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No one in the Korean interwebs was seeding Korean TTS voices. No one in the English speaking interwebs was sharing decent Korean TTS voices. It’s also one of my favorite childhood books, so I’ve been enjoying the re-read.ģ Bless you, C-netizens, bless you. I’ve only listened to a few minutes of Harry Potter, but so far I’ve been able to understand what’s going on. The pros, however, of reading an English work translated into Korean is that if you’ve read the English version, it’s easier to follow the Korean version. Plus, there are a lot of bogus words, Expecto Patronum, Wingardium Leviosa, and all that. Every now and again, you have to decipher which words are new Korean vocabulary and which words are English words converted into Korean. Once you have both the TTS engine and TTS voices installed, all you need to do is open the document you wish to listen to with the TTS engine, select a voice, and fiddle with the options to suit your preferences.ġ Rules for spacing in Korean: /lessons/level-4-lesson-16Ģ Admittedly, Harry Potter might not be the best reading choice for people learning Korean.
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There are also plenty of free alternatives such as Balabolka, 8 Chrome Speak, and NaturalReader. 7 The pros of TA include compatibility with txt, rtf, doc, docx, wpd, odt, pdf, html, and xml file types, customizability, the ability to create mp3 and wma files, and integration with MS Office and Firefox. It retails for $29.95 but you can find it floating on the net. However, I’d recommend installing an additional TTS engine, in particular, TextA|oud. Most systems come pre-installed with TTS engines. In order to use TTS voices, you need a TTS engine.
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6 Windows XP and later versions have SAPI 5 installed by default.
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Unfortunately, these voices are of low quality, ten times more robotic than Microsoft Anna *shudders.* Also, they are SAPI 4 voices, so you will have to install SAPI 4 (spchapi.exe). 5Īnother option (not recommended) is downloading the free Lernout & Hauspie Korean voices.
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If you have a ll5 account, or are willing to make one, you can download the voices here.Īlternatively, if you have the means, please purchase the voices I believe each voice retails for around $30. There are also eD2k links and alternative download links here. You can listen to demos of these voices here: /translate-and-speak Without further ado, here are the download links: 4įlSo NeoSp Yumi (Female) Voice: Pan Baidu | Aligg121 via jmediasoft.cn via BaiduįlSo NeoSp Junwoo (Male) Voice: Pan Baidu | Aligg121 via jmediasoft.cn via Baidu
When I finally discovered download links for TTS voices, my cup overflowed with love and goodwill for the generous, noble netizens of China. 2 The solution to reading Korean with more ease and enjoyment? Take baby steps by reading along with a text-to-speech program.Īfter multiple dead ends, finding decent Korean TTS voices on the net seemed nigh impossible. Perhaps it’s because I know I could be skimming through it in English instead of belatedly realizing that 두들리 (Doo-deul-li) meant Dudley and that 더즐리 씨 (Deo-jeul-li ssi) meant the Dursleys.
But trying to read fiction, say Harry Potter, is like pure torture. If I have a goal or purpose, such as translating, I can methodically get the job done. The problem with reading Korean, however, is that in my case my brain starts shutting down after reading a few laborious sentences. After all, reading is the primary way people become better writers, build their vocabulary, learn grammar (in the case of lousy public schools), etc. I mean, if you don’t even know the Korean rules for spacing, 1 then it’s kind of a given you’ll catch on simply by looking at Korean sentences, by osmosis. However, I’m still convinced that reading Korean is the quickest and surest way to become proficient in Korean. Then again, my Korean grammar and spelling fundamentals are so weak and shaky that they’re bound to be fortified by any sort of exercise or practice. I recently started reading Korean articles and was kind of amazed by how quickly my grasp of Korean grammar, syntax, and spelling improved.