Last updated: Apr 30, 2008 ~Keripo

All code/scripts written by Keripo are licensed under GNU GPL - see License.txt. For the licensing of the software/application, refer to the documents found in Misc/Docs.tar.gz or the license that comes with the original/ported software.

Overview: Flite

• Flite is a port of a light-weight voice synthesizer of the same name.
• Flite can "read" text files and output the sound to either your earphone or a .wav file.
• The ZeroSlackr pack will allow you to read the actual text while listening to the synthesized reading. For more information, see:
• http://ipodlinux.org/oldforums/viewtopic.php?t=59
• http://ipodlinux.org/wiki/Flite_(festival-lite)
• http://www.speech.cs.cmu.edu/flite/

Usage:

• Enable/disable Flite using "Tools > Flite > Enable Flite".
• Place text files in the "Text" folder and use "Tools > Flite > Text" to browse them.
• Hold centre on text files to choose "Convert to .wav" option.
• Toggle the "Tools > Flite > Toggle Backlight" setting to set backlight on/off.
• Use "Tools > Flite > Kill Flite" to force stop Flite reading.
• Note that Flite is unable to read from text files with spaces in their names/path. This is an Flite limitation.

Original:

• Authors: Language Technologies Institute of Carnegie Mellon University
• Source: Website
• Link: http://www.speech.cs.cmu.edu/flite/packed/latest/flite-1.3-current/flite-1.3-current.tar.gz
• Date: Sept 15, 2005
• Version: 1.3

ZS Version:

• Modder: Keripo
• Type: Porter
• Date: Apr 30, 2008
• Version: B X.X

Modifications:

• none
• Added "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London via Project Gutenberg (public domain) http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext95/callw10.txt

Launch Module:

• enable/disable setting
• ZeroLauncher startup welcome voice
• read text files from file browser, using podread to view text
• convert text files from file browser (hold centre for option)
• backlight toggle for reading
• force kill Flite process

To do:

• none

Changelog: [keep untouched till beta release]