Re: OpenTTS 0.1 released.

hi,
please can you make it multi platform?
like Flite and cepstral?
we use flite and / cepstral for freeswitch project http://www.freeswitch.org
and we love to integrate any available TTS/ASR engine
thanks
Le 06/06/2010 05:13, Luke Yelavich a écrit :
> I am proud to announce the very first release of OpenTTS, version 0.1. Thanks
> to everybody who made this release possible, you know who you are. The first
> release series is focused on delivering a text to speech framework for the GNOME
>   orca screen reader, that is the same, and hopefully better, than the deprecated
> gnome-speech solution that has been in use ever since the GNOME accessibility
> project's inception. The OpenTTS development team is also planning on making
> further usability improvements, which will aid both system administrators, and
> end users alike.
>
> PLEASE NOTE: This release is NOT considered stable. It is recommended that only
> those who are willing to test, and report bugs use this first release of
> OpenTTS. Since we are aiming to provide a usable solution for orca, our aim is
> to deliver a stable release at the time GNOME 3 officially ships. Between now
> and September therefore, we hope to make regular monthly releases for the
> community to track our work, test, and give feedback. These releases will not
> necessarily be considered stable, but will give users a snapshot they can use,
> which is free of major show stopper bugs.
>
> Release notes:
>   * OpenTTS can be used as a system wide service, however at the moment, this is
>     slightly extra work. The OpenTTS development team hopes to make OpenTTS as a
>     system service much easier to use in the near future.
>
> Where can I get it?
> OpenTTS 0.1 is available from the following locations:
> Tarball: http://files.opentts.org/opentts/opentts-0.1.tar.gz
> git: git://git.opentts.org/opentts.git
>
> Getting involved:
> We are always willing to accept any help, no matter where it comes from, or what
> skills you bring to the table. If you would like to contact us and get involved,
> please do so in the following ways:
>
>   * OpenTTS project mailing lists, at http://lists.opentts.org. Please sign up to
>     the opentts-dev mailing list for development discussions. Moderate traffic,
>     low signal to noise ratio. There is also opentts-users, for user questinos,
>     and support. Extremely low traffic, currently low signal to noise ratio.
>   * Reporting/triaging bugs on the OpenTTS issue tracker, available at
>     http://www.opentts.org. Bugs can also be reported on the mailing lists, if
>     you prefer.
>
> We welcome any and all contributions.
>
> Changelog:
> For those interested, below you will find a shortlog of work that has been done
> since the project was started just over 2 months ago:
>
>
> Andrei Kholodnyi (46):
>        moved spd_audio_endian to AudioID
>        moved log_level from spd_audio.h to spd_audio.c and rename it
>        moved pulse.c from spd_audio.c to Makefile.am
>        moved alsa.c from spd_audio.c to Makefile.am
>        moved oss.c from spd_audio.c to Makefile.am
>        moved libao.c from spd_audio.c to Makefile.am
>        moved nas.c from spd_audio.c to Makefile.am
>        moved AudioID alloc into plugins
>        move pulse specific data from AudioID to pulse.c
>        move nas specific data from AudioID to nas.c
>        move oss specific data from AudioID to oss.c
>        move alsa specific data from AudioID to alsa.c
>        remove AudioOutputType
>        split spd library and spd plugin headers
>        added plugin name to audio plugin structure
>        move audio static plugins initialization into static_plugins.c
>        moved module_main.c from the dummy.c to Makefile.am
>        moved module_main.c from cicero.c to Makefile.am
>        moved module_main.c from espeak.c to Makefile.am
>        moved module_main.c from festival.c to Makefile.am
>        moved module.main.c from flite.c to Makefile.am
>        moved module_main.c from generic.c to Makefile.am
>        moved module_main.c from ibmtts.c to Makefile.am
>        moved module_main.c from ivona.c to Makefile.am
>        moved fdsetconv.c from module_utils.c to Makefile.am
>        added pkgconfig support
>        moved debug defines to libspeechd.c
>        update pkg-config support
>        added dynamic load of audio plugins
>        fix module_dbgfile memory leak
>        fix rep_line memory leak
>        replace EPunctMode with SPDPunctuation
>        replace ECapLetRecogn with SPDCapitalLetters
>        replace ESpellMode with SPDSpelling
>        replace EVoiceType with SPDVoiceType
>        replace VoiceDescription with SPDVoice
>        replace ENotification with SPDNotification
>        replace int ssml_mode with SPDDataMode
>        replace-int-priority-with-SPDPriority
>        moved EMessageType to SPDMessageType in opentts_types.h
>        moved SPDMsgSettings from fdset.h to module_utils.h
>        fix refs to fdset.h, general text review
>        fix p_client_socket memory leak
>        fix o_buf memory leak
>        fix o_buf memory_leaks in parse.c
>        fix make distcheck
>
> Christopher Brannon (113):
>        Prevent automake from failing when we have no ChangeLog.
