<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Mike Klinke wrote: <blockquote cite="mid200502061230.22570.lsomike@futzin.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Sunday 06 February 2005 12:00, Bob Goodwin wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> *You're confused? Well that makes two of us. I've recently been afflicted with a problem that festival could help solve if only I could get it to read to me with an accent I could understand easily. It works for me if only I could figure out how to get it to speak American English.* </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> I played around a little bit with this and wound up editing: 12:26:59 # /usr/share/festival/languages.scm New line: (defvar language_default language_american_english) Old line: (defvar language_default language_british_english) Regards, Mike Klinke </pre> </blockquote> <blockquote> <blockquote> <blockquote><big><big><big>Yes, thank you much, that works. I'm sure there are better alternatives to the voices provided with 1.4.2 but I can use what is there until something more to my taste comes along.</big></big></big> <big><big><big>Again, thanks.</big></big></big> <big><big><big>Bob Goodwin</big></big></big> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> </body> </html>