Festival TTS

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Getting Started

Learning

Training a Voice Model

Building a Unit Selection Cluster Voice

(from here http://festvox.org/festvox/x3082.html)

  1. mkdir uw_uw_rdt
cd uw_uw_rdt
  1. uniphone setup:
     $FESTVOXDIR/src/unitsel/setup_clunits uw us rdt uniphone
  2. generate prompts and prompt files:
    festival -b festvox/build_clunits.scm '(build_prompts_waves "etc/uniphone.data")'
  3. record sound, using audacity. save as 16k, 16bit mono.
  4. make labels:
    ./bin/make_labs prompt-wav/*.wav
  5. build utterance structure:
    festival -b festvox/build_clunits.scm '(build_utts "etc/uniphone.data")'
  6. do pitch marking:
    ./bin/make_pm_wave etc/uniphone.data
  7. find Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficients:
    ./bin/make_mcep etc/uniphone.data
  8. build cluster unit selection synth:
    festival -b festvox/build_clunits.scm '(build_clunits "etc/uniphone.data")'

Using a Unit Selection Cluster Voice Synth

  • from uw_us_rdt directory:
    festival festvox/uw_us_rdt_clunits.scm
  • in Scheme:
    (voice_uw_us_rdt_clunits) 
  • (SayText "this is a little test.")