Using pyTTS with other languages.

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Mon Jun 4 10:35:33 EDT 2007

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On Jun 4, 8:17 am, simon kagwe <simonka... at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to create a TTS program for a local (Kenyan) language. I have
> installed pyTTS on my computer and it works perfectly with English sentences.
> However, my language is very different from English (sylabbles, pronounciation
> etc.) How can I go about having a TTS program that correctly speaks my language?
> Can pyTTS do this?
>
> I need all the help I can get.
>
> Regards,
> Simon.

Hi Simon,

I am pretty sure pyTTS can do this. It has a method to tell it how to
pronounce words. See the following article:

http://www.cs.unc.edu/~parente/tech/tr02.shtml

It describes how to use mis-spelled words to force correct
pronunciation as well as how to do it with XML.

Mike

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