The Epos project was originally started by Jirka Hanika and Petr Horak. The following people contributed to the Epos project at least by reporting problems and suggesting improvements, but sometimes by designing and writing a marvelous large independent component of Epos. Without these people, Epos wouldn't evolve. Adam Nohejl Andreas Jochens Daniel Sobe Jakub Adamek Jan Jirmasek Jeremy Huddleston Karl Chen Larry Gilbert Martin MichlMayr Martin Petriska Milan Zamazal Miloslav Trmac Pavel Machek Vit Stradal Zdenek Kadlec and those accidentally forgotten; please remind us if you notice somebody missing, or if you wish your name removed. We are also deeply grateful for the cooperation of the Institute of Phonetics of the Charles University, Prague, and the Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, and of their researchers who gave us a stimulating environment, background to start from, and their most valuable company. Without these people, Epos wouldn't be written. Betty Hesounova Elen Vichova Jana Mejvaldova Marie Dohalska Miroslav Ptacek Pavel Machac Robert Vich Tomas Dubeda Zdena Palkova Additional thanks go to numerous benefactors in the research and free software communities who helped us either by making useful ideas, tools and resources available or by advice, and to the speakers whose recorded articulation and prosody Epos only tries to imitate.