Install espeak-ng21.09.26

# 1) IPA of a Thai word (no audio, just text)
espeak-ng --ipa -q th "สวัสดี"

# 2) Speak to the terminal/aplay
espeak-ng -v th "สวัสดี"

# 3) Save as WAV, then convert to MP3
espeak-ng -v th -w /tmp/hello.wav "สวัสดี"
ffmpeg -y -i /tmp/hello.wav -codec:a libmp3lame -q:a 4 /tmp/hello.mp3

# 4) List installed voices to confirm `th` exists
espeak-ng --voices
You can also hear it live: the espeak-ng GitHub README links a Text-to-Speech demo page (https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng — "Online Demo" section). That's espeak NG's own hosted example — select Thai and type สวัสดี.
If you want a real comparison, run the snippet on the target box and diff that faithful-TTS against Google; then decide on /sound. Want me to fold this into the mtranslate crate now (a /ipa endpoint + espeak-ng audio fallback), or wait until you've heard it?
▣  Build · Big Pickle · 13.6s
i need to install espeak-ng first
+ Thought: 3.8s
On Debian/Ubuntu (the boxes here):
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y espeak-ng ffmpeg
Verify after install:
espeak-ng --voices | grep -w th
espeak-ng --ipa -q th "สวัสดี"

https://github.com/veto8/mtranslate/blob/main/TODO.md

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