Sam是一个用C编写的非常小的文本到语音（TTS）程序，运行在大多数流行的平台上。它是由Don't Ask software（现为SoftVoice，Inc.）于1982年出版的Commodore C64语音软件SAM（软件自动嘴）的C语言改编而成。它包括一个称为背诵器的文本到音素转换器和一个用于最终输出的音素到语音例程。它是如此的小，以至于它也可以在嵌入式计算机上工作。在我的电脑上，它占用的磁盘空间不到39KB（在嵌入式设备上要小得多，因为不需要执行开销），而且是一个完全独立的程序。为了立即输出，它使用SDL库，否则可以保存.wav文件。(Sam is a very small Text-To-Speech (TTS) program written in C, that runs on most popular platforms. It is an adaption to C of the speech software SAM (Software Automatic Mouth) for the Commodore C64 published in the year 1982 by Don't Ask Software (now SoftVoice, Inc.). It includes a Text-To-Phoneme converter called reciter and a Phoneme-To-Speech routine for the final output. It is so small that it will work also on embedded computers. On my computer it takes less than 39KB (much smaller on embedded devices as the executable-overhead is not necessary) of disk space and is a fully stand alone program. For immediate output it uses the SDL-library, otherwise it can save .wav files.)