>        Added spd_audio_get_playcmd function.
>        Removed SPDAudioSettings
>        Add missing include directives.
>        Use const * consistently for function tables.
>        Fix memory leaks in module_audio_init_spd.
>        Fix copyright oversight.
>        Give Andrei credit in the AUTHORS file.
>        Add prototypes for module_utils_addvoice.c.
>        Add a prototype for festival_read_response.
>        Fix calls to ivona_get_msgpart.
>        Declare functions from ivona_client.c in a header file.
>        Possibly include sndfile.h in ivona_client.c.
>        Fix inclusion of config.h for two files.
>        Add ivona_client.h to Makefile.am.
>        Remove use of strdup in do_list_voices.
>        Change LIST VOICES in the internal module protocol.
>        Use glib consistently in command handlers.
>        Don't redefine PACKAGE and VERSION.
>        Reorganized options.c and options.h for the "say" client.
>        Cleanup options.c and options.h for the server.
>        Stop using xfree in the audio subsystem.
>        Fix link order in the modules.
>        Use ltdl to handle static plugins.
>        Use glib allocation in the server.
>        Use glib allocation in the modules.
>        Use glib allocation in the audio subsystem.
>        Use glib allocation in the common library.
>        Surround calls to OL_RET with braces, and add semicolons.
>        Remove some complex macros.
>        Simplify a macro in parse.c.
>        Indent remaining files.
>        Properly indent header files.
>        Replace calls to free with g_free.
>        Fix segfault when compiled against libao 1.0.0.
>        Remove redundant library from modules/Makefile.am.
>        Add new code for generating timestamps.
>        Rename the Python bindings, including the speechd_config suite.
>        Fix a mistake in the python subdirectory.
>        Use automake in the session subdirectory.
>        Convert the python subdirectory to use the autotools.
>        spd_audio_endian should be id->format.
>        Use otts_getline instead of getline.
>        Fix module_add_config_option in module_utils.c.
>        Change the way that lines are read in the server.
>        Do not include the common library in libopentts.
>        Reopen the connection to pulseaudio when the audio format changes.
>        Add an extra newline when writing to .profile.
>        Add the Unix socket communication method, and use it by default.
>        The communication method is now configurable.
>        Support Unix sockets in the C client API.
>        Autospawn is controlled by an argument to spd_open2.
>        Make autospawn optional for clients.
>        The daemon no longer checks SPEECHD_PORT.
>        Don't require the ~/.speech-dispatcher directory to already exist.
>        Autospawn mechanism fine-tuning
>        Redirect stderr when autospawning in the Python library.
>        Check for the existence of the pid file before handling autospawn.
>        Update otts-conf to generate config for Unix sockets.
>        Do not require ~/.speech-dispatcher to exist.
>        Remove some unused options from the configure script.
>        Put Unix sockets in the home directory, and respect SPEECHD_SOCK.
>        Don't try to compile OSS support if OSS is not available.
>        Fix compilation on Mac OS X.
>        Correct the loop boundary in a convenience function.
>        Properly handle the return value of spd_sayf in the otts-say client.
