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<sect1 id="freetts" xreflabel="FreeTTS-&freetts-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="freetts.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>FreeTTS-&freetts-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="freetts">
    <primary sortas="a-FreeTTS">FreeTTS</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to FreeTTS</title>

    <para>The <application>FreeTTS</application> package contains a speech
    synthesis system written entirely in the <application>Java</application>
    programming language. It is based upon
    <ulink url="http://www.cmuflite.org/">Flite</ulink>: a small run-time
    speech synthesis engine developed at Carnegie Mellon University.
    <application>Flite</application> is derived from the
    <ulink url="http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/festival/">Festival</ulink>
    Speech Synthesis System from the University of Edinburgh and the
    <ulink url ="http://festvox.org/">FestVox</ulink> project from Carnegie
    Mellon University. The <application>FreeTTS</application> package is used
    to convert text to audible speech through the system audio hardware.</para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&freetts-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&freetts-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &freetts-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &freetts-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &freetts-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &freetts-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Test suite: <ulink url="&freetts-testsuite-download;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &freetts-testsuite-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &freetts-testsuite-size;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">FreeTTS Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required"><xref linkend="apache-ant"/>,
    <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/sharutils/">Sharutils</ulink>
    (for the <command>uudecode</command> program),
    and working audio hardware/software.</para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
    <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/freetts"/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of FreeTTS</title>

    <para>The <application>FreeTTS</application> package is distributed in
    ZIP format and the <command>unzip</command> command will default to
    creating an unused source directory. Additionally,
    unzipping the test suite file will prompt for questions
    about overwriting existing files. Use the following commands to
    <command>unzip</command> the source files:</para>

<screen><userinput>unzip -q freetts-&freetts-version;-src.zip -x META-INF/* &amp;&amp;
unzip -q freetts-&freetts-version;-tst.zip \
    -x {META-INF/*,freetts-&freetts-version;/{acknowledgments.txt,license.terms}}</userinput></screen>

    <tip>
      <para>The <command>sh jsapi.sh</command> command below installs the Java
      Speech API components into the <application>FreeTTS</application> source
      tree. You will be required to view, and then accept (by entering a
      <keycap>y</keycap> keypress), a license agreement before the installation
      will continue. If you are scripting (automating) the build, you'll need
      to account for this. There is information about automating build commands
      in the <xref linkend="automating-builds"/> section of Chapter 2. Towards
      the end of this section, specific information for automating this type of
      installation is discussed.</para>
    </tip>

    <para>Install <application>FreeTTS</application> by running the following
    commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>cd lib &amp;&amp;
sh jsapi.sh &amp;&amp;
cd .. &amp;&amp;
ant</userinput></screen>

    <para>To test the results, issue:</para>

<screen><userinput>ant junit &amp;&amp;
cd tests &amp;&amp;
sh regression.sh &amp;&amp;
cd ..</userinput></screen>

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m755 -d /opt/freetts-&freetts-version;/{lib,docs/{audio,images}} &amp;&amp;
install -v -m644 lib/*.jar /opt/freetts-&freetts-version;/lib &amp;&amp;
install -v -m644 *.txt RELEASE_NOTES license.terms \
                 docs/*.{pdf,html,txt,sx{w,d}} \
    /opt/freetts-&freetts-version;/docs &amp;&amp;
install -v -m644 docs/audio/* /opt/freetts-&freetts-version;/docs/audio &amp;&amp;
install -v -m644 docs/images/* /opt/freetts-&freetts-version;/docs/images &amp;&amp;
cp -v -R javadoc /opt/freetts-&freetts-version; &amp;&amp;
ln -v -s freetts-&freetts-version; /opt/freetts</userinput></screen>

    <para>Optionally, install any or all of the additional
    <application>FreeTTS</application> components using the following
    commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user
    (see the Command Explanations section for details):</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>cp -v -R bin /opt/freetts-&freetts-version; &amp;&amp;
install -v -m644 speech.properties $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib &amp;&amp;
cp -v -R tools /opt/freetts-&freetts-version; &amp;&amp;
cp -v -R mbrola /opt/freetts-&freetts-version; &amp;&amp;
cp -v -R demo /opt/freetts-&freetts-version;</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para><command>sh jsapi.sh</command>: This command installs the
    <application>Java Speech API</application> components into the
    <application>FreeTTS</application> source tree.</para>

    <para><command>ant</command>: <application>FreeTTS</application> uses the
    <application>Apache Ant</application> build system instead of the GNU
    <application>autotools</application>. This commands builds everything,
    including the class libraries, tools and demos.</para>

    <para><command>cp -v -R bin ...</command>;
    <command>install -v -m644 speech.properties</command>: These two commands
    install the demonstration programs. Optionally copy the
    <filename>speech.properties</filename> file to
    <filename>~/speech.properties</filename> if you don't want to make it
    available system-wide.</para>

    <para><command>cp -v -R tools ...</command>: This installs the voice data
    import utilities. See the <filename>README.html</filename> files in the
    <filename class='directory'>tools/</filename> subdirectories for
    information and instructions about using the tools.</para>

    <para><command>cp -v -R mbrola ...</command>: This installs the
    <filename class='libraryfile'>mbrola.jar</filename> file, required if you
    use the <ulink
    url="http://freetts.sourceforge.net/mbrola/README.html">MBROLA</ulink>
    voices.</para>

    <para><command>cp -v -R demo ...</command>: This installs the sources
    and documentation for the demonstration programs.</para>

    <para>For additional information and documentation about the
    <application>FreeTTS</application> project, visit the main web page at
    <ulink url="http://freetts.sourceforge.net"/>.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="testing">
    <title>Testing the Installation</title>

    <para>Test the installation using the following command:</para>

<screen><userinput>java -jar /opt/freetts/lib/freetts.jar \
    -text "This is a test of the FreeTTS speech synthesis system"</userinput></screen>

    <para>Depending on the setup of your audio drivers and software, you
    may have to add the <option>-streaming</option> switch to the command
    as shown below:</para>

<screen><userinput>java -jar /opt/freetts/lib/freetts.jar -streaming \
    -text "This is a test of the FreeTTS speech synthesis system"</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>None</seg>
        <seg>/opt/freetts-&freetts-version;/lib/*.jar</seg>
        <seg>/opt/freetts-&freetts-version;</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><filename class='libraryfile'>*.jar </filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>contains the class libraries which make up the
          <application>FreeTTS</application> speech synthesis system.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>