Getting German to work with TTSReader and winetricks.

[VIVI]

Hello,

Some time ago I made a post where I couldn't quite figure out how to get TTSReader how to work in linux, but we got it working.

Here is the post: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=22379

STEPS TAKEN:

WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=/home/USER/ttsreader winecfg

WINEPREFIX=/home/USER/ttsreader winetricks speechsdk

WINEPREFIX=/home/USER/ttsreader wine /home/USER/Documents/Installers/TTSReader/TTSReader.exe

Now I would like to get German to work with the program, but I don't know what "winetricks" command to use.

Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.

[VIVI]

Halp

[dimesio]

You can try starting the app with the appropriate LANG variable. http://wiki.winehq.org/TestingLanguages

[VIVI]

It's a program for text to speech synthesis. Will that really make a difference?

My goal is to make the program speak German properly, right now it's doing a really crappy job at that.

Here's the program: http://www.sphenet.com/TTSReader/Download.html

For example: "Jemand mußte Josef K. verleumdet haben, denn ohne daß er etwas Böses getan hätte, wurde er eines Morgens verhaftet." Sounds horrible, "er" sounds like "E.R." for example. :c

[dimesio]

Are you sure it's not a problem with the app itself? How does it sound in German in Windows?

[VIVI]

It sounds terrible on Windows too.

TTSReader supports SAPI4 and SAPI5 voices, so I think it's just a matter of, somehow, installing a German voice. I suffer from vision problems and this application has become an indispensable tool for me, and I'd like to use it to augment my reading abilities while I study German. I'm going to try contacting the SpheNet support team, perhaps they know what needs to be done.

[VIVI]

Success, I only had to install the German voice.

WINEPREFIX=/home/USER/
ttsreader wine /home/USER/Documents/Installers/TTSReader/german.exe

Now it speaks in german. Hurray! ^_^