>        Improved portability checks.
>        Don't store pointers to strings that dotconf will free.
>        Move spd_audio.c and spd_audio.h to the modules subdirectory.
>        Fix prefixes of entry functions in the audio modules.
>        Adjust init_settings_tables to account for renaming of constants.
>        Add constants for reporting errors.
>        Install opentts_types.h.
>        More renaming.
>        Remove the "Future Design" section.
>        More replacement.
>        Change pathnames in the documentation.
>        Rename speech-dispatcher.texi to opentts.texi.
>        Let the otts-say client speak messages that begin with dash.
>        Additional renaming in the otts-say client.
>        Change names of files.
>        Fix a bug in libopentts.c.
>        Replace many references to Speech Dispatcher.
>        Fix two memory leaks in the parse_set function.
>        Use proper comparisons while traversing the history list.
>        Prevent another macro from storing pointers to dotconf's strings.
>        Fix: two command-line options had no effect.
>        Fix a nasty off-by-one bug in the Festival module.
>        Bugfix: ALSA now resumes when suspended.
>        Fix an error-handling clause in alsa_play.
>        Change the test-runner program to use Unix sockets.
>        Update the documentation to reflect the code.
>        Replace the SPEECHD_* environment variables with OPENTTSD_*.
>        Add an introduction to the C API section of the manual.
>        Only change endianness for 16-bit audio.
>        Set correct endianness during libao playback.
>        The function flite_set_voice should be a no-op.
>        Discuss our history in the documentation.
>        Fix the help and version messages for the server.
>        Change speechd to openttsd in log messages.
>        Change speechd to openttsd in error messages and comments.
>        Amend authorship and copyright info for the docs.
>        otts-say.texi needs more authorship and copyright info.
>        Cast return value of lt_dlsym to the proper type.
>        Update the AUTHORS file.
>        Document the process of building ibmtts for 64-bit.
>        Unknown voice types should map to SPD_NO_VOICE.
>        Refactor spd_open2 and fix spd_close.
>        Properly handle autospawning in the Python library.
>        Break out of a loop in pulse_play when an error occurs.
>        Wait for the auto-spawned server process to terminate.
>        Use the same parameter to listen() for both Unix and TCP sockets.
>        Break out of a loop in libao_play when an error occurs.
>
> Jason White (1):
>        fix otts-conf default port
>
> José Vilmar Estácio de Souza (1):
>        memory leak
>
> Luke Yelavich (15):
>        Initial OpenTTSd git repository creation based on unofficial 0.6.68 release of speech-dispatcher
>        session - Re-add accidentally lost Makefile.in
>        Re-add lost python build file
>        Remove reference to ChangeLog file in top directory
>        Reset version to 0.0
>        Re-add yet another lost file from the openttsd repo transition
>        Set correct audio endianness for audio playback using pulseaudio
>        server - change last references to speech-dispatcher config file directories to opentts
>        Change all other ~/.speech-dispatcher references to ~/.opentts
>        Change more speech-dispatcher references in the pulseaudio output code
>        Rename speechd/spd-say/Speech Dispatcher to their OpenTTS equivalents in otts-conf
>        Don't refer to non-existant fdset.h file in src/common
>        Distribute fdset.h in the tarball
>        Link against libcommon.la in the build dir, not the src dir
>        Release 0.1
>
> Rui Batista (1):
>        Renamed Speech Dispatcher naming to Opentts in INSTALL and minor cleanups on that file
>
> Steve Holmes (2):
>        Updated documentation to reflect OpenTTS name.
>        Updated opentts.desktop file.
