[espeak-ng:master] New Issue Created by The1Freeman:
#727 Klatt synthesizer has issues with Japanese language

For the record: I am no expert in the japanese language and am thus tinkering around with this, with that said however, the Japanese language in eSpeak-NG with any of the klatt voices (and the announcer voice) will produce weirdly sounding artifacts on certain phonemes, particularly with [[v]], [[n]], [[N]] and [[m]].

The best way to describe the glitch in the klatt synthesizer would be that it is too nasal with those phonemes whereas in the default voice it is not the case, the rest seem fine though, however with [[N]] the higher formants are loud, when that is not the case with the default voice.

klatt_glitch.zip

Attached is a zip archive containing two wav files which showcase this glitch in the japanese language, generated with [[vv]]. [[nn]]. [[NN]]. [[m]].

[espeak-ng:master] Issue #65 Dutch language improvements closed by leonardder.

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[espeak-ng:master] New Comment on Issue #448 Make a release to fix #338
By valdisvi:

With 1.50 this should be fixed.

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[espeak-ng:master] Issue #448 Make a release to fix #338 closed by jiangtiandao.

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[espeak-ng:master] New Comment on Issue #144 Creating an Ukrainian language for Espeak NG
By valdisvi:

@Giovani93, Ukrainian language is now supported in development version of eSpeak NG. You can test it online and improve it yourself by following contributor guide.

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[espeak-ng:master] Issue #144 Creating an Ukrainian language for Espeak NG closed by Giovani93.

4 New Commits:

[espeak-ng:master] By Valdis Vitolins <valdis.vitolins@...>:
fc886521943f: docs: update total number

Modified: docs/languages.md

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[espeak-ng:master] By Valdis Vitolins <valdis.vitolins@...>:
af7f4e3bcf78: docs: update links to supported lanugages

Modified: README.md

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[espeak-ng:master] By Valdis Vitolins <valdis.vitolins@...>:
851c3f2cf5ed: docs: remove link from introductory part

It is provided in linked docs/mbrola.md page.

Modified: README.md

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[espeak-ng:master] By Valdis Vitolins <valdis.vitolins@...>:
f5b3734a4652: docs: update size of package

Modified: README.md

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[espeak-ng:master] Issue #691 Differences between bashkir and tatar? closed by hozosch.

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[espeak-ng:master] Issue #705 --voices option doesn't show mbrola voices closed by hadware.

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[espeak-ng:master] New Comment on Issue #566 mbrola issues
By valdisvi:

With 1.50 this is fixed.

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[espeak-ng:master] Issue #566 mbrola issues closed by sthibaul.

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[espeak-ng:master] New Comment on Issue #566 mbrola issues
By valdisvi:

With 1.50 release this is fixed.

[espeak-ng:master] New Comment on Issue #578 Hawaiian Language Support
By valdisvi:

@ian4uh, I have added initial support for Hawaiian language. You can test it online and improve it yourself by following contributor guide.

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[espeak-ng:master] Issue #578 Hawaiian Language Support closed by ian4uh.

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4 New Commits:

[espeak-ng:master] By Valdis Vitolins <valdis.vitolins@...>:
a10a6b71cd84: docs: add links to action steps

Modified: docs/add_language.md

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[espeak-ng:master] By Valdis Vitolins <valdis.vitolins@...>:
54723e8492d9: docs: move creation of language definition up

Modified: docs/add_language.md

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[espeak-ng:master] By Valdis Vitolins <valdis.vitolins@...>:
7e69e3358871: docs: allow to call any instance of espeak-ng

Modified: docs/add_language.md

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[espeak-ng:master] By Valdis Vitolins <valdis.vitolins@...>:
0ee91aaa064b: haw: fix issue #578: add initial support for Hawaiian language

Added: dictsource/haw_list
Added: dictsource/haw_rules
Added: espeak-ng-data/lang/map/haw
Added: phsource/ph_hawaiian
Modified: CHANGELOG.md
Modified: Makefile.am
Modified: docs/languages.md
Modified: phsource/phonemes

[espeak-ng:master] Issue #546 Ukrainian Support closed by MissValeska.

