pd-flite software package provides Speech synthesis for Pd, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install pd-flite
pd-flite is installed in your system.
Make ensure the pd-flite package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep pd-flite *
You will get with pd-flite package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Sound |
| Package | pd-flite |
| Version | 0.02.3-1 |
| Description | Speech synthesis for Pd |
| Sub Section | Sound |