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Readme
What is tkFestival?
tkFestival is a frontend to Festival, a speech synthesis program.
What do I need to run tkFestival?
- tcl/tk: (specifically, you need "expectk")
- Festival 1.4.1, with at least one voice working. You need to have installed it too, and make sure it works by running examples/saytime in the Festival dir. You can get tcl/tk at http://tcl.activestate.com/ You can get Festival at http://cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/festival.html
Where do i get the latest version of tkFestival?
The latest version is found on http://tkfestival.sourceforge.net/
How do i install it?
Read the INSTALL file.
How do i run tkFestival?
Make sure it has executable permissions by running:
chmod +x ./tkFestival
Then run: ./tkFestival
If you don't like the verbosity run: ./tkFestival > /dev/null
You cannot run tkFestival outside of its directory unless you
specify the absolute path to the images directory in the
config section of "tkFestival"
Final Note:
If you select a voice you dont have from the menu, Festival
will default to a voice you have.
The author of tkFestival:
Please email me about questions only on tkFestival, and maybe how it interacts with Festival, but please don't email me with questions on how to install Festival. For that, email the authors of Festival instead.