This is not as easy as espeak with English… and it looks like Japanes is not as easy as English. However here is what I had done: download http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/open-jtalk libhtsengine1_1.06-1_amd64.deb open-jtalk-mecab-naist-jdic_1.05-1_all.deb open-jtalk_1.05-1_amd64.deb hts-voice-nitech-jp-atr503-m001_1.04-1_all.deb hts-voice-mei_1.1+dfsg-1_all.deb   found the right commands I found a script to use open_jtalk on this page http://d.hatena.ne.jp/hecomi/20120221/1329838707 Here is my version modified version … Continue reading Japanese speech output with open_jtalk