Give Your Computer A Voice With eSpeak [Windows & Linux]

Your computer can speak. Wonder how? Install eSpeak. It lets your computer speak in various kinds of languages. It is a very useful text to speech program. You can listen to any blog you like while doing some other activity. eSpeak can be used on Windows and Linux.

How To Use eSpeak

eSpeak has a beautiful and very simple user interface in Linux

 

Type a text. Choose a language. Click on ‘Play‘. eSpeak reads and speaks the text. The words are highlighted when these are being read. If you do not want to listen to the text, you can stop or pause the talking by using the relevant buttons. It is very simple to use. You can hear your text in any language. eSpeak gives you many options for languages.

It supports various European languages and a list of different English accents. Windows interface is little complicated. It allows you to keep a check over the speed. You can also open various .TXT files.

Any part of the text speech can be saved to .WAV file. This can be used to dub any footage which you wish to change. In Linux, eSpeak can be used from its command line. All the .TXT files can be opened by this method.

Command interface can be used to get results from various command line programs. To give an example, today’s trivia will be read by calendar|espeak. Watch this video to know more about the functions of eSpeak.

How will you find pesky “|”? Check out the backslash key above the enter key. Press SHIFT+ Backslash key to get “|”.

Where Can I Use eSpeak?

Where can you use the services of eSpeak? Listen to your favorite articles while completing another task simultaneously. It can also be used in editing some article written by you. This willreduce the grammatical errors you are committing while writing.

A startup sound is provided by command line interface which reads a random poetry or the weather. You can use this software to create various robot devices and share with friends.

How To Install eSpeak

Install eSpeak by clicking on http://espeak.sourceforge.net/download.html.
If you are a Linux user, you must check your package manager in case you want to download a file.

Though the software comprises of many advanced features, it should be used to accomplish various tasks.