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The English TTS System "Flite+hts_engine" version 1.05
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release December 25, 2013
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The Flite+hts_engine is an English TTS System. It has been being developed by
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the HTS working group (see "Who we are" below) and some graduate students in
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Nagoya Institute of Technology (see "AUTHORS" in the same directory).
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Copying
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The Flite+hts_engine is released under the Modified BSD license (see
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http://www.opensource.org/). Using and distributing this software is free
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(without restriction including without limitation the rights to use, copy,
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modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of this
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work, and to permit persons to whom this work is furnished to do so) subject to
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the conditions in the following license:
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/* ----------------------------------------------------------------- */
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/* The English TTS System "Flite+hts_engine" */
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/* developed by HTS Working Group */
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/* http://hts-engine.sourceforge.net/ */
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/* */
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/* Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Nagoya Institute of Technology */
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/* Department of Computer Science */
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/* */
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/* 2005-2008 Tokyo Institute of Technology */
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/* Interdisciplinary Graduate School of */
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/* Science and Engineering */
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/* */
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/* All rights reserved. */
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/* */
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/* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or */
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/* without modification, are permitted provided that the following */
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/* conditions are met: */
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/* */
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/* - Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright */
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/* notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. */
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/* - Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above */
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/* copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following */
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/* disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided */
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/* with the distribution. */
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/* - Neither the name of the HTS working group nor the names of its */
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/* contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived */
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/* from this software without specific prior written permission. */
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/* */
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/* THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND */
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/* CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, */
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/* INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF */
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/* MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE */
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/* DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS */
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/* BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, */
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/* EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED */
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/* TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, */
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/* DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON */
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/* ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, */
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/* OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY */
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/* OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE */
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/* POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. */
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/* ----------------------------------------------------------------- */
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Although this software is free, we still offer no warranties and no
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maintenance. We will continue to endeavor to fix bugs and answer queries when
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can, but are not in a position to guarantee it. We will consider consultancy if
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desired, please contacts us for details.
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If you are using the Flite+hts_engine in commercial environments, even though
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no license is required, we would be grateful if you let us know as it helps
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justify ourselves to our various sponsors. We also strongly encourage you to
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* refer to the use of Flite+hts_engine in any publications that use this
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software
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* report bugs, where possible with bug fixes, that are found
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See also two "COPYING" files in "flite" directory and the current directory for
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details.
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Installation
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See "INSTALL" in the same directory for details.
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Acknowledgements
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Keiichi Tokuda
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Keiichiro Oura
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Tomoki Toda
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Who we are
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The HTS working group is a voluntary group for developing the HMM-Based Speech
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Synthesis System. Current members are
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Keiichi Tokuda http://www.sp.nitech.ac.jp/~tokuda/
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(Produce and Design)
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Keiichiro Oura http://www.sp.nitech.ac.jp/~uratec/
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(Design and Development, Main Maintainer)
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Kei Hashimoto http://www.sp.nitech.ac.jp/~bonanza/
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Sayaka Shiota http://www.sp.nitech.ac.jp/~sayaka/
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Shinji Takaki http://www.sp.nitech.ac.jp/~k-prr44/
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Heiga Zen
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Junichi Yamagishi http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/jyamagis/
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Tomoki Toda http://spalab.naist.jp/~tomoki/index_e.html
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Takashi Nose
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Shinji Sako http://www.mmsp.nitech.ac.jp/~sako/
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Alan W. Black http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~awb/
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and the members are dynamically changing. The current formal contact address of
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HTS working group and a mailing list for HTS users can be found at
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http://hts.sp.nitech.ac.jp/
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