This is a short installation note for Festival + MBROLA under Linux.
In case of problem, please check the BUG report at the end of this file.

the home pages of both projects are respectively:
http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/festival.html
and
http://tcts.fpms.ac.be/synthesis

1) if you don't have it yet, download the MBROLA binary for Linux:
		ftp://tcts.fpms.ac.be/pub/mbrola/pclinux

		unzip the archive in /usr/local/bin

2) download the EN1 database :
      ftp://tcts.fpms.ac.be/pub/mbrola/VOICES/en1

		unzip the archive in /usr/local/lib/mbrola

3) download and install the FESTIVAL Linux binary package:

ftp://ftp.cstr.ed.ac.uk/pub/festival/Linux-1.3.0/redhat/RPMS/i386/

The full sources are also available at:
	  ftp://ftp.cstr.ed.ac.uk/pub/festival/1.3.0/)

4) then go in festival/lib/voices/english/rab_mbrola/

	build the symbolic links for the english database:

   ln -s /usr/local/lib/mbrola/en1/en1 .
   ln -s /usr/local/lib/mbrola/en1/en1mrpa .
  
5) That's it. Before you run festival, insert a line in
   /usr/lib/festival/lib/voices.scm to tell Festival  that the Mbrola
   voice is the default:

	(defvar default-voice-priority-list '(
				rb_mbrola   ; <= INSERT THIS LINE
				rab_diphone
				kd_diphone
				don_diphone
				gsw_diphone
				spanish_el
				)

Then test your set up:

	bash$ festival
	festival> (SayText "Type any text here.  Sounds cool?")
	festival> (quit)

==================================================
######  #     #  #####
#     # #     # #     #
#     # #     # #
######  #     # #  ####
#     # #     # #     #
#     # #     # #     #
######   #####   #####

The following is in regards to the use of Festival versions previous
to 1.3 with MBROLA binary released later than 3.00a. First thing is
to test the system as is in case you versions are compatible. 

Thanks to a bug report of James E. Blair, we have issued today
mbrola3.01g to keep a sensible  compatibility with Festival.

This version enables you to use initialization files, hence replacing
the heavy command line. Release 3.01g is available from
http://tcts.fpms.ac.be/synthesis/mbrcopybin.html 

Now, with EN1 the new command line is: "mbrola -I en1mrpa en1 test.pho test.au"

I apologize for having forgotten the Festival people, and join the updated 
rb_mbrola.scm (replace the old one in festival/lib/voices/english/rb_mbrola/festvox)

	Sincerely,

		Vincent PAGEL for the Mbrola Team
