[espeak-ng:master] New Comment on Pull Request #810 Add some patterns to ja_rules
By tset-tset-tset:

I've modified this PR to only "add the missing pattern". The かあ problem is still there, but will be resolved after #812 is resolved.

[espeak-ng/espeak-ng] Pull request updated by tset-tset-tset:

#810 Add some patterns to ja_rules

Hi, I've added a missing pattern to ja_rules. This fix allows for words like "ふぉーす" .

[espeak-ng:master] New Issue Created by nesrad:
#811 Improved Interlingua voice

Hi, I've created the file ia_list to improve pronunciation for the ia voice. I'm not sure how to add it to your project, so I'll just leave it here. ia_list.zip

Since Interlingua shares its sounds with the romance languages, I was wondering what steps would be needed to use existing mbrola voices like Italian.

[espeak-ng:master] New Issue Created by nesrad:
#811 Improved Interlingua voice

Hi, I've created the file ia_list to improve pronunciation for the ia voice. I'm not sure how to add it to your project, so I'll just leave it here. ia_list_new.zip

Since Interlingua shares its sounds with the romance languages, I was wondering what steps would be needed to use existing mbrola voices like Italian.

[espeak-ng:master] New Issue Created by nesrad:
#811 Improved Interlingua voice

Hi, I've created the file ia_list to improve pronunciation for the ia voice. I'm not sure how to add it to your project, so I'll just leave it here. ia_list.zip

Since Interlingua shares its sounds with the romance languages, I was wondering what steps would be needed to use existing mbrola voices like Italian.

[espeak-ng/espeak-ng] Pull request opened by jaacoppi:

#813 SSML cleanup

Move SSML related logic from ReadClause to ProcessSsmlTag and to a new function ParseSsmlReference().

Contributes to #369 and should make locating SSML bugs easier.

[espeak-ng:master] New Issue Created by rhdunn:
#812 Add rule logic to better support Japanese vowel lengthening rules

In Japanese, a Hiragana whose pronunciation ends with the vowel a can be lengthened by adding あ (full a), ぁ (short a), or ー (lengthen indicator). The same applies with the other vowels. This results in the following set of rules for each base Hiragana:

.L22    ぁ ー // long a

.group あ
    あ       a   // a
    あ (あL22 a   // aā
    ああ      a:  // ā
    あぁ      a:  // ā
    あー      a:  // ā

It would be better to have the following rules:

.L22    あ ぁ ー   // long a

.group あ
    あ [あL22 a   // a
    あL22        a:  // ā

This requires two changes to the espeak-ng rule logic: 1. Add a [b (or a different syntax) to mean "don't match this rule if the 'b' part matches, but if it does match then only consume the 'a' part". An equivalent a] b syntax should be added for supporting matches before the main matching segment. -- maybe something like a^) b (^c? 2. Support matching substitution groups (in this case L22) in the main matching text, not just in the pre/post sections. NOTE: This may require a special syntax to differentiate it from other text, so maybe something like ${...} to use a substitution group (A, L12, etc.)?

[espeak-ng:master] New Comment on Pull Request #810 Add some patterns to ja_rules
By rhdunn:

I've raised issue #812 about making it possible to simplify the Japanese Hiragana/Kiragana pronunciation rules.

[espeak-ng:master] New Comment on Pull Request #810 Add some patterns to ja_rules
By rhdunn:

Using separate vowels would mean that ああ would be pronounced differently to あぁ and あー, as /aa/ would have a slight pause compared to /a:/.

A possible solution would be to define a group for each long vowel set (a, e, i, o, u), e.g.:

.L22    ぁ ー // long a

then have a new rule such as:

    あ   a       // a
    あ (あL22 a       // aā
    ああ  a:      // ā
    あぁ  a:      // ā
    あー  a:      // ā

where the aā rule is a new rule to fix the case you describe. This would need to be done for each of the doubling rules.

This means that ああぁ and ああー will be pronounced as /aa:/. These rules cannot currently be simplified due to limitations in the espeak/espeak-ng rule processing logic. I'll raise a separate issue for that.

[espeak-ng:master] New Comment on Pull Request #810 Add some patterns to ja_rules
By tset-tset-tset:

@rhdunn

Thank you for reviewing my PR. Sorry for the lack of explanation, here's why I removed "かあ", "すう", etc:.

