Dear All, Telugu Linux and Telugu windows TTS versions are uploaded in source forge. Please download the TTS softwares from the following link:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/tts-indianlang/files/ For Telugu windows version, NVDA has to be downloaded separately and installed. This is a SAPI compatible voice. Your feedbacks and suggestions are welcome on the software. I'm pasting herewith excerpts from the general instructions and the 'Read Me' file for your convenience. The product has been tested with windows XP and windows 7. English words are read out using Telugu sound units. Tested with applications like notepad, wordprocessor, xls, browser. Please download NVDA 2010.1 version(nvda_2010.1_installer.exe) from http://sourceforge.net/projects/nvda/files/releases/2010.1/ Install NVDA from the downloaded executable. After installing NVDA, run setup_iiit_tel_fm.exe to install the Telugu sapi voice. In the DVD provided, this exe is self installable. After installing the Telugu sapi voice, start NVDA. By default English voice will come. 1. In NVDA Preference menu -> Synthesizer, Select Microsoft Speech API (sapi) 2. In NVDA Preference menu -> Voice settings, Select iiit_tel_fm as the voice. Please change the NVDA settings as per your convenience. General Instructions for using NVDA and ORCA for Indian Languages NVDA : * You can type in an Indian language using the Windows inscript keyboard layout * To add your language to the keyboard layout, do the following : * In Control Panel -> Regional and Language Options, under the languages tab, there are two check boxes for installing files for complex scripts and for East Asian languages. Check mark both of them. You will need the the Windows CD to enable this option. * Click the “details” button in the language tab and add your language and its keyboard layout. * Click OK and Apply button. * In the task bar, a language icon will appear. EN stands for English, HI stands for Hindi, etc. * You can switch between the languages using Ctrl+shift or Alt+shift ( depends on the key combinations set in the “key settings” option in the language tab -> details ) * To select the Indian language voice and festival synthesizer, do the following * Once NVDA is installed and running, right click on the NVDA icon on taskbar and select preferences menu. * Select Festival Speech Synthesis system in Preferences->Synthesizer * Select the voice in Preferences->voice settings * NVDA cds have a self installer, which installs the TTS and starts NVDA. * Please read the readme file for each language. ORCA : * For typing in Indian languages SCIM (Smart Common Input Method) or Inscript keyboard can be used * To install SCIM, follow the instructions in the below link, for Ubuntu based systems. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1505950 * Once SCIM is installed, a keyboard icon comes in the panel bar. On right clicking it, the language options come. You can select the particular language for typing. * For the inbuilt Inscript keyboard, install the required languages in language settings option. * ORCA cds have the voice and read me file. Festival and orca have to be installed by the user. ORCA and Festival come bundled with Linux distributions like ubuntu and fedora. The voice folder has to be copied to the correct place as stated in the readme file in the CD. * Please read the readme file for each language. If any clarifications required, please contact [email protected] Thanks & Regards, Register for AccessIndia convention 2011(November 12-13) at: http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
