Festival TTS
Contents
Getting Started
- Festival Speech Synthesis System - http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/festival/
- build on os x with do_prompt capabilities - http://linguisticmystic.com/2011/07/15/using-festival-tts-on-os-x/
- this is a class - http://www.speech.cs.cmu.edu/15-492/assignments/tts/index.html
Learning
- Book - http://festvox.org/festvox/book1.html
- short tutorial - http://festvox.org/festtut-2.0/
- exercises and hints - http://festvox.org/festtut-2.0/exercises/
Training a Voice Model
- howto http://festvox.org/festvox/c3170.html#AEN3172
- training text input - http://www.festvox.org/cmu_arctic/cmuarctic.data
- useful tips http://festvox.org/index.html, including name for EMU speech database system http://www.shlrc.mq.edu.au/emu/
- Building a CLUSTERGEN Statistical Parametric Synthesizer: http://festvox.org/festvox/c3170.html#AEN3172
Building a Unit Selection Cluster Voice
(from here http://festvox.org/festvox/x3082.html)
mkdir uw_uw_rdt
- uniphone setup:
$FESTVOXDIR/src/unitsel/setup_clunits uw us rdt uniphone
- generate prompts and prompt files:
festival -b festvox/build_clunits.scm '(build_prompts_waves "etc/uniphone.data")'
- record sound, using audacity. save as 16k, 16bit mono.
- make labels:
./bin/make_labs prompt-wav/*.wav
- build utterance structure:
festival -b festvox/build_clunits.scm '(build_utts "etc/uniphone.data")'
- do pitch marking:
./bin/make_pm_wave etc/uniphone.data
- find Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficients:
./bin/make_mcep etc/uniphone.data
- 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.")