1. Currently, the "あ" is grouped with the "あ", ”ああ”, "あぁ", "あー".

2. However, when "かあ" is present, "かあぁ" or "かあー" is recognized as "かあ" + "ぁ" or "かあ" + "ー". Therefore, when we process some of the words now, "(en)" comes up.

   $ echo 'コンピュータアート' | espeak-ng -x -v ja
   k'o N\ C'i _:(en)dZ'ap@ni:z(ja)l'et@ 'u _:(en)dZ'ap@ni:z(ja)l'et@ t'a 'a _:(en)dZ'ap@ni:z(ja)l'et@ t'o
   
   $ echo 'スウェーデン' | espeak-ng -x -v ja
   s'u 'u _:(en)dZ'ap@ni:z(ja)l'et@ _:(en)dZ'ap@ni:z(ja)l'et@ t'e _:(en)dZ'ap@ni:z(ja)l'et@ N\
   

3. When I considered the above case, I thought it would be more appropriate for the case where ”かあ” becomes "kaa" rather than "ka:".

[espeak-ng:master] New Issue Created by nesrad:
#811 Improved Interlingua voice

Hi, I've created the file ia_list to improve pronunciation for the ia voice. I'm not sure how to add it to your project, so I'll just leave it here. ia_list.zip

Since Interlingua shares its sounds with the romance languages, I was wondering what steps would be needed to use existing mbrola voices like Italian.

[espeak-ng:master] New Comment on Pull Request #810 Add some patterns to ja_rules
By rhdunn:

1. Add some patterns to ja_rules -- This commit looks good.
2. Add more ja_rules patterns -- This commit looks good.

Remove the pattern that causes the conversion to fail / Remove more unnecessary parts

Why are you removing the 'かあ' etc. patterns in these commits? These are supported "lengthen" combinations -- see e.g. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%81%8B%E3%81%82 (かあ). From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiragana: > Hiragana usually spells long vowels with the addition of a second vowel kana; for example, おかあさん (o-ka-a-sa-n, "mother").

Thus, when a vowel Hiragana matches the vowel part of the previous Hiragana, the vowel is lengthened.

NOTE: The removed parts are not the small versions of the characters (ぁ) but are the full-sized versions (あ) so the two rules are different. This is causing the tests to fail.

[espeak-ng/espeak-ng] Pull request updated by tset-tset-tset:

#810 Add some patterns to ja_rules

Hi, I've added a missing pattern to ja_rules. This fix allows for words like "ふぉーす" .

[espeak-ng/espeak-ng] Pull request updated by tset-tset-tset:

#810 Add some patterns to ja_rules

Hi, I've added a missing pattern to ja_rules. This fix allows for words like "ふぉーす" .

[espeak-ng/espeak-ng] Pull request opened by tset-tset-tset:

#810 Add some patterns to ja_rules

Hi, I've added a missing pattern to ja_rules. This fix allows for words like "ふぉーす" .

[espeak-ng:master] New Comment on Issue #798 MBROLA download page for Windows is not working
By valdisvi:

Is https://api.256file.com/mbrolatools35.exe/m-download-138135.html working?

[espeak-ng:master] New Comment on Issue #644 F-Droid (Request for packaging) - For info
By ArenaL5:

Perfect. Only the metadata are missing now. (Summary, description...)

You can follow either manual I linked earlier (Fastlane or Triple-T). As far as I can tell, the easiest way to do is to follow the Fastlane manual and add these nested folders to the root of this repository:

fastlane/metadata/android/en-US

and, inside the en-US folder, fill in the files short_description.txt and full_description.txt. Extra files can be added whenever you want following the instructions at https://gitlab.com/snippets/1895688; at the very least, I would add the app icon at fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/images/icon.png.

full_description.txt can be mostly copied from your README.md

After you add the skeleton for any of these systems, I can create a pull request to this repo to add translations to Spanish (Spain).

1 New Commit:

[espeak-ng:master] By Valdis Vitolins <valdis.vitolins@...>:
85a9e5534076: Update version according to configure.ac, src/windows/config.h and android/jni/include/config.h files

Modified: android/AndroidManifest.xml

[espeak-ng:master] New Comment on Issue #644 F-Droid (Request for packaging) - For info
By valdisvi:

@ArenaL5, I fixed fa_list file with commit cee1870 and AndroidManifest.xml file with commit AndroidManifest.xml 85a9e55 to the current development version.

