Python Programming Language :: Using pyTTS with other languages.


	Using pyTTS with other languages. Hi, I would like to create a TTS program for a local (Kenyan) language. I have installed pyTTS on my computer and it works perfectly with English sentences. However, my language is very different from English (sylabbles, pronounciation etc.) How can I go about having a TTS program that correctly speaks my language? Can pyTTS do this? I need all the help I can get. Regards, Simon. On Jun 4, 8:17 am, simon kagwe <simonka@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi, > I would like to create a TTS program for a local (Kenyan) language. I have > installed pyTTS on my computer and it works perfectly with English sentences. > However, my language is very different from English (sylabbles, pronounciation > etc.) How can I go about having a TTS program that correctly speaks my language? > Can pyTTS do this? > I need all the help I can get. > Regards, > Simon. Hi Simon, I am pretty sure pyTTS can do this. It has a method to tell it how to pronounce words. See the following article: http://www.cs.unc.edu/~parente/tech/tr02.shtml It describes how to use mis-spelled words to force correct pronunciation as well as how to do it with XML. Mike <kyosohma <at> gmail.com> writes: > It describes how to use mis-spelled words to force correct > pronunciation as well as how to do it with XML. > Mike Thanks Mike. I had already read that article. I thought the mis-spelling and XML are meant to deal with pronunciation of English words. Will it really handle pronunciation of words of a whole new language? For example, if I want to say 'good' in Zulu, I may end up saying a word that has entirely different phenomes (and throw in some clicking sounds like in those 'God's must be crazy' movies). For my language, I have already collected recordings of its syllables and some words. I tried it out with pyTTS and it pronounces some words completely different they aren't even close to the way they should be.