gespeaker 0.8.2-1 (i386 binary) in ubuntu trusty

 Gespeaker is a GTK+ frontend for eSpeak and mbrola.
 It allows one to play a text in many languages with settings
 for voice, pitch, volume, speed and word gap.
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 Since version 0.6 it can use mbrola package and voices to
 obtain a more realistic text reading experience.