[espeak-ng:master] New Issue Created by guest271314:
#736 How to set SSML on by default for /emscripten directory?

https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng/tree/master/emscripten does not set SSML option (-m) to on by default nor provide a means to do so.

Adding a <break> element to demo https://www.readbeyond.it/espeakng/ results in "break" then "time" being output to speakers.

How to update code in /emscripten directory to set SSML parsing on by default for all synthesis?

[espeak-ng:master] New Issue Created by tspivey:
#735 Abbreviations followed by period sound different

Testing with en (and en-us) latest master 1764ec647f19258a19665e227c6d15850139963c.

1. Mr. Smith
2. Mr Smith

I think 1 should sound like 2, since the abbreviation is just replacing the word.

2 New Commits:

[espeak-ng:master] By Valdis Vitolins <valdis.vitolins@...>:
c8512c305f47: Reorder makefile entries

Modified: Makefile.am

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[espeak-ng:master] By Valdis Vitolins <valdis.vitolins@...>:
1764ec647f19: tr: issue #734: update Turkish language

Added: dictsource/tr_listx
Modified: CHANGELOG.md
Modified: dictsource/tr_list

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[espeak-ng:master] New Comment on Issue #734 Update for Turkish
By valdisvi:

Thanks for your contribution! It is added in project.

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[espeak-ng:master] New Comment on Issue #733 [Help Needed] Is there any docs for implementing a custom language?
By valdisvi:

Look at Adding or Improving a Language.

[espeak-ng:master] New Comment on Issue #732 Initial support for Hebrew language
By valdisvi:

Thanks for contribution! It is added in project with slight modificatons. Most important, there is no need to redefine all phonemes without changes from base1 table. You just need to describe, which table you extend in phonemes file. I did simple test with text from wikipedia, and it still doesn't find pronunciation for letters:

 espeak-ng -x -vhe "הַבֵּן שֶׁלּוֹ הוּא אַבָּא שֶׁלָּהּ"

I think, there should be settings in tr_languages.c file, similarly to Arabic.

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1 New Commit:

[espeak-ng:master] By Valdis Vitolins <valdis.vitolins@...>:
4573cea94e97: he: issue #732: add initial support for Hebrew language

Added: dictsource/he_list
Added: dictsource/he_listx
Added: dictsource/he_rules
Added: espeak-ng-data/lang/sem/he
Modified: CHANGELOG.md
Modified: Makefile.am
Modified: docs/languages.md
Modified: phsource/phonemes

[espeak-ng:master] New Issue Created by boracasli98:
#734 Update for Turkish

I updated the Turkish list file and also added a listx file and migrated the words to the latter.

espeak tr.zip

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[espeak-ng:master] New Comment on Issue #734 Update for Turkish
By boracasli98:

And yes, I'm a native speaker.

[espeak-ng:master] New Issue Created by NamedKitten:
#733 [Help Needed] Is there any docs for implementing a custom language?

The only sounds needed are

m
p
n
t
r
ɹ
ɾ
j
x
χ
ʁ
ʀ
ʔ
h
t͡s
e
a
i
o
s

In IPA. What would the best way to create a language for espeak for this be?

[espeak-ng:master] New Issue Created by boracasli98:
#732 Initial support for Hebrew language

the file "he" needs to go to /espeak-ng-data/lang/sem/ the file "he_dict" needs to go to /espeak-ng-data/ the file "ph_hebrew" needs to go to /phsource/ the others need to go to /dictsource/

Hebrew eSpeak.zip Edit: updated file

[espeak-ng:master] New Comment on Issue #336 No MBROLA support for Mac
By NamedKitten:

also on FreeBSD

[espeak-ng:master] New Issue Created by boracasli98:
#732 Initial support for Hebrew language

the file "he" needs to go to /espeak-ng-data/lang/sem/ the file "he_dict" needs to go to /espeak-ng-data/ the file "ph_hebrew" needs to go to /phsource/ the others need to go to /dictsource/

Hebrew eSpeak.zip

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[espeak-ng:master] New Comment on Issue #732 Initial support for Hebrew language
By boracasli98:

I'm not a native or even fluent Hebrew speaker, but native Hebrew speakers are all welcome to improve this.

[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