espeak-ng
Pilot it+79 this week★ 6,783 · 1,280 forks
Open-source speech synthesizer
Worth a timeboxed spike before you bet on it.
Who it's for
Small teams needing text-to-speech
What it replaces
Paid text-to-speech services
The catch
GPL-3.0 license may restrict commercial use
Your first hour
Download and test eSpeak NG with sample audio files
Licence check
GPL-3.0. This is a copyleft or source-available licence with obligations attached. Read the LICENSE file before shipping it inside a commercial product.
This is a reading of the licence label, not legal advice.
The numbers
Stars6,783
Forks1,280
Stars added (7d)+79
Open issues599
LanguageC
LicenceGPL-3.0
Last pushLast push 10 days ago
Project age11 years old
Maintainers describe it as: “eSpeak NG is an open source speech synthesizer that supports more than hundred languages and accents.”
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espeak-ng, in short
- Should a small team use espeak-ng?
- Pilot it. Worth a timeboxed spike before you bet on it. Small teams needing text-to-speech
- What does espeak-ng actually do?
- Open-source speech synthesizer
- What does espeak-ng replace?
- Paid text-to-speech services
- What is the downside of espeak-ng?
- GPL-3.0 license may restrict commercial use
- Can espeak-ng be used in a commercial product?
- Its licence is GPL-3.0, which carries obligations or restrictions for commercial use. Read the LICENSE file, and get a lawyer's read before you ship it inside a product you sell.