eSpeak Alternatives for Linux

    There are many alternatives to eSpeak for Linux if you are looking to replace it. The most popular Linux alternative is Small Gespeaker iconGespeaker, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to eSpeak and ten of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to eSpeak are Small VoiceOverMaker iconVoiceOverMaker (Free), Small Intelligent Speaker iconIntelligent Speaker (Freemium), Small svox pico engine iconsvox pico engine (Free, Open Source) and Small Fala iconFala (Free, Open Source).

    The list of alternatives was last updated Feb 15, 2021
    eSpeak info, screenshots & reviewsAlternatives to eSpeak
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    • Gespeaker

      Gespeaker is a GTK+ frontend for espeak. It allows to play a text in many languages with settings for voice, pitch, volume, speed and word gap.
      • Free • Open Source
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      It's a front-end, not an alternative to it.
      Negative comment • about 1 month ago

      Arkl1te This is a front-end addition, not a text-to-speech core alternative.
      Negative comment • about 1 month ago

    • VoiceOverMaker

      Automatically create natural voice overs for your videos.
      Create your own voice overs from your text. A natural sounding voice is automatically generated for your videos.
      You are also able to create only natural sounding voices and export them.
      • Free
      • Mac
      • Windows
      • Linux
      • Online
      • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    • Intelligent Speaker

      Text to speech extension for a browser. Automatic text detection (can speak without necessary selection), adjustable voice speed, playlist.
      • Freemium
      • Mac
      • Windows
      • Linux
      • Google Chrome
      • Opera
      • Firefox
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    • svox pico engine

      A backend for gSpeech, also usable in media players. The technology has been purchased by a German company for use in BMW automobiles for text to speech, as well.
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      • Free • Open Source
      • Linux
      • Android
      • BSD
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    • Fala

      Fala - A simple text reader is an open source application. A simple software that speaks a text. You can type the text or appoint a file. Fala is just a frontend to festival.
      • Free • Open Source
      • Linux
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    • Select and Speak

      Select and Speak uses iSpeech's human-quality text-to-speech (TTS) to read any selected text in the browser.
      • Mac
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      • Linux
      • Google Chrome
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    • KMouth

      KMouth is a program which enables persons that cannot speak to let their computer speak, e.g. mute people or people who have lost their voice.
      • Free • Open Source
      • Linux
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      • NeoSpeech

        Experience our world-class, natural-sounding, text-to-speech (TTS) software programs today. Empower your applications with advanced TTS software using VoiceTextTM.
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      • TTSFox

        TTSFox is a text-to-speech WebExtension for Firefox that gives you a speech synthesized reading of any text you select.
        • Free
        • Mac
        • Windows
        • Linux
        • Firefox
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      • RHVoice

        Speech synthesis method

        RHVoice uses statistical parametric synthesis. It relies on existing open source speech technologies (mainly HTS and related software).
        • Free • Open Source
        • Windows
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