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
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- Very active (1d since push)
- As of 3w
- Provenance
- Not a fork · Organization account
- As of 3w
- Security (OSV)
- No lockfile
- As of 1mo
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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 · Jul 29, 2026
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README
License Information
eSpeak NG Text-to-Speech is released under the GPL version 3 or later license.
The getopt.c compatibility implementation for getopt support on Windows is
taken from the NetBSD getopt_long implementation, which is licensed under a
2-clause BSD license.
Android is a trademark of Google LLC.
For agents
This page has a .md twin and JSON over the API.