# How to install Pico2Wave Text to Speech (TTS) in VitalPBX?

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**Created:** [July 17, 2021, 1:35pm UTC](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/t/how-to-install-pico2wave-text-to-speech-tts-in-vitalpbx/57 "2021-07-17T13:35:43Z")
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#### Post date: [July 17, 2021, 1:35pm UTC](https://forums.vitalpbx.org/t/how-to-install-pico2wave-text-to-speech-tts-in-vitalpbx/57/1 "2021-07-17T13:35:43Z")

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This script makes use of pico2wave translate text to speech service in order to render text to speech and play it back to the user. It supports a variety of different languages.

## Requirements

Perl: The Perl Programming Language  
perl-libwww-perl: The World-Wide Web library for Perl  
perl-LWP-Protocol-https: For HTTPS support  
sox: Sound eXchange, sound processing program

## Installation

Download the installation script using the following command..

```auto
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/VitalPBX/pico2wave/master/install.sh 

```

Now, give it execution permission.

```auto
chmod +x install.sh

```

Run the script.

```auto
./install.sh

```

Now Dial

\*8877

You should hear the following sentence

• Play mesage in US English:  
This is a simple Vital P B X text to speech test in english.

• Play mesage in GB English:  
This is a simple Vital P B X text to speech test in british english.

• Play mesage in German:  
Dies ist ein einfacher Vital P B X Text-to-Speech-Test in German.

• Play message in Spanish:  
Esta es una prueba simple de texto a voz de Vital P B X en Español.

• Play message in french:  
Il s’agit d’un simple test Vital P B X text to speech en french.

• Play message in french:  
Questo è un semplice test di sintesi vocale di Vital P B X in italiano.