Description:
This is a Pocket PC 2003 compile of the FLITE 1.3 speech synthesis engine. FLITE is a subset of the fine Festival engine. It offers a full text to speech system with various APIs, as well an environment for development and research of speech synthesis techniques. Even if FLITE is only a subset, it is still a whopping 4 Mb executable. So to be really usefull, I guess compression of its data-structures will be required.
There is no source-code available for this item, since I didn't really code anything. FLITE is maintained by the CMU (Carnegie Mellon University) and already boasts experimental Windows CE support, so all I did was craft a project file and the little GUI. The source code for FLITE is available here.
The main author of FLITE, Kevin A. Lenzo, excuses the "poor" speech quality. The sample rate is only 8 Khz and the speech rules are supposeably not one of the best samples around, but it shows the potential.
Installation Guide:
- Unzip the file to a temporary folder.
- Execute the Install.vbs script to install the CAB file.
Reviews:
*** [Nov 29, 2008] by Michael using ipaq 1945
This software is a nice toy but, to be useful, the software has to be able to open larger files. Also there needs to be interactivity during synthesis. The ability to pause and restart is needed.
***** [Oct 18, 2006] by bakken using hp ipaq 2490
Oh man this program is sweet its so fun and usefull for many occansions they should make a transleting one from language to language.
***** [Oct 4, 2006] by Vic using 4gen cingular 8125- 2gigminiSD
This is a pretty sweet program that works fine for me. The only thing that is kind of a downer is that you cant change the voices to some thing better. Maybe in the next version you can have voice to text events. Just food for thought..
*** [Jan 13, 2006] by Leonard using Ipaq h1940
On my Ipaq h1940, I am unable to paste anything into flite. It's as if the clipboard were empty.
*** [Dec 23, 2005] by YOGEN using ANEXTEK SP230
Nice program, it works and easy to use but not complete need to improve.
***** [Dec 16, 2005] by MS using O2 XDA II
Fantastic software! But I have some problems; I can't open MS Word's .doc file within this promgram and my PDA hanged when I try to open ALL Files or open a file from other Folder. Why?
***** [Dec 7, 2005] by Elmo using Dell X30 with WM 2003
That's outrageous!! The best program I've downloaded yet!!
*** [Feb 25, 2005] by Stephen G. using ipaq 2003
At first I had no sound. Second, enable program sound check box Start menu/settings/audio......
**** [Nov 28, 2004] by Giorgos Skafidas using Fujitsu-Siemens Pocket LOOX 600 (WM2003)
This app really has potential! Great for making telephone jokes...:-) KobiWan: You need WM2003, it does not run on PocketPC 2002.
**** [Nov 8, 2004] by dan using iPAQ 5550
Did nothing when first installed, but worked fine after a reboot.
**** [Jun 13, 2004] by Stu using IPAQ 1900 Seires PC 2003
Installed fine and quickly worked. Only one voice but great for free d/l.
*** [Mar 3, 2004] by Mark Vogt using Viewsonic V36 PPC 2003
I too followed the instructions, and thought the program did not install correctly. But after I left it for awhile (longer than 30seconds), it did actually start up, and was kind of fun...
* [Feb 25, 2004] by KobiWan using Toshiba e350 (PocketPC 2002)
Sorry, but I'm not able to start the prog. I installed it as written here, but I just get an "error" when I try to open it on the PocketPC... Maybe someone can tell me, what I did wrong... Or does somebody have the same problem?? Thanks.
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