Pre-compiled espeak-data.zip

[hermieweber]

I would like to ask if it is possible to retrieve the pre-compiled espeak-data.zip for Android. I am having a hard time compiling it on Windows, and I would simply like to test it out if possible.

[beqabeqa473]

hi. i think you can just zip normal nvda espeakdata folder and put into res/raw before compiling.

only thing which i am not sure, but i don't think it will make some problems is espeakdata.version file in which i don't understand what is written.

reece: write your opinions too about that.

[beqabeqa473]

hi again.

i was able to succesfully compile espeak on windows, but not as it is written in manual, because for now i don't have these tools.

i have android-sdk, android-ndk, ant.

i updated android project to api v21, put espeakdata.zip compiled, data compiled with espeakedit.exe into res/raw directory, did ndk-build and ant release. after that signed package with my key.

i know, it is not normal, and most of dependencies are available for windows, but i tried with tools i have at the moment and it worked.

[hermieweber]

My question was because I have this missing

"CheckVoiceData.java->Cannot find symbol variable raw".

https://github.com/rhdunn/espeak/issues/72

The author told me that this was because espeak-data.zip is missing. I wonder how this would resolve the missing reference, but I wanted to try it out.

Can you provide me your compiled espeak-data.zip? That would be very nice!

[beqabeqa473]

create raw directory in your res directory and put zipped espeakdata from nvda for instance.

then try gradlew build or ant debug or ant release respectively. i don't know hw to explain else.

sorry, it is paid on google play, and without author permission i don't want to spread the apk. 2 dollars is not a big amount to buy it if you can't compile it yourself.

[hermieweber]

Hmmm... I just wanted to try it out if my error in Android studio goes away when I have the espeak-data.zip. It seems unlogical to me.

[beqabeqa473]

first of all espeakdata.zip without -

secondly, i don't know how android studio works, i was compiling it from commandline with ant.

android update project -p . -s -t ndk-build put res/raw/espeakdata.zip ant debug

i am not familiar with gradle but gradle assembeDebug should work, not sure about that.

otherwise, try to install all deps from official instruction or go to linux and compile here.

[rhdunn]

The version file is simply a SHA1 hash of the zip file. It is used to check if the espeak data needs updating on the Android device -- it will update if the versions are different.

I am not going to provide a pre-compiled version of the zip file as (a) this varies from espeak to espeak, (b) you can easily recreate this from the espeak-data directory, and (c) adding derivable binary files in source control is not how source control systems work.

The autotools/Makefile build system is designed for Linux and other POSIX systems (which should work with cygwin, etc. although I haven't tested it on those systems). The other build/source files are not changed, so it would be possible to build on Windows (just not via a single automated command) as upstream espeak builds on Windows.

[hermieweber]

But that is only part of the problem. I just tried to narrow it down.

One problem that I think that will not be fixed by just providing the zip file is this:

R does not have a raw component.

[beqabeqa473]

i am saying, what i did and which results i've got.

if you will only think and do not do anything, nothing will be fixed believe me.

i am saying one more time, put espeakdata.zip into res/raw directory and run build process again.

[hermieweber]

Yes, sorry. I have spent the entire last week trying to get everything going, and I am exhausted. But I will try it anew when I have recovered. :-)

[hermieweber]

@beqabeqa473 You have really helped me. I thought R.raw was part of a library. I did not know that it was a folder!! Thank you!

[beqabeqa473]

did you compile it successfully now?

[hermieweber]

No, I have not set up Linux in my virtual machine yet, and I don't want to try compiling it on Windows.

But I have created android/res/raw folder, and now "R.raw" is found, so I think it would work. Right now I only want to understand the logic.

[beqabeqa473]

you don't need to create res/raw if you are planning to build it in linux, build system will do everything.

[hermieweber]

Yes, I only wanted to understand what "R" actually is and where "raw" comes from. At first, I thought it was a library. :-)