Installation

Installation

Installing Steel TTS:

• Download the most recent version of Steel TTS
• Unzip and place the "steel" folder on your Python path
  • Usually located at .../Python/lib or .../Python/lib/site-packages
  • If you can't find your Python path, enter the following code in your Python interpreter:

    import sys
    print sys.path

Installing Speech Engines:

Microsoft Speech API 5.x

• It should come already installed with any copy of Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8
• If SAPI5 is not already installed, you can get it by installing the most recent version of Microsoft Speech SDK, available here.

NS Speech Synthesizer

• It should come already installed with any copy of Mac OS X

eSpeak

• Windows: Download the latest version of eSpeak from the eSpeak website (you want the file named espeak-1.xx.xx-win.zip). Extract the files from the .zip file. Make sure to place the folder in your default 'Program Files' or 'Program Files (x86)' folder under the name 'eSpeak'.
• Mac OS X: Download the latest version of eSpeak from the eSpeak website (you want the file named espeak-1.xx.xx-OSX.zip). Extract the files from the .zip file and follow the instructions in the README file. Make sure that the 'espeak' executable is in your /usr/bin and the espeak-data folder is in either your /usr/share folder or home directory.
• Linux: Note that some installations come with eSpeak already installed. If this is not the case, download the latest version of eSpeak from the eSpeak website (you want the file named espeak-1.xx.xx-source.zip). Extract the files from the .zip file and follow the instructions in the README file. Make sure that the 'espeak' executable is in your /usr/bin and the espeak-data folder is in either your /usr/share folder or home directory.
• Cygwin: Follow either the Windows or the Linux instructions.

FreeTTS

• Windows: Download the latest version of FreeTTS from the FreeTTS site. Extract the files, and place the folder in your default 'Program Files' or 'Program Files (x86)' folder under the name 'freetts'.
• Mac OS X and Linux: Download the latest version of FreeTTS from the FreeTTS site. Extract the files, and place the folder in your /usr/share folder under the name 'freetts'.
• Cygwin: Follow either the Windows or the Linux instructions. If you follow the Linux instructions, make sure you have Java included in your Cygwin installation.