pyFlite (C) 2006, 2017 by Kevin Dahlhausen kpd@powertwenty.com See the file 'COPYING' for license information. (Same license as Flite, free for all uses) This is a simple cython wrapper for the Flite voice library. It is minimal, not documented very well, and meets my current needs. :) On debian/unbuntu/raspbian, the following libs are needed: apt install flite libflite1 flite1-dev cython3 python3-dev libasound2-dev Then rename the Makefile of your platform (e.g. Makefile.raspbian) to Makefile The linux version is building and works well. The cygwin version worked in 2006, but I have not tried in recently. If it does not work now, it's very likely that the linux version would work with a slight modification. Building under Windows: install MS Build Tools for VS 14 (python 3.6) install flite-2.0.0-release somewhere (no need to build) set env var to the flite-2.0.0-release dir python setup.py build Usage: import flite flite.init() # speak the text via alsa flite.say("Hey! I think our problems may just be solved. Ed McMahon. Think I just won a million bucks. Yeah, Irwin M. Fletcher you choose. Woo-wee! Oh, boy, I lost. Yeah. Sorry.") # write the speech to 'test.wav' using the CMU 'slt' voice flite.say("My advice to you is...", "test.wav", voice="slt") # speak the SSML data via alsa flite.say_ssml(""" <speak> We shall fight on the <emphasis level="strong">beaches</emphasis> </speak> """)