>
> Trevor Saunders (24):
>        change calls to signal to sigaction
>        clean up module_utils
>        update docs
>        rename variables and functions in the server
>        rename spdsend to otts-send
>        cleanup documentation for otts-send
>        rename files in src/clients/send/
>        change references to spdsend to otts-send
>        update comment in libao.c
>        rename spd_audio_log_level to audio_log_level
>        renamed several audio types
>        rename some audio functions
>        change LIBSPEECHD_DEBUG macro to LIBOPENTTS_DEBUG
>        rename SPEECHD_DEBUG to OPENTTSD_DEBUG and move it to openttsd.h
>        rename SpeechdSocket to openttsd_sockets
>        renamed multiple functions
>        update several comments
>        rename options.home_speechd_dir to options.opentts_dir
>        rename SPEECHD_OPTION_xxx macros
>        change the include guard in openttsd.h to use openttsd instead of speechd
>        change TSpeechDQueue to queue_t
>        rename TSpeechDSock to sock_t
>        rename speechd_queue_alloc to queue_alloc
>        rename SPEECHD_DEFAULT_PORT to OPENTTSD_DEFAULT_PORT
>
> William Hubbs (83):
>        rename configure.in to configure.ac
>        fixed typo
>        updated extra_dist in main makefile
>        update documentation Makefile
>        rearranged the api and client directories
>        fix issues with installation
>        only build test binaries when make check is run
>        clean up several makefiles
>        distribute the API's for common lisp and guile
>        started cleaning up configure.ac
>        detect sound systems before speech synthesizers
>        define installed headers correctly
>        don't declare libraries in LDFLAGS
>        more makefile cleanup
>        fixed an autotools conflict
>        include config.h in all sources
>        move the code in intl to a convenience library
>        tests should use the convenience library
>        remove PACKAGE and VERSION definitions from server's makefile
>        clean up ignore patterns
>        cleaned up EXTRA_DIST for modules
>        added more ignore patterns
>        convert libsdaudio to a convenience library
>        configuration system update
>        remove rule for html documentation
>        fixed a comment
>        remove old speech dispatcher announcement
>        disable session integration support by default
>        clean up the modules makefile
>        removed extra_dist from src/audio/Makefile.am
>        install spd_audio_plugin header file
>        rename the C API library
>        tests should link against libopentts
>        fix include in the say client
>        fixed an include in the guile bindings
>        updated the header in libopentts.h
>        updated an include in libopentts.c
>        rename directories from speech-dispatcher to opentts
>        audio subsystem updates
>        move the modules sub directory
>        rename ottslibdir to audiodir
>        fixed variable in audio makefile
>        include spd_audio_plugin.h from spd_audio.c instead of spd_audio.h.
>        Revert "include spd_audio_plugin.h from spd_audio.c instead of spd_audio.h."
>        ran code through Lindent
>        python build updates
>        session build fixes
>        do not install Czech documentation
>        fix declaration of festival_connection_crashed
>        fix include in spd_audio.c
>        fix declaration of current_index_mark
>        convert global variable declarations to externs
>        consolidate global variables in modules
>        remove DBG macro from modules
>        remove the prefix from the module names
>        rename the daemon
>        make better use of conditionals in modules makefile
>        rename fixes
>        move public header files to common include directory
>        build system updates
>        remove the session directory
>        add configure option to disable the installation of the python bindings
>        remove prefix from audio plugin names
>        Revert "remove prefix from audio plugin names"
>        removed several change logs
>        remove prefix from names of audio plugins
>        fix includes of libopentts.h and opentts_types.h in the say client and api
>        change main config file to openttsd.conf
>        fix config makefile
>        remove duplicate include directive in openttsd.conf
>        move desktop autostart file to config directory
>        clean up config files
>        fix permissions on the socket
>        permission fixes
>        fix typo
>        remove dotconf from pkg-config file
>        fix Makefile substitutions
>        clarify the contact information in the SSIP document
>        fix copyright assignment request
>        make configure fail when necessary libraries are not on the system
>        build fixes for the audio subsystem
>        remove ability to disable autospawn from server
>        fix implicit declaration of g_unlink
>
> jose vilmar estacio de souza (1):
>        possible memory leaks
>
> tbsaunde (1):
>        refactor module_main to use disatch_cmd instead of macros
>
>
> Regards
> Luke Yelavich
> OpenTTS Project lead.
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