf] | 47 | to convert text to audible speech through the system audio hardware.</para>
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| 48 |
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| 49 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 50 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 51 | <listitem>
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| 52 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&freetts-download-http;"/></para>
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| 53 | </listitem>
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| 54 | <listitem>
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| 55 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&freetts-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 56 | </listitem>
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| 57 | <listitem>
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| 58 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &freetts-md5sum;</para>
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| 59 | </listitem>
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| 60 | <listitem>
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| 61 | <para>Download size: &freetts-size;</para>
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| 62 | </listitem>
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| 63 | <listitem>
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| 64 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &freetts-buildsize;</para>
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| 65 | </listitem>
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| 66 | <listitem>
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| 67 | <para>Estimated build time: &freetts-time;</para>
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| 68 | </listitem>
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| 69 | </itemizedlist>
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| 70 |
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| 71 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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| 72 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 73 | <listitem>
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| 74 | <para>Test suite: <ulink url="&freetts-testsuite-download;"/></para>
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| 75 | </listitem>
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| 76 | <listitem>
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| 77 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &freetts-testsuite-md5sum;</para>
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| 78 | </listitem>
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| 79 | <listitem>
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| 80 | <para>Download size: &freetts-testsuite-size;</para>
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| 81 | </listitem>
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| 82 | </itemizedlist>
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| 83 |
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| 84 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">FreeTTS Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 85 |
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| 86 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[17301a7] | 87 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="apache-ant"/>,
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[208d44a9] | 88 | <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/sharutils/">Sharutils</ulink>
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| 89 | (for the <command>uudecode</command> program),
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| 90 | and working audio hardware/software.</para>
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[de0c1bf] | 91 |
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[0e2aa08] | 92 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 93 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/freetts"/></para>
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| 94 |
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[de0c1bf] | 95 | </sect2>
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| 96 |
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| 97 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 98 | <title>Installation of FreeTTS</title>
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| 99 |
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[e204bf91] | 100 | <para>The <application>FreeTTS</application> package is distributed in
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| 101 | ZIP format and the <command>unzip</command> command will default to
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| 102 | creating an unused source directory. Additionally,
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[5aee372] | 103 | unzipping the test suite file will prompt for questions
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[e204bf91] | 104 | about overwriting existing files. Use the following commands to
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[de0c1bf] | 105 | <command>unzip</command> the source files:</para>
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| 106 |
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| 107 | <screen><userinput>unzip -q freetts-&freetts-version;-src.zip -x META-INF/* &&
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| 108 | unzip -q freetts-&freetts-version;-tst.zip \
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| 109 | -x {META-INF/*,freetts-&freetts-version;/{acknowledgments.txt,license.terms}}</userinput></screen>
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| 110 |
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[d4277d4] | 111 | <tip>
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| 112 | <para>The <command>sh jsapi.sh</command> command below installs the Java
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| 113 | Speech API components into the <application>FreeTTS</application> source
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| 114 | tree. You will be required to view, and then accept (by entering a
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| 115 | <keycap>y</keycap> keypress), a license agreement before the installation
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| 116 | will continue. If you are scripting (automating) the build, you'll need
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| 117 | to account for this. There is information about automating build commands
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| 118 | in the <xref linkend="automating-builds"/> section of Chapter 2. Towards
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| 119 | the end of this section, specific information for automating this type of
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| 120 | installation is discussed.</para>
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| 121 | </tip>
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| 122 |
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[e204bf91] | 123 | <para>Install <application>FreeTTS</application> by running the following
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[de0c1bf] | 124 | commands:</para>
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| 125 |
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[c033874] | 126 | <screen><userinput>cd lib &&
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[d4277d4] | 127 | sh jsapi.sh &&
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[c033874] | 128 | cd .. &&
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[de0c1bf] | 129 | ant</userinput></screen>
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| 130 |
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| 131 | <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
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| 132 |
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| 133 | <screen><userinput>ant junit &&
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[6747ff5] | 134 | cd tests &&
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| 135 | sh regression.sh &&
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| 136 | cd ..</userinput></screen>
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[de0c1bf] | 137 |
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| 138 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 139 |
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| 140 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m755 -d /opt/freetts-&freetts-version;/{lib,docs/{audio,images}} &&
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| 141 | install -v -m644 lib/*.jar /opt/freetts-&freetts-version;/lib &&
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| 142 | install -v -m644 *.txt RELEASE_NOTES license.terms \
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| 143 | docs/*.{pdf,html,txt,sx{w,d}} \
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| 144 | /opt/freetts-&freetts-version;/docs &&
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| 145 | install -v -m644 docs/audio/* /opt/freetts-&freetts-version;/docs/audio &&
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| 146 | install -v -m644 docs/images/* /opt/freetts-&freetts-version;/docs/images &&
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| 147 | cp -v -R javadoc /opt/freetts-&freetts-version; &&
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| 148 | ln -v -s freetts-&freetts-version; /opt/freetts</userinput></screen>
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| 149 |
