<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>This is not exactly what you need but you might want to check it out. Its free and multiplatform. It does some serious speech synthesis. However it is scientific program with steep learning curve. I experimented with it years ago and results were very interesting. </div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueUI'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><a href="http://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/">http://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/</a></span><br><br>On 11. 6. 2014., at 22:36, Schumacher Marlon <<a href="mailto:marlon.m.schumacher@gmail.com">marlon.m.schumacher@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>Hi there,</span><br><span></span><br><span>I'd like to fiddle a bit with speech sounds and was wondering if anyone of this list would have links/know of freely available databases of speech sounds or diphones.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Any hints welcome :)</span><br><span></span><br><span>Cheers,</span><br><span>Marlon</span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>microsound mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:microsound@microsound.org">microsound@microsound.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://or8.net/mailman/listinfo/microsound">http://or8.net/mailman/listinfo/microsound</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>