How to make Spanish espeak say 'mycroft' properly

fix_espeak_mycroft.sh

#!/bin/sh

# 1. Check that espeak fails to transcribe mycroft:
echo "How espeak transcribes 'hola mycroft':"
espeak -v spanish -x -q --pho "hola mycroft"
# 'ola mik**'Oft
echo "How espeak should transcribe 'hola mycroft':"
espeak -v spanish -x -q --pho "hola máicroft"
# 'ola m'aik**Oft

# 2. Download the Spanish dictionary and phonetic transcription rules:
ES_RULES_URL="https://sources.debian.org/data/main/e/espeak/1.48.04+dfsg-5/dictsource/es_rules"
ES_LIST_URL="https://sources.debian.org/data/main/e/espeak/1.48.04+dfsg-5/dictsource/es_list"

echo "Downloading es_rules and es_list from espeak source package"
curl "${ES_RULES_URL}" > es_rules || exit 1
curl "${ES_LIST_URL}" > es_list || exit 1
echo "Download finished"

# 3. Edit es_list. Add the transcription for mycroft:
# mycroft	m'aik**Oft
echo "Adding correct mycroft transcription to es_list"
echo "mycroft\tm'aik**Oft" >> es_list
echo "Transcription added"

# 4. Find the espeak-data system directory"
echo "Finding espeak-data system directory"
ESPEAK_DATA_PATH=`espeak --version | sed 's|.*at: ||'`
[ -d "${ESPEAK_DATA_PATH}" ] || ( echo "espeak-data system directory not found"; exit 1)
echo "espeak-data system directory was found at ${ESPEAK_DATA_PATH}"


# 5. Create espeak-data directory needed by espeak --compile and
# copy files needed from the system wide espeak-data directory
mkdir -p "espeak-data/voices/europe"
# /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/espeak-data
echo "Copying some system espeak-data files into our espeak-data directory"
cp "${ESPEAK_DATA_PATH}/phontab" "espeak-data/" || exit 1
cp "${ESPEAK_DATA_PATH}/phonindex" "espeak-data/" || exit 1
cp "${ESPEAK_DATA_PATH}/phondata" "espeak-data/" || exit 1
cp "${ESPEAK_DATA_PATH}/intonations" "espeak-data/" || exit 1
cp "${ESPEAK_DATA_PATH}/voices/europe/es" "espeak-data/voices/europe/" || exit 1
echo "Files successfully copied"


# 6. Compile the es_list and es_rules into es_dict:
echo "Compiling the new es_list with es_rules into a new es_dict"
echo "NOTE: The message below 'Can't read dictionary file' is expected. Ignore it"
espeak --path="$PWD" --compile=es || (echo "Compilation failed"; exit 1)
echo "Compilation succeeded"

# 7. Copy the compiled es_dict into the ESPEAK_DATA_PATH
echo "I need to copy the espeak-data/es_dict file into ${ESPEAK_DATA_PATH}"
echo "I will use sudo to do this:"
echo "sudo cp \"espeak-data/es_dict\" \"${ESPEAK_DATA_PATH}\""
sudo cp "espeak-data/es_dict" "${ESPEAK_DATA_PATH}" || (echo "Copy not successful"; exit 1)
echo "Copy was successful"

# 8. Try the new espeak
echo "espeak now can transcribe 'hola mycroft':"
espeak -v spanish -x -q --pho "hola mycroft"

# 9. How to undo
echo "You can undo this script with: sudo apt reinstall espeak-data"