can they also work with x windows screen reader? if so I may just do that. I have the windows version of theose voices and love them. thanks hankMario Lang staggered into view and mumbled: > Before you buy dectalk