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0. If espeak is not installed in your N900, install it now:
 sudo gainroot
 apt-get install espeak

1. Download the mbrola ARM binary from http://tcts.fpms.ac.be/synthesis/mbrola/bin/armlinux/mbrola.rar

2. Untar the file, and then copy the mbrola binary to somewhere in your execution path, for example /usr/bin/mbrola

3. As root, change the owner of the mbrola executable to root, and make it executable:
 sudo gainroot
 chown root /usr/bin/mbrola
 chmod 755 /usr/bin/mbrola

4. Download any voices you want from http://tcts.fpms.ac.be/synthesis/mbrola.html
For example, for a British Male voice, download http://tcts.fpms.ac.be/synthesis/mbrola/dba/en1/en1-980910.zip

5. Make a directory where to store the voice data files:
 mkdir /usr/share/mbrola/

6. Extract the contents of the zip file, and then copy the en1 data file (not the whole en1 directory) to the /usr/share/mbrola directory:
 cp en1 /usr/share/mbrola/

7. Test the mbrola voice with espeak:
 espeak -v mb-en1 -s 150 "this is a test"

8. If the test succeeds, set up modrana to use this voice:
*From modrana, click on Options > Sound > Voice
* Set "Voice parameters" to "manual"
* Click on "Edit voice string", and enter this string:
 espeak -v mb-en1 -s 150 -a %volume% -m %qmessage%
(Where -s 150 means "talk at a speed of 150 words per minute")
* Now, create a route to test the new voice.

Alternatively, you can configure espeak to use the selected voice by default:
  $ sudo cp /opt/espeak/data/voices/mb/mb-us1 /opt/espeak/data/voices/default

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 . Test the mbrola voice with espeak:
   espeak -v mb-en1 -s 150 "this is a test"
-(Notice that mbrola uses our en1 voice via a wrapper voice named mb-en1)
 . If the test succeeds, set up modrana to use this voice: