FAQ

Does German Festival work with Festival 1.4.1?

Yes, it works with Festival 1.95 and Festival 1.4.1. In case of Festival 1.4.1, use the festival-1.4.1-fixes.tgz file instead of festival-1.95-fixes.tgz.

I get the following message: "SIOD ERROR: unbound variable: mark-string-match". How can I fix it?

Add the line

ALSO_INCLUDE += ims_german_text

to the end of festival/config/config. Be aware that executing 'configure' (Festival 1.95+) will overwrite the config/config file with config/config.in. It is a good idea to additionally add the line there, but only config/config will be checked at compile time.

Certain words produce the following error: "Phone e not in PhoneSet "german_sampa"". What's wrong?

Some phones are missing from the phoneset definition and the BOMP lexicon contains some mistakes. The file festival_lexfix.tgz fixes that problem.