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[PATCH 1/1] update documentation with SVOX pico output module


From: Andrei Kholodnyi
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] update documentation with SVOX pico output module
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:23:48 +0200

---
 INSTALL                    |   20 +++++++++++++++++++-
 doc/speech-dispatcher.texi |   14 ++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 27f1c47..268cb51 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ These packages are known to work with Speech Dispatcher:
  - Espeak (http://espeak.sourceforge.net/) -- a light and fast multi-lingual
      synthesizer with very good support for various Speech Dispatcher
      features.
- - Flite, Cicero, IBM TTS, Dectalk Software, Ivona
+ - Flite, Cicero, IBM TTS, Dectalk Software, Ivona, SVOX Pico
  - Pulse Audio (http://www.pulseaudio.org/)
 
  User applications:
@@ -121,6 +121,24 @@ You will also need libsndfile in order to enable sound 
icon emulation with the
 ibmtts output module.  (As of Apr 2006, the Debian packages you need are
 libsndfile1 and libsndfile1-dev.)
 
+Notes about SVOX Pico support
+=============================
+
+SVOX Pico software can be obtained from
+http://git.debian.org/?p=collab-maint/svox.git
+
+SVOX Pico documentation can be found under
+http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/external/svox.git;a=tree;f=pico_resources/docs
+It includes three manuals:
+- SVOX_Pico_Lingware.pdf
+- SVOX_Pico_Manual.pdf
+- SVOX_Pico_architecture_and_design.pdf
+
+To build SVOX Pico go to svox/pico subdirectory and type
+./autogen.sh
+./configure
+make install
+
 Continue building Speech Dispatcher
 ===================================
 
diff --git a/doc/speech-dispatcher.texi b/doc/speech-dispatcher.texi
index 667a2fb..04fd148 100644
--- a/doc/speech-dispatcher.texi
+++ b/doc/speech-dispatcher.texi
@@ -1105,6 +1105,20 @@ managed by a simple command line application. 
@xref{Configuration of
 the Generic Output Module}, for more details about how to use it.
 However, it provides only very rudimentary support of speaking.
 
+ at item Pico
+The SVOX Pico engine is a software speech synthesizer for German, English (GB 
+and US), Spanish, French and Italian.
+SVOX produces a clear and distinct speech output made possible by the use of
+Hidden Markov Model (HMM) algorithms. 
+See @uref{http://git.debian.org/?p=collab-maint/svox.git}.
+Pico documentation can be found at
+ at uref{http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/external/svox.git;
+a=tree;f=pico_resources/docs}
+It includes three manuals:
+- SVOX_Pico_Lingware.pdf
+- SVOX_Pico_Manual.pdf
+- SVOX_Pico_architecture_and_design.pdf
+
 @end itemize
 
 @node Security,  , Synthesis Output Modules, User's Documentation
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1.6.0.4




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