espeak-ng
Open source speech synthesizer supporting more than hundred languages and accents
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Decision brief
eSpeak NG: Free text-to-speech engine with over a hundred languages and accents in C under GPL-3.0
Good fit when
- When multilingual support across over a hundred languages is required.
- Suitable for projects needing open-source licensing, specifically GPL-3.0.
Avoid when
- Avoid if proprietary software development prohibits use of GPL-3.0 licensed tools.
- Not ideal if fine-grain control and quality over diverse accents are more important than extensive language coverage.
Observed Jul 17, 2026 · Source: enrich:decision_facts
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Maintenance and security
Full trust report- Maintenance
- Very active (6d since push)
- As of Sep 20, 2026
- Provenance
- Not a fork · Organization account
- As of Sep 20, 2026
- Security (OSV)
- No lockfile
- As of Jul 11, 2026
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Install
git clone https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ngSimilar tools
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Overview
eSpeak NG is an open-source project for text-to-speech synthesis with support for over a hundred languages and accents.
Capability facts
- Languages
- c
Source: github.language · Sep 20, 2026
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README
License Information eSpeak NG Text to Speech is released under the GPL version 3 or later license. The compatibility implementation for getopt support on Windows is taken from the NetBSD implementation, which is licensed under a 2 clause BSD license. Android is a trademark of Goo...
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