cicero software package provides French and English Text-To-Speech for MBROLA, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install cicero
cicero is installed in your system.
Make ensure the cicero package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep cicero *
You will get with cicero package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Sound |
| Package | cicero |
| Version | 0.7.2-3 |
| Description | French and English Text-To-Speech for MBROLA |
| Sub Section | Sound |