How To Install espeak 1.47.11 On CentOS 7.6

Installation of espeak 1.47.11 On CentOS 7.6

Default Installed location

usr/share/espeak-data

Options and its Usage:

-w = Write the output file to the following location

-g = Word gap (default = 10ms)

-p = Pitch adjustment (default = 50)

-s = Speed in words/minute (default = 160)

-v = Choose the voicename

Installation process:

Check the version of Centos As follows

[root@linuxhelp ~]# cat /etc/centos-release
CentOS Linux release 7.6.1810 (Core) 

Verify espeak package in the installed list of yum repository

[root@linuxhelp ~]# yum list installed espeak
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: mirrors.piconets.webwerks.in
* extras: mirrors.piconets.webwerks.in
* updates: mirrors.piconets.webwerks.in
Error: No matching Packages to list

Install the espeak package as espeak is not installed from the above output

[root@linuxhelp ~]# yum install espeak -y
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: mirrors.piconets.webwerks.in
 * extras: mirrors.piconets.webwerks.in
 * updates: mirrors.piconets.webwerks.in
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package espeak.x86_64 0:1.47.11-4.el7 will be installed
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Running transaction
  Installing : espeak-1.47.11-4.el7.x86_64                                                                                                1/1 
  Verifying  : espeak-1.47.11-4.el7.x86_64                                                                                                1/1 

Installed:
  espeak.x86_64 0:1.47.11-4.el7                                                                                                               

Complete!

After the successful installation.Navigate to the installed espeak location

[root@linuxhelp ~]# cd /usr/share/espeak-data/

List the directories and files in the espeak-data where you find the individual language dictionaries,voices,intonations

[root@linuxhelp espeak-data]# ls -l
total 1788
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  81151 Jun 10  2014 af_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   6580 Jun 10  2014 an_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  27006 Jun 10  2014 bg_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   4153 Jun 10  2014 ca_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   7565 Jun 10  2014 cs_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3461 Jun 10  2014 cy_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 201643 Jun 10  2014 da_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  21765 Jun 10  2014 de_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   5351 Jun 10  2014 el_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 103923 Jun 10  2014 en_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   4677 Jun 10  2014 eo_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   6422 Jun 10  2014 es_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   6767 Jun 10  2014 et_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 167505 Jun 10  2014 fa_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   5120 Jun 10  2014 fi_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  21426 Jun 10  2014 fr_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   7684 Jun 10  2014 ga_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3390 Jun 10  2014 grc_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   7731 Jun 10  2014 hbs_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   6252 Jun 10  2014 hi_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 106657 Jun 10  2014 hu_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3399 Jun 10  2014 hy_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3082 Jun 10  2014 id_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    884 Apr  8  2013 intonations
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   5400 Jun 10  2014 is_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  43419 Jun 10  2014 it_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2057 Jun 10  2014 jbo_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3138 Jun 10  2014 ka_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   5367 Jun 10  2014 kn_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2268 Jun 10  2014 ku_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3817 Jun 10  2014 la_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   5171 Jun 10  2014 lt_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  12293 Jun 10  2014 lv_dict
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root      6 Jun 28  2010 mbrola
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root   4096 Oct  8 08:32 mbrola_ph
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   4945 Jun 10  2014 mk_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3583 Jun 10  2014 ml_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  12248 Jun 10  2014 ms_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  10817 Jun 10  2014 ne_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  23488 Jun 10  2014 nl_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   4178 Jun 10  2014 no_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   6172 Jun 10  2014 pa_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 401944 May  4  2013 phondata
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  18097 May  4  2013 phondata-manifest
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  22960 May  4  2013 phonindex
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  38348 May  4  2013 phontab
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  34924 Jun 10  2014 pl_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  22975 Jun 10  2014 pt_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  25205 Jun 10  2014 ro_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   6154 Jun 10  2014 ru_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   9138 Jun 10  2014 sk_dict
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root      6 Aug  8  2006 soundicons
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3199 Jun 10  2014 sq_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   9676 Jun 10  2014 sv_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3005 Jun 10  2014 sw_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  97201 Jun 10  2014 ta_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   6052 Jun 10  2014 tr_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   6891 Jun 10  2014 vi_dict
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root    169 Oct  8 08:32 voices
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  41827 Jun 10  2014 zh_dict
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   1556 Jun 10  2014 zhy_dict

Navigate to Voice to select the voice language

[root@linuxhelp espeak-data]# cd voices/

List the voices as follows

[root@linuxhelp voices]# ls -l
total 36
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  227 Oct  8 08:32 asia
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   38 Aug 13  2010 de
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   38 May  2  2009 default
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  110 Oct  8 08:32 en
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  110 Apr  1  2013 _en
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  264 Mar 27  2013 en-us
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  181 Apr  1  2013 es-la
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  312 Oct  8 08:32 europe
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   82 Oct 16  2011 fr
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct  8 08:32 mb
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  132 Oct  8 08:32 other
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  106 Apr 14  2013 pt

Generate an audio file as follows

[root@linuxhelp voices]# espeak "what are you doing" -w /mnt/test4.wav -g 20 -v en-us

Navigate to the Specified location by referring the command

[root@linuxhelp voices]# cd /mnt

Verify the audio file by listing

[root@linuxhelp mnt]# ls -l
total 88
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 87196 Oct  8 08:35 test4.wav

With this,the method to install espeak 1.47.11 comes to end here