=============================================================================== The HMM-based Speech Synthesis System (HTS) version 2.3 alpha release December 25, 2012 The HMM-Based Speech Synthesis System (HTS) (http://hts.sp.nitech.ac.jp/) has been being developed by the HTS working group (see "Who we are" below) and others (see "Acknowledgments" below). The training part of HTS has been implemented as a modified version of the Hidden Markov Model Toolkit (HTK) (http://htk.eng.cam.ac.uk/). ******************************************************************************* Copying ******************************************************************************* The basic core system of HTS version 2.3 alpha is released as a patch code to HTK version 3.4.1. The patch code is released under the Modified BSD license (see http://www.opensource.org/). However, it should be noted that once you apply the patch to the HTK source code, you must obey the license of HTK. Using and distributing this software in the form of patch code to HTK and its documentation is free (without restriction including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of this work, and to permit persons to whom this work is furnished to do so) subject to the conditions in the following license: /* ----------------------------------------------------------------- */ /* The HMM-Based Speech Synthesis System (HTS) */ /* developed by HTS Working Group */ /* http://hts.sp.nitech.ac.jp/ */ /* ----------------------------------------------------------------- */ /* */ /* Copyright (c) 2001-2012 Nagoya Institute of Technology */ /* Department of Computer Science */ /* */ /* 2001-2008 Tokyo Institute of Technology */ /* Interdisciplinary Graduate School of */ /* Science and Engineering */ /* */ /* All rights reserved. */ /* */ /* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or */ /* without modification, are permitted provided that the following */ /* conditions are met: */ /* */ /* - Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright */ /* notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. */ /* - Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above */ /* copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following */ /* disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided */ /* with the distribution. */ /* - Neither the name of the HTS working group nor the names of its */ /* contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived */ /* from this software without specific prior written permission. */ /* */ /* THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND */ /* CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, */ /* INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF */ /* MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE */ /* DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS */ /* BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, */ /* EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED */ /* TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, */ /* DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON */ /* ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, */ /* OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY */ /* OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE */ /* POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. */ /* ----------------------------------------------------------------- */ Although the patch code is free, we still offer no warranties and no maintenance. We will continue to endeavor to fix bugs and answer queries when can, but are not in a position to guarantee it. We will consider consultancy if desired, please contacts us for details. If you are using HTS in commercial environment, even though no license is required, we would be grateful if you let us know as it helps justify ourselves to our various sponsors. We also strongly encourage you to * refer to the use of HTS in any publications that use HTS * report bugs, where possible with bug fixes, that are found See "COPYING" in the same directory for details. ******************************************************************************* Installation ******************************************************************************* See "INSTALL" in the same directory for details. ******************************************************************************* Documentation ******************************************************************************* Reference manual of HTS is available at http://hts.sp.nitech.ac.jp/ ******************************************************************************* Acknowledgements ******************************************************************************* Keiichi Tokuda Keiichiro Oura Heiga Zen Junichi Yamagishi Takayoshi Yoshimura Masatsune Tamura Shinji Sako Noboru Miyazaki Tetsuya Yamada Takashi Masuko Takao Kobayashi Tadashi Kitamura Satoshi Imai Alan Black Takashi Nose Tomoki Toda Kei Hashimoto Sayaka Shiota ******************************************************************************* Who we are ******************************************************************************* The HTS working group is a voluntary group for developing the HMM-Based Speech Synthesis System. Current members are Keiichi Tokuda http://www.sp.nitech.ac.jp/~tokuda/ (Produce and Design) Keiichiro Oura http://www.sp.nitech.ac.jp/~uratec/ (Design and Development, Main Maintainer) Kei Hashimoto http://www.sp.nitech.ac.jp/~bonanza/ Sayaka Shiota http://www.sp.nitech.ac.jp/~sayaka/ Shinji Takaki http://www.sp.nitech.ac.jp/~k-prr44/ Heiga Zen Junichi Yamagishi http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/jyamagis/ Tomoki Toda http://spalab.naist.jp/~tomoki/index_e.html Takashi Nose Shinji Sako http://www.mmsp.nitech.ac.jp/~sako/ Alan W. Black http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~awb/ and the members are dynamically changing. The current formal contact address of HTS working group and a mailing list for HTS users can be found at http://hts.sp.nitech.ac.jp/ ===============================================================================