espeak, mbrola, utf8, navit : problem with french accentuated, letters

[Gilles Casse]

Xavier Cremaschi <omega.xavier at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am trying to use espeak+mbrola and navit to obtain a french-speaking GPS.
>   
Great!
Indeed mbrola-linux-strongarm2-static works on the FR, for listers 
interesting in:
http://tcts.fpms.ac.be/synthesis/mbrola/bin/pocketlinux/mbr301h.zip

The issue with French accent is the same than the one with the German 
character:
http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-December/038801.html

I am currently using an old OM distro and hackable:1 and can't help 
further sorry for installing the locales on OM 2008.12.

Breetings,
Gilles