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;; Italian FESTIVAL Modules(IFM)
;; Copyright (C) 2001-2005 by the IFM Development Team
;; at "ISTC-SPFD CNR" and at "ITC-Irst".
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;;	ISTC-SPFD CNR
;;		Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie della Cognizione
;;		Sezione di Padova "Fonetica e Dialettologia"
;;		Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
;;		Via G. Anghinoni, 10 - 35121 Padova
;;		tel (+39) 049 8274418 - fax (+39) 049 8274416
;;		e-mail: segreteria@pd.istc.cnr.it 
;; 
;;	ITC-irst
;;		Istituto Trentino di Cultura
;;		Centro per la ricerca scientifica e tecnologica 
;;		Via Santa Croce 77 - 38100 Trento ITALIA
;;		tel (+39) 0461-210111 - fax (+39) 0461-980436
;;		e-mail: info@itc.it 
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;; This file is part of IFM.
;; 
;; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
;; modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
;; as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
;; of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
;; 
;; This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
;; GNU General Public License for more details.
;; 
;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
;; along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
;; Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
;; ===================================================================================
;; Authors:	Piero COSI, ISTC-SPFD CNR, (cosi@pd.istc.cnr.it)
;; 		Carlo DRIOLI
;; 		Graziano TISATO
;; 		Roberto GRETTER, ITC-irst (SSI/MPA), (gretter@itc.it) 
;; 		Fabio TESSER
;; ===================================================================================
;;		WEB:  http://www.pd.istc.cnr.it/TTS/ItalianFESTIVAL
;; ===================================================================================
;;
;; INSTALL instruction
;;
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;;
;;
Unzip all the zip files 
within the FESTIVAL root directory
keeping the given directory structure.

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For the MBROLA voices you need to download
MBROLA binaries and MBROLA voices IT3 or IT4
from MBROLA
Use the FESTIVAL command (voice_.......)
to activate one of the available Italian voices.
e.g.: (voice_pc_mbrola)
	activates the male Italian Mbrola voice!

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FESTIVAL is downloadable from
http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/festival/download.html

MBROLA is downloadable from
http://tcts.fpms.ac.be/synthesis/mbrola
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