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Festival is software to make the computer speak text over its sound system.

• http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/festival/

How to install

You should install by means of your distribution as described at installing software. If that is not possible,

• download festival and speech_tools from http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/festival/
• apply the patch from http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-accessibility&m=112757271022463&w=2
• build speech_tools:

./configure && make && make install

• build festival

How to run

This is an example how you can make your computer say "hallo":

$ festival
Festival Speech Synthesis System 1.96:beta July 2004
Copyright (C) University of Edinburgh, 1996-2004. All rights reserved.
For details type `(festival_warranty)'
festival> (SayText "hallo");
#<Utterance 0xb6e49eb8>
festival>

See also

• Accessibility