this problem with ending wovels is very annoying
echo te le se ty ly sy py gy ta la sa | espeak -v mb-fr1 # only sy
sounds good (like english 'e' ) py and gy sounds like english 'i'
instead, and other ending french e and a vowels sound is missing
With espeak_1.45.04 only py and gy sounds bad ('i' instead of 'e')
So in the meanwhile i use version 1.45.04, and i block package update
with dpkg --set-selection
64bits
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/e/espeak/espeak_1.45.04-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/e/espeak/espeak-data_1.45.04-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/e/espeak/libespeak1_1.45.04-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
32bits
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/e/espeak/espeak_1.45.04-1ubuntu2_i386.deb
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/e/espeak/espeak-data_1.45.04-1ubuntu2_i386.deb
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/e/espeak/libespeak1_1.45.04-1ubuntu2_i386.deb
block update: (unblock with 'install' instead of 'hold')
echo espeak hold | sudo dpkg --set-selections
echo espeak-data hold | sudo dpkg --set-selections
echo libespeak1 hold | sudo dpkg --set-selections
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/948884
Title:
mbrola is unable to pronounce the French word "les"
Status in “espeak” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
echo le train | espeak -v mb-fr1 # mbrola voice: OK
echo le train | espeak -v mb-fr4 # mbrola voice: OK
echo les traines | espeak -v mb-fr1 # mbrola voice: BAD
echo les traines | espeak -v mb-fr4 # mbrola voice: BAD
Error from mbrola (which espeak calls) is:
mbrola: Warning: l-e- unkown, replaced with _-_
This is rather annoying as "les" is rather a useful article in French!
Work arounds:
1) Use the espeak voice.
echo le train | espeak -v fr # espeak voice: OK
echo les traines | espeak -v fr # espeak voice: OK
Works, but sounds rather robotic.
2) An approximation of the correct pronunciation can be generated by
converting "les" to "lay" or "lai":
echo "les traines" | sed 's/\<les\>/lai/g' | espeak -v mb-fr1 # OK-ish
echo "les traines" | sed 's/\<les\>/lai/g' | espeak -v mb-fr4 # OK-ish
This gives a passable result, atleast to a naïve ear such as mine ;-)
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: mbrola 3.01h-6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.28-generic-pae 3.2.9
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.94-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Mar 7 11:13:03 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=fr_CA.UTF8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: mbrola
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-01-12 (54 days ago)
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