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[e204bf91] | 150 | <para>Optionally, install any or all of the additional
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| 151 | <application>FreeTTS</application> components using the following
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| 152 | commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user
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[3502f04a] | 153 | (see the Command Explanations section for details):</para>
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[de0c1bf] | 154 |
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| 155 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cp -v -R bin /opt/freetts-&freetts-version; &&
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[6747ff5] | 156 | install -v -m644 speech.properties $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib &&
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[de0c1bf] | 157 | cp -v -R tools /opt/freetts-&freetts-version; &&
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| 158 | cp -v -R mbrola /opt/freetts-&freetts-version; &&
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| 159 | cp -v -R demo /opt/freetts-&freetts-version;</userinput></screen>
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| 160 |
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| 161 | </sect2>
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| 162 |
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| 163 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 164 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 165 |
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[d4277d4] | 166 | <para><command>sh jsapi.sh</command>: This command installs the
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| 167 | <application>Java Speech API</application> components into the
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| 168 | <application>FreeTTS</application> source tree.</para>
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[de0c1bf] | 169 |
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| 170 | <para><command>ant</command>: <application>FreeTTS</application> uses the
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[e204bf91] | 171 | <application>Apache Ant</application> build system instead of the GNU
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[de0c1bf] | 172 | <application>autotools</application>. This commands builds everything,
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| 173 | including the class libraries, tools and demos.</para>
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| 174 |
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| 175 | <para><command>cp -v -R bin ...</command>;
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| 176 | <command>install -v -m644 speech.properties</command>: These two commands
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[e204bf91] | 177 | install the demonstration programs. Optionally copy the
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| 178 | <filename>speech.properties</filename> file to
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| 179 | <filename>~/speech.properties</filename> if you don't want to make it
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[de0c1bf] | 180 | available system-wide.</para>
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| 181 |
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| 182 | <para><command>cp -v -R tools ...</command>: This installs the voice data
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[e204bf91] | 183 | import utilities. See the <filename>README.html</filename> files in the
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| 184 | <filename class='directory'>tools/</filename> subdirectories for
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[de0c1bf] | 185 | information and instructions about using the tools.</para>
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| 186 |
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[e204bf91] | 187 | <para><command>cp -v -R mbrola ...</command>: This installs the
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| 188 | <filename class='libraryfile'>mbrola.jar</filename> file, required if you
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| 189 | use the <ulink
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[de0c1bf] | 190 | url="http://freetts.sourceforge.net/mbrola/README.html">MBROLA</ulink>
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| 191 | voices.</para>
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| 192 |
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[e204bf91] | 193 | <para><command>cp -v -R demo ...</command>: This installs the sources
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[de0c1bf] | 194 | and documentation for the demonstration programs.</para>
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| 195 |
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[e204bf91] | 196 | <para>For additional information and documentation about the
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| 197 | <application>FreeTTS</application> project, visit the main web page at
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[de0c1bf] | 198 | <ulink url="http://freetts.sourceforge.net"/>.</para>
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| 199 |
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| 200 | </sect2>
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| 201 |
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| 202 | <sect2 role="testing">
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| 203 | <title>Testing the Installation</title>
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| 204 |
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| 205 | <para>Test the installation using the following command:</para>
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| 206 |
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[bbdb0ff4] | 207 | <screen><userinput>java -jar /opt/freetts/lib/freetts.jar \
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[de0c1bf] | 208 | -text "This is a test of the FreeTTS speech synthesis system"</userinput></screen>
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| 209 |
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[e204bf91] | 210 | <para>Depending on the setup of your audio drivers and software, you
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[de0c1bf] | 211 | may have to add the <option>-streaming</option> switch to the command
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| 212 | as shown below:</para>
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| 213 |
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[bbdb0ff4] | 214 | <screen><userinput>java -jar /opt/freetts/lib/freetts.jar -streaming \
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[de0c1bf] | 215 | -text "This is a test of the FreeTTS speech synthesis system"</userinput></screen>
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| 216 |
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| 217 | </sect2>
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| 218 |
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| 219 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 220 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 221 |
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| 222 | <segmentedlist>
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| 223 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 224 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 225 | <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>
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| 226 |
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| 227 | <seglistitem>
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| 228 | <seg>None</seg>
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| 229 | <seg>/opt/freetts-&freetts-version;/lib/*.jar</seg>
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| 230 | <seg>/opt/freetts-&freetts-version;</seg>
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| 231 | </seglistitem>
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| 232 | </segmentedlist>
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| 233 |
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| 234 | <variablelist>
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| 235 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 236 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 237 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 238 |
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| 239 | <varlistentry>
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| 240 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>*.jar </filename></term>
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| 241 | <listitem>
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[e204bf91] | 242 | <para>contains the class libraries which make up the
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[de0c1bf] | 243 | <application>FreeTTS</application> speech synthesis system.</para>
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| 244 | </listitem>
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| 245 | </varlistentry>
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| 246 | </variablelist>
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| 247 |
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| 248 | </sect2>
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| 249 |
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| 250 | </sect1>
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