Index: tools/configure
===================================================================
--- tools/configure	(revision 28784)
+++ tools/configure	(working copy)
@@ -683,6 +683,14 @@
         DEFAULT_NOISEFLOOR="500"
         DEFAULT_CHOICE="e"
     fi
+    if [ -n "`findtool pico2wave`" ]; then
+        PICO="(P)ico "
+        PICO_OPTS=""
+        DEFAULT_TTS="pico"
+        DEFAULT_TTS_OPTS=$PICO_OPTS
+        DEFAULT_NOISEFLOOR="500"
+        DEFAULT_CHOICE="p"
+    fi
     if [ -n "`findtool festival`" ]; then
         FESTIVAL="(F)estival "
         case "$thislang" in
@@ -733,7 +741,7 @@
     if [ "$ARG_TTS" ]; then
         option=$ARG_TTS
     else
-        echo "TTS engine to use: ${FLITE}${FESTIVAL}${ESPEAK}${SAPI}${SWIFT}(${DEFAULT_CHOICE})?"
+        echo "TTS engine to use: ${FLITE}${FESTIVAL}${ESPEAK}${PICO}${SAPI}${SWIFT}(${DEFAULT_CHOICE})?"
         option=`input`
     fi
     advopts="$advopts --tts=$option"
@@ -748,6 +756,11 @@
         NOISEFLOOR="500"
         TTS_OPTS=$ESPEAK_OPTS
         ;;
+        [Pp])
+        TTS_ENGINE="pico"
+        NOISEFLOOR="500"
+        TTS_OPTS=$PICO_OPTS
+        ;;
         [Ff])
         TTS_ENGINE="festival"
         NOISEFLOOR="500"
Index: tools/voice.pl
===================================================================
--- tools/voice.pl	(revision 28784)
+++ tools/voice.pl	(working copy)
@@ -267,6 +267,11 @@
             print("> $cmd\n") if $verbose;
             `$cmd`;
         }
+        case "pico" {
+            $cmd = "pico2wave $tts_engine_opts -w \"$output\" \"$string\" 2>/dev/null";
+            print("> $cmd\n") if $verbose;
+            `$cmd`;
+        }
         case "espeak" {
             $cmd = "espeak $tts_engine_opts -w \"$output\"";
             print("> $cmd\n") if $verbose;