Alexander Epaneshnikov
Package Maintainer at Sardina Systems
Moscow, Moscow, Russia
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Top SchoolAlexander Epaneshnikov is a package maintainer and software engineer based in Moscow with 8 years of experience maintaining and modernizing build systems and speech synthesis projects. He contributes across the stack — from native C core fixes for Russian, Georgian and Belarusian language handling to Android and Windows build integrations using Gradle and CI tooling. At Sardina Systems he focuses on reliable packaging and build reproducibility, informed by deep open-source involvement in notable projects like eSpeak NG and RHVoice. His work shows a practical knack for simplifying complex build environments (replacing registry checks with env vars, streamlining installer tooling) and for language-focused engineering that improves real-world TTS accuracy.
8 years of coding experience
Бакалавр, Информационные технологии, Бакалавр, Информационные технологии at Московский Городской Психолого-Педагогический Университет (МГППУ)
Github Skills (9)
text-to-speech10
c-language10
speech-synthesis10
cprogramming-language10
android10
build-automation9
cmake9
windows9
internationalization8
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
espeak-ng/espeak-ng
May 2020 - Jan 2023
eSpeak NG is an open source speech synthesizer that supports more than hundred languages and accents.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 release, 23 reviews, 126 commits in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Alexander contributed to both the Android and Windows build processes of the eSpeak NG project, including the integration of native code compilation with Gradle, fixing installation issues, and adding support for directBoot. They also made several updates to the core C code to fix issues related to Russian and Georgian numbers, as well as improvements in Belarusian. Their contributions also include adding support for Shavian alphabet and enabling phoneme events.
synthesizerespeak-ngsynthesisespeakandroid
RHVoice/RHVoice
Jun 2020 - May 2022
a free and open source speech synthesizer for Russian and other languages
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:3 releases, 77 reviews, 62 commits in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Alexander's contributions primarily involve refactoring and improving the codebase of the speech synthesizer project. They made changes to the core components, specifically replacing smart pointers with `std::shared_ptr` in `hts_labeller.cpp` and `document.hpp`. Furthermore, the user simplified the build process by modifying how NSIS and WiX checks are performed, incorporating environment variables instead of registry lookups. They also made significant changes by updating the dependencies for Android, improving the project structure and performance.
text-to-speechesperantosynthesizergeorgianspeech-recognition
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