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author | Bryan Jurish <mukau@users.sourceforge.net> | 2006-02-02 12:49:19 +0000 |
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committer | Bryan Jurish <mukau@users.sourceforge.net> | 2006-02-02 12:49:19 +0000 |
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diff --git a/flite/README.pod b/flite/README.pod new file mode 100644 index 0000000..12d4dc2 --- /dev/null +++ b/flite/README.pod @@ -0,0 +1,89 @@ +=pod + +README for PD external distribution 'pd-flite' + +Last updated for version 0.01 + +=head1 DESCRIPTION + +The 'pd-flite' distribution contains a single PD external ("flite"), +which provides a high-level text-to-speech interface for English based on +the 'libflite' library by Alan W Black and Kevin A. Lenzo. + +Currently tested only under linux. + + +=head1 REQUIREMENTS + +=over 4 + +=item * libflite >= v1.1 + +The 'libflite' library by Alan W Black and Keven A. Lenzo +is required to build the PD 'flite' external. +It is available from http://cmuflite.org. + +You may want to apply the patch 'libflite-noaudio.patch' +which comes with this distribution to the 'libflite' +sources before compiling them (the '--with-audio=none' +configure flag did not work for me on its own). + +=back + + +=head1 INSTALLATION + +First, build and install the libflite distribution. + +Then, issue the following commands to the shell: + + cd PACKAGENAME-X.YY (or wherever you extracted this distribution) + ./configure + make + make install + + +=head1 BUILD OPTIONS + +The 'configure' script supports the following options, among others: + +=over 4 + +=item * --with-flite-dir=DIR + +Specify the base directory of the libflite distribution. + +=item * --with-pd-dir=DIR + +Specify PD base directory. + +=item * --enable-debug , --disable-debug + +Whether to enable verbose debugging messages. +Default=no. + +=back + +See the output of './configure --help' for more options. + + +=head1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS + +PD by Miller Puckette and others. + +Flite run-time speech synthesis library by Alan W Black +and Kevin A. Lenzo. + +Ideas, black magic, and other nuggets of information drawn +from code by Guenter Geiger, Larry Troxler, and iohannes m zmoelnig. + +=head1 KNOWN BUGS + +It gobbles memory, and also processor time on synthesis operations. + +No support for alternative voices or lexica, and no +mid- or low-level interface to the libflite functions. + +=head1 AUTHOR + +Bryan Jurish E<lt>moocow@ling.uni-potsdam.deE<gt> |