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When speaking Chinese, it says the tone number in English after each character. So "你好" is pronounced "ni three hao three". Am I using this wrong? I'm running `

by jryb 2y ago

When speaking Chinese, it says the tone number in English after each character. So "你好" is pronounced "ni three hao three". Am I using this wrong? I'm running `espeak-ng -v cmn "你好"`. If this is just how it is, the "more than one hundred languages" claim is a bit suspect.

follower 2y ago
After some brief research it seems the issue you're seeing may be a known bug in at least some versions/release of espeak-ng. Here's some potentially related links if you'd like to dig deeper: * "questions about mandarin data packet #1044": https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng/issues/1044 https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng/issues/1044 * "ESpeak NJ-1.51’s Mandarin pronunciation is corrupted #12952": https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda/issues/12952 https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda/issues/12952 * "The pronunciation of Mandarin Chinese using ESpeak NJ in NVDA is not normal #1028": https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng/issues/1028 https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng/issues/1028 * "When espeak-ng translates Chinese (cmn), IPA tone symbols are not output correctly #305": https://github.com/rhasspy/piper/issues/305 https://github.com/rhasspy/piper/issues/305 * "Please default ESpeak NG's voice role to 'Chinese (Mandarin, latin as Pinyin)' for Chinese to fix #12952 #13572": https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda/issues/13572 https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda/issues/13572 * "Cmn voice not correctly translated #1370": https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng/issues/1370 https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng/issues/1370
TomK32 2y ago
I was curious, 300 minority languages are spoken in China, spread across 55 minority ethnic groups https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_China
- _lvbh 2y ago
  Beyond China, countries like Singapore and Malaysia have their own blend of Mandarin/Hokkien/Cantonese/English/Malay/etc. the particular blend may differ from family to family, even within the same village.

by jryb 2y ago

follower 2y ago

After some brief research it seems the issue you're seeing may be a known bug in at least some versions/release of espeak-ng. Here's some potentially related links if you'd like to dig deeper: * "questions about mandarin data packet #1044": https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng/issues/1044 https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng/issues/1044 * "ESpeak NJ-1.51’s Mandarin pronunciation is corrupted #12952": https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda/issues/12952 https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda/issues/12952 * "The pronunciation of Mandarin Chinese using ESpeak NJ in NVDA is not normal #1028": https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng/issues/1028 https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng/issues/1028 * "When espeak-ng translates Chinese (cmn), IPA tone symbols are not output correctly #305": https://github.com/rhasspy/piper/issues/305 https://github.com/rhasspy/piper/issues/305 * "Please default ESpeak NG's voice role to 'Chinese (Mandarin, latin as Pinyin)' for Chinese to fix #12952 #13572": https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda/issues/13572 https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda/issues/13572 * "Cmn voice not correctly translated #1370": https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng/issues/1370 https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng/issues/1370

TomK32 2y ago

I was curious, 300 minority languages are spoken in China, spread across 55 minority ethnic groups https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_China

_lvbh 2y ago
Beyond China, countries like Singapore and Malaysia have their own blend of Mandarin/Hokkien/Cantonese/English/Malay/etc. the particular blend may differ from family to family, even within the same village.