Non-Windows Systems
The above-mentioned Chinese speech synthesis systems (apart from the online demos) are available only for Windows. However, the spaced-interval repetition language-practice program Gradint includes code and instructions for using KeyTIP and SpeechPlus data on other operating systems, by reading the data directly or using the WINE emulator.
There are some reports that SAPI 5-based speech synthesizers can be run on recent versions of the WINE emulator.
Mac OS had Chinese speech synthesizers available up to version 9. This was removed in early versions of Mac OS X. From the release 10.5 (Leopard), the built-in VoiceOver application claims to support third-party Chinese voices, but no Chinese voice is built in to the operating system and Apple does not provide any links to actual Mac OS X Chinese voice products. In 10.7 (Lion), voice packs are automatically downloaded as needed when selected in System Preferences, Speech Settings, Text to Speech, System Voice, Customize. Three Chinese female voices are available in the system. One each for Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
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