1 New Commit:

[espeak-ng:master] By Valdis Vitolins <valdis.vitolins@...>:
3030884809aa: Fix issue #801: Cherokee language support is broken

Modified: src/libespeak-ng/tr_languages.c

1 New Commit:

[espeak-ng:master] By Valdis Vitolins <valdis.vitolins@...>:
cee18705a05b: Remove '\03' (End of text) characters at the beginning of the file

Modified: dictsource/fa_list

1 New Commit:

[espeak-ng:master] By Valdis Vitolins <valdis.vitolins@...>:
38291f5e5945: Support up to 350 voices/languages

Modified: src/libespeak-ng/voices.c

[espeak-ng:master] New Comment on Issue #644 F-Droid (Request for packaging) - For info
By ArenaL5:

Hello there. I'm trying to speed up the inclusion in F-Droid (there hasn't been much progress in that request).

I created a merge request with a build recipe, and a maintainer has already replied. They're asking now for a one-sentence summary and a description.

Both used to be provided in the merge request (as you can see here) but they're following now a different approach: they'd like to add them directly to this repo, following either Fastlane's or Triple-T's format. This way, it's easier to update the icon, to add translations, changelogs, screenshots...

I can help you with translating them to Spanish from Spain, if you'd like.

There are also a couple of details that aren't absolutely necessary, but would simplify the recipe: - ~Replacing gradle:3.2.1 with gradle:3.4.0 in android/build.gradle (F-Droid servers auto-detect the version of Gradle they use, and the build doesn't work with gradle:3.2.1).~ (Nevermind, I was checking an old commit.) - Removing the three extraneous characters at the beginning of dictsource/fa_list (it's no visible in the link, but that file starts with three U+0003 END OF TEXT characters, so the servers mistake it for a binary file. - Updating the version code and the version number at android/AndroidManifest.xml too (this would enable F-Droid to automatically update your app when you tag a new release version).

[espeak-ng:master] New Comment on Issue #644 F-Droid (Request for packaging) - For info
By ArenaL5:

Hello there. I'm trying to speed up the inclusion in F-Droid (there hasn't been much progress in that request).

I created a merge request with a build recipe, and a maintainer has already replied. They're asking now for a one-sentence summary and a description.

Both used to be provided in the merge request (as you can see here) but they're following now a different approach: they'd like to add them directly to this repo, following either Fastlane's or Triple-T's format. This way, it's easier to update the icon, to add translations, changelogs, screenshots...

I can help you with translating them to Spanish from Spain, if you'd like.

There are also a couple of details that aren't absolutely necessary, but would simplify the recipe: - Replacing gradle:3.2.1 with gradle:3.4.0 in android/build.gradle (F-Droid servers auto-detect the version of Gradle they use, and the build doesn't work with gradle:3.2.1. - Removing the three extraneous characters at the beginning of dictsource/fa_list (it's no visible in the link, but that file starts with three U+0003 END OF TEXT characters, so the servers mistake it for a binary file.

2 New Commits:

[espeak-ng:master] By Valdis Vitolins <valdis.vitolins@...>:
b06f524f3290: Issue #783: add new voices to the synthesizer

Added: espeak-ng-data/voices/!v/Alicia
Added: espeak-ng-data/voices/!v/Demonic
Added: espeak-ng-data/voices/!v/Marco
Added: espeak-ng-data/voices/!v/UniRobot

[espeak-ng:master] By Valdis Vitolins <valdis.vitolins@...>:
09200187de11: Support up to 350 voices/languages

Modified: src/libespeak-ng/voices.c

[espeak-ng:master] New Comment on Issue #783 Add new voices to the synthesizer.
By valdisvi:

Thanks for contribution! Your voices are added to the project with commit b06f524.

[espeak-ng:master] Issue #783 Add new voices to the synthesizer. closed by comunicationVoices.

[espeak-ng:master] New Comment on Issue #809 Some wrong pronunciations of German words
By hozosch:

I'll certainly see about getting rid of the obvious pronunciation errors i spot, but I'm not sure if I can get that different i to work. Bare with me please, I'm not a professional phonologist. I acquired Espeak's phonetic spelling out of interest and I was always wanting to correct mispronounced words I come across very often.