Gespeaker

Description

Gespeaker is a GTK+ frontend for espeak. It allows to play a text in many languages with settings for voice, pitch, volume, speed and word gap. The text played can also be recorded to WAV file.

Since version 0.6 it supports mbrola voices, it will require mbrola package and one or more mbrola voices from Debian repository or Ubuntu Trucchi repository.

Multiple languages are supported, currently English, Italian, French and Spanish. It works well with both Gnome, XFCE, LXDE environments.

For recorded demo voices please look the DemoVoices page.

Installation

Current version is 0.8.1 with the new added mbrola voices support for a new speech experience. Version changes are available on the Changelog page.

Just download the latest version package and install it with gdebi or dpkg.

New version 0.8.1 has plugins support to add external activities as well interaction with aMSN, Kopete, Emesene, Pidgin, Empathy messenger. You can get them from the Download page.

Ubuntu users please follow the RepositoryUbuntuUsers instructions.

Enable enhanced voice support

See InstallMbrola page for instructions on enable the enhanced mbrola voice support.

Screenshots

Please look at the CurrentVersion_Screenshots page.

Translations

Gespeaker is actually translated in the following languages:

Translators are needed, please help in translating Gespeaker in your language.

Please submit your translations to https://www.transifex.net/projects/p/gespeaker/c/current/