Ralf’s German dictionary (version 0.1.8; February 18, 2010) is available, and can be imported into simon as shadow dictionary.
It is slightly better than the previous version 0.1.7 (not substantially better).
Here is how I built this dictionary via the Ubuntu terminal:
$ saxonb-xslt -ext:on -s:german-dictionary-0.1.7.xml -xsl:espeak2perfectipa.xsl -o:prepare-0.1.8.xml
I don’t plan to add more words to the next version of this dictionary. The current focus is phoneme improvement. E.g. replace long vowels with short vowels and vice versa when necessary. To achieve this goal, I will have to modify the XSLT style-sheet espeak2perfectipa.xsl.
