does the dectalk synth from fonix work with yasr? if so how do you get it configured to work? I am considdering buying the 50 dollar software.L. C. Robinson staggered into view and mumbled: > On 31 Jul 2003, Krishnakant Ramesh Mane wrote: > > > you were talking about flite and eflite. Well I > > don't know what is the latest in that. > > Neither do I, which is partly why I > asked/suggested you check. > > > I just downloaded flite and eflite some 3 months > > back and I did not like the voices. > > Yes, I did so too, and the original 8 bit voice > was as a demo, and they said it was very poor, and > better ones would be coming. > > > is there a latest upgrade? > > Part of what I was trying to point out, though > probably not clearly enough, was that it might be > time to check for a new version. Those of us who > are experienced in the open source world can take > it for granted that others know how amazingly fast > projects develop, improve, and change. Flite > seems to be one of those, with promises of better > voices. I have already been able to get a newer > version with a much better 16 bit voice, but have > not checked the web site lately to see if more > voices have been converted from the older festival > project. So I am suggesting you check > periodically. > > You can already see the problems that can come > from using proprietary binary packages like > ViaVoice, even if they are "free", as in cost. > Long term, flite and it's java counterpart (clone) > have far more potential utility, in terms of soft > speech. > > I view the development of open source soft speech > on today's cheap hardware as of extreme importance > to the blind community, most of whom have no > access to computing, for economic reasons, > according to what I read in a past thread on this > list (wish I could remember the numbers). It > appears to me that we are on threshold of the > realization of this, as soon as enough of the > better quality voices are converted, and the > binaries are packaged conveniently enough that > non-techie newbies to linux (and for that matter, > any OS -- M$ and add-ons cost too much) can get at > them easily. Once that happens, the tide of new > computer users into the blinux community should > help to "lift all boats", as it were -- something > that could not happen in the proprietary markets. > > > I have not been reading all the mails on the > > blinux list so I may have missed it. > > I don't think that each minor release will > necessarily be announced: it may be best to check > the web site periodically, especially if new > voices are what you are primarily interested in. > Let us know if you find anything new, and how it > sounds to you. > > LCR > > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list