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MARY TTS 4.0 beta -- Release Notes
What's new
MARY 4.0 is a major cleanup over previous versions of MARY TTS.
- 100% Pure Java. All native libraries have been removed from the system. MARY should now run on any platform that has Java 1.5 or newer.
- Fully open source. All code is now open source, and voices are distributed under Creative Commons licenses.
- New languages. We have added Turkish and Telugu synthesis for now, and more languages will be added in the future.
MARY now comes with a toolkit for people who want to add support for new languages. There is detailed documentation for
- creating initial support for a new language;
- recording and building a unit selection voice?; and
- creating an HMM-based voice? from the same recordings.
Tested environments
The MARY client and server code was tested on:
- Mac OS X (Intel) 10.5.8 with java 1.6.0_07
- Ubuntu Linux 8.10 with sun java 1.5, 1.6, and openjdk-6
- Windows XP and Vista
The web interface at http://localhost:59125 is working well with:
- Firefox 3.5 (tested on Mac, Linux)
- Firefox 3.0 with Quicktime plugin
Known issues
- On Ubuntu Linux with sun java 1.5 and 1.6, we observed a problem with audio playback in the MARY client: the final section is cut off. With openjdk-6, it works ok.
- On Ubuntu Linux 8.10 with the builtin Firefox 3.0, the audio plugin doesn't work properly.