README.md

Fonix DECtalk

These files were shared by their original developer late Edward Bruckert on the DECtalk list in Oct/Nov 2015 and preserved on a HTTP server on grossgang.com. Another developer also added more code in 09/2022 which is also preserved in the grossgang.com keybase filesystem.

Branches of Interest

• master Literally just the source code dumped into the /src folder.
• develop Working Linux/Windows binaries with i386, x64_64 and aarch64 builds working.

Building

# Run all these commands in the /src directory...
# Generates configure files
autoreconf -si

# Executes configure files
./configure

# Builds DECtalk with ALL cores (remove -j for single core)
make -j

The built files will be found in the /dist folder.

Ubuntu

If you're building on Ubuntu, obtain the following dependencies:

apt-get install build-essential libpulse-dev libgtk2.0-dev unzip

(libgtk2.0-dev is only needed if you want the graphical frontend, libpulse-dev if you want pulseaudio audio-output)

Dockerised Builds

To build DECtalk without setting up a local build environment, run sudo docker-compose up (and make sure you have Docker and docker-compose installed!)

Building on Windows

1. Download and Install Visual C++ 6.0. Newer versions might also work.
2. Build the dapi/src/devdtk43 project to build dectalk.dll.
3. To build the dictionaries run dapi/src/builddic.bat after building the dictionary compiler (dapi/src/dic).
4. Build any desired sample apps, or anything else you might want compiled such as SAPI5.

The Team