[espeak-ng:master] Issue #561 please can you add Quechua language closed by salami5.

Hi, my name is James.

I just started learning about eSpeak.  I installed eSpeak and downloaded all the information about it.  I can see where it's going to be perfect for my intended project.

However, I have since learned that I need to use eSpeak NG.    How do I convert over to eSpeak NG?  Do I need to uninstall the original eSpeak?  Or do I just install eSpeak NG and leave the original eSpeak installed?

Also, is there any information on the major changes and/or improvements made to eSpeak NG.  And would I still use espeakedit or is there a new espeakedit-ng too?

[espeak-ng:master] New Comment on Issue #561 please can you add Quechua language
By valdisvi:

@salami5, I have added initial support for Quechua language. You can test it online and improve it yourself by following contributor guide.

1 New Commit:

[espeak-ng:master] By Valdis Vitolins <valdis.vitolins@...>:
e7b8706a39cb: docs: fix link

Modified: README.md

1 New Commit:

[espeak-ng:master] By Valdis Vitolins <valdis.vitolins@...>:
a8cae87bad0c: docs: add missing languages to the list

Modified: docs/languages.md

[espeak-ng:master] New Comment on Issue #561 please can you add Quechua language
By valdisvi:

@salami5 , I have added initial support for Quechua language. You can test it online and improve it yourself by following contributor guide.

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1 New Commit:

[espeak-ng:master] By Valdis Vitolins <valdis.vitolins@...>:
da359384face: qu: fix issue #561: add initial support for Quechua language

Added: dictsource/qu_list
Added: dictsource/qu_rules
Added: espeak-ng-data/lang/qu
Added: phsource/ph_quechua
Modified: CHANGELOG.md
Modified: Makefile.am
Modified: phsource/phonemes

[espeak-ng:master] New Issue Created by valdisvi:
#731 Compilation of voice dictionary fails if code of language family is the same as languge

Follow adding language guide and stupidly make language file in subfolder of the same name e.g. espeak-ng-data/qu/qu for Quechuan language. Spend day wondering why qu_dict is not created and output shows:

cd dictsource
./src/speak-ng --compile=qu
Using phonemetable: 'en'
Compiling: 'en_list'
	5458 entries
Compiling: 'en_emoji'
	1690 entries
Compiling: 'en_extra'
	0 entries
Compiling: 'en_rules'
	6743 rules, 103 groups (0)

Not counting problem between chair and keybord, problem is somewhere in LoadVoice() in voices.c file.

1 New Commit:

[espeak-ng:master] By Valdis Vitolins <valdis.vitolins@...>:
d17a5ecc534b: Fix issue #546: add initial support for Ukrainian language

Added: dictsource/uk_list
Added: dictsource/uk_rules
Added: espeak-ng-data/lang/zle/uk
Modified: CHANGELOG.md
Modified: Makefile.am
Modified: phsource/phonemes
Modified: src/libespeak-ng/tr_languages.c

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[espeak-ng:master] New Comment on Issue #546 Ukrainian Support
By valdisvi:

@MissValeska, I have added initial support for Ukrainian language. You can test it online and improve it yourself by following contributor guide.

1 New Commit:

[espeak-ng:master] By Valdis Vitolins <valdis.vitolins@...>:
c7a4d9819c58: Fix issue #546: add initial support for Ukrainian language

Added: dictsource/uk_list
Added: dictsource/uk_rules
Modified: CHANGELOG.md
Modified: Makefile.am
Modified: phsource/phonemes
Modified: src/libespeak-ng/tr_languages.c

1 New Commit:

[espeak-ng:master] By Valdis Vitolins <valdis.vitolins@...>:
bc9379ae2164: Fix issue #546: add initial support for Ukrainian language

Modified: CHANGELOG.md
Modified: Makefile.am
Modified: phsource/phonemes
Modified: src/libespeak-ng/tr_languages.c

1 New Commit:

[espeak-ng:master] By Valdis Vitolins <valdis.vitolins@...>:
d0d929a307f0: docs: add direct link to building, reorder list

