festival

I am trying to write some C++ code (using the C++ API) for Festival and am getting stuck while trying to compile. Here is how I invoke g++ : g++ -Wall -pedantic -I../ -I../speech_tools/include/ helloFestival.C -o h -L../festival/src/lib/libFestival.a -L../speech_tools/lib/libestools.a -L../speech_tools/lib/libestbase.a -L../speech_tools/lib/libeststrings.a |& tee festival.runLog The error I get is: In file included from ../speech_tools/include/EST.h:48, from ../festival/src/include/festival.h:47, from helloFestival.C:4: ../speech_tools/include/EST_String.h:50: error: declaration of ‘void abort

i am using Festival c++ Api but in the manual provided at http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/festival/manual/festival_28.html#SEC132 saying to link festival/src/lib/libFestival.a etc. so please tell me hw to link them with my c++ programme The simplest way to link a static library from g++ is simply to name the library on the command line, using the complete path: g++ mycode.cpp -o myprog /myinstall/festival/src/lib/libFestival.a where /myinstall is wherever you installed the libraries. You can also specify the path and the library with the -L and -l flags: g++ mycode.cpp -o myprog -L/myinstall

I am using festival TTS c++ API in my program.I have downloaded all files from http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/downloads/festival/2.0.95/ and install festival and speech_tools successfully on my UBUNTU 10.04 now when compile my c++ programme gcc gives error: g++ -L/usr/lib -L/home/peeyush/Desktop/festival/src/lib -L/home/peeyush/Desktop/speech_tools/lib -o"peeyush" ./src/peeyush.o -llibeststring.a -llibestbase.a -llibestools.a -llibFestival.a /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -llibeststring.a collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make: *** [peeyush] Error 1 so please help me to sort out this error. -Thanks

I'm not blind, I just want to have a way to have my Windows machine read the contents of a buffer outloud. Here are the basic requirements: Read any English text buffer. Pause the reading at any time and resume at any time (not wait a few minutes for a big buffer to finish when someone walks into my office). Adjust the read-back speed at play-time. Highlight the text currently being read (optional) I found a couple of possible solutions: Emacspeak : Designed for the blind. Looks like a stand-alone program, not an Emacs plug-in festival.el : Requires Festival. I can't find Windows Binaries for

I'm looking for a high-quality TTS engine that I can afford (let's say less than 1000$). So far, I've tried flite and festival with default voices. However, while the results are certainly understandable, technical texts are hard to follow. Commercial TTS solutions from Loquendo and Readspeaker sound way better . However, these companies don't seem to be willing to sell their product to mere mortals - I can't find a price on either's homepage. So, what are good TTS solutions for personal use? Purchase it from NextUp.com site: NextUp.com sells the best , most natural-sounding Text to Speech