espeak-ng/espeak-ng 1.49.1

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• Vim syntax support for rule files.
• Replace ieee80.c with the implementation at
  http://www.realitypixels.com/turk/opensource/ToFromIEEE.c.txt for Debian
  open source license compliance.
• Documentation updates.
• Emscripten support.
• Merged the Android port into the main espeak-ng codebase.
• Extend --compile-phoneme to support specifying the source directory for
  phoneme files.
• Support using any directory as the data home, not just espeak-ng-data.
• Don't install the default voice: use en as the default voice.

NOTE: The merger of the Android code is currently experimental. It is
missing support for recognising Unicode characters.

bug fixes:

• Fix .Lnn rule groups to allow groups above 62.
• Fix reporting the eSpeak NG version in the --version string and Windows
  installer.
• Fix a crash when calling LoadDictionary when using clang.
• Threading fixes and Mac OSX portability for the fifo and event code.
• Fixes for running the spect code on big-endian architectures.
• Fix determining the voice directory when installing the 32-bit Windows
  binaries on a 64-bit Windows system.
• Fix a regression with the saved parameter logic.
• Reduce the default buffer length to 60mS to improve latency.
• Don't override buffer length when using espeak-ng for audio.
• Fix detecting doubled consonants when using Unicode characters.
• Fix speaking 1,,2, etc. in languages that use , as a decimal separator.

updated languages:

• af (Afrikaans) -- Christo de Klerk
• en (English) -- Valdis Vitolins
• fa (Farsi/Persian) -- Shadyar Khodayari
• it (Italian) -- chrislm
• ky (Krygyz) -- JRMeyer
• lv (Latvian) -- Valdis Vitolins
• tr (Turkish) -- Valdis Vitolins

new languages:

• ar (Arabic) -- Taha Zerrouki
• jp (Japanese) -- Reece Dunn (NOTE: Hiragana and Karakana only.)