Modified: README.md

2 New Commits:

[espeak-ng:master] By Valdis Vitolins <valdis.vitolins@...>:
26c997fa7552: ru: fix part of issue #728: wrong pronunciation of ..ьи

Modified: phsource/ph_russian

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[espeak-ng:master] By Valdis Vitolins <valdis.vitolins@...>:
826e96642b9f: Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng

Modified: src/libespeak-ng/numbers.c
Modified: src/libespeak-ng/tr_languages.c
Modified: src/libespeak-ng/translate.c
Modified: src/libespeak-ng/translate.h

10 New Commits:

[espeak-ng:master] By Reece H. Dunn <msclrhd@...>:
5a8b7bdcfe46: Align the NUM_ bitmask defines to make them easier to read.

Modified: src/libespeak-ng/translate.h

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[espeak-ng:master] By Reece H. Dunn <msclrhd@...>:
b8fbcf86ff2d: Separate the NUM_DFRACTION flags from the rest of the NUM_ bitmask flags.

Modified: src/libespeak-ng/numbers.c
Modified: src/libespeak-ng/translate.h

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[espeak-ng:master] By Reece H. Dunn <msclrhd@...>:
62e8efad663c: Move the NUM_ comments to the relevant defines.

Modified: src/libespeak-ng/translate.h

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[espeak-ng:master] By Reece H. Dunn <msclrhd@...>:
e8f774326d47: Align the NUM2_ bitmask defines to make them easier to read.

Modified: src/libespeak-ng/translate.h

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[espeak-ng:master] By Reece H. Dunn <msclrhd@...>:
915d51512af9: Create a NUM2_THOUSANDS_VAR_BITS define.

Modified: src/libespeak-ng/numbers.c
Modified: src/libespeak-ng/translate.h

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[espeak-ng:master] By Reece H. Dunn <msclrhd@...>:
eb3c1eb985b5: Move the NUM2_ comments to the relevant defines.

Modified: src/libespeak-ng/translate.h

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[espeak-ng:master] By Reece H. Dunn <msclrhd@...>:
1e04ce0fbfec: Use the NUM2_SWAP_THOUSANDS constant instead of 0x200.

Modified: src/libespeak-ng/numbers.c
Modified: src/libespeak-ng/tr_languages.c

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[espeak-ng:master] By Reece H. Dunn <msclrhd@...>:
ee1557ece2f2: Add defines for the numbers2 thousandplex bit flags.

Modified: src/libespeak-ng/tr_languages.c
Modified: src/libespeak-ng/translate.h

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[espeak-ng:master] By Reece H. Dunn <msclrhd@...>:
8352683e1b1b: Add a NUM_DEFAULT define.

Modified: src/libespeak-ng/tr_languages.c
Modified: src/libespeak-ng/translate.h

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[espeak-ng:master] By Reece H. Dunn <msclrhd@...>:
4aaef4c3e042: Fix additional warnings with addPluralSuffixes.

Modified: src/libespeak-ng/translate.c

1 New Commit:

[espeak-ng:master] By Valdis Vitolins <valdis.vitolins@...>:
f514bbcc8d1c: Fix 'implicit declaration of function ‘addPluralSuffixes’' C99/clang error

Modified: src/libespeak-ng/translate.c

1 New Commit:

[espeak-ng:master] By Valdis Vitolins <valdis.vitolins@...>:
cf4809a1e573: Fix bug #706: pronunciation error with abbreviations followed by 's

Modified: src/libespeak-ng/translate.c
Modified: tests/translate.test

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[espeak-ng/espeak-ng] Pull request closed by rhdunn:

#730 Fix bug #706: pronunciation error with abbreviations followed by 's

@rhdunn, please review and merge fix for #706 I also made it work properly for other languages where, plural/genitive with ...s or ...'s doesn't have meaning (i.e. ..s is considered part of the root word) and updated tests.

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[espeak-ng:master] New Comment on Pull Request #730 Fix bug #706: pronunciation error with abbreviations followed by 's
By rhdunn:

Reviewed and merged. Thanks for the fix.