WaKan Project Website

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Here is a download link for a freely available and distributable Cantonese Text-to-Speech system for Windows XP and higher (from that link below, choose the *.exe installation file option):

http://sourceforge.net/project/downloading.php?group_id=184512&use_mirror=garr&filename=setup_egdspeak.exe&14569926

You will also need the freely available GTK Runtime Environment to run it on Windows. The application has been developed for the main purpose of serving the blind and has a surprisingly natural Cantonese voice. Yet, it is still in the initial stage of its development and has no option to save Cantonese texts read aloud as a sound file in the *.wav file format. For the latter option, you may try espeak-Chinese that you can download from the same sourcefoge page. Also this works surprisingly well but the voice is more "synthetic" and less natural-surrounding.

Both applications are open-source and free of charge; espeak-Chinese does NOT require the GTK Runtime Environment. I hope this information helps those learning Cantonese.

Have a great day!
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