espeak

Software speech synthesizer

eSpeak is a software speech synthesizer for English and other languages. eSpeak uses a "formant synthesis" method. This allows many languages to be provided in a small size. The speech is clear, and can be used at high speeds, but is not as natural or smooth as larger synthesizers which are based on human speech recordings.

Versions: 1.48.04
Website: https://espeak.sourceforge.net/
Licenses: GPL 3+
Package source: gnu/packages/speech.scm
Builds: See build status
Issues: See known issues

Installation

Install the latest version of espeak as follows:

guix install espeak

Or install a particular version:

guix install espeak@1.48.04

You can also install packages in augmented, pure or containerized environments for development or simply to try them out without polluting your user profile. See the guix shell documentation for more information.