>> Man pages for espeak from Willie Walker attached. > > espeak - a compact open source software speech synthesizer > > Since espeak is under the LGPL, isn't it "free source" rather than > "open source"?
The wording for just about everything came from a combination of the eSpeak sourceforge page and the output of running "espeak --help". I chose to be as true to the original source as possible and not provide our own interpretation or edits. "eSpeak is a compact open source software speech synthesizer" is how the project characterizes itself on http://espeak.sourceforge.net/, so I'd be hesitant to inject Sun's own interpretation. eSpeak is also GPLv3, not LGPL. > The project website seems to refer to itself as "eSpeak". Shouldn't we > also? > > http://espeak.sourceforge.net/ Well...the command is espeak, not eSpeak. So, the question is whether the particular use of "espeak" is referring to the project or the command. I'm fine with however you want to spell eSpeak/espeak/ESpeak/etc. in the various contexts in the man page - if you suggest spellings, I won't debate you and we'll all be happy. > The DESCRIPTION section says this: > > Additional information is also available from the fol- > lowing site: > > http://espeak.sourceforge.net/ > > However, this information is normally put in the "SEE ALSO" section. > Refer to other manpages which refer to website project links. The > libespeak manpage has a similar issue. Fine by me. We definitely don't want to confuse people by putting it in the wrong spot. > The description of the -f option makes no sense to me, at least not > after the "If neither...". > > -f text file Speak text from text file. If nei- > ther -f nor --stdin, words are spo- > ken, or if none then text is spoken > from stdin, each line separately. I think just trimming it to "Speak text from text file" should be sufficient to prevent confusion. > -v voice name Use voice file of this name from > espeak-data/voices. > > You don't mention espeak-data/voices in the FILES section below. > If it is a useful interface, it should be descirbed there also. As above, trimming this to "Use voice name" is probably fine. Thanks! Will
