From 4f5106e327b5e698deec7eb51096eea7b5617456 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Omar Irfan Khan <61637151+omarirfa@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2025 13:54:49 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] adding instructions for setting up espeak-ng on windows
 (#143)

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 README.md | 9 +++++++++
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 ```
 Under the hood, `kokoro` uses [`misaki`](https://pypi.org/project/misaki/), a G2P library at https://github.com/hexgrad/misaki
 
+### Windows Installation
+To install espeak-ng on Windows:
+1. Go to [espeak-ng releases](https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng/releases)
+2. Click on **Latest release** 
+3. Download the appropriate *.msi file (e.g. **espeak-ng-20191129-b702b03-x64.msi**)
+4. Run the downloaded installer
+
+For advanced configuration and usage on Windows, see the [official espeak-ng Windows guide](https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng/blob/master/docs/guide.md)
+
 ### Advanced Usage
 You can run this advanced cell on [Google Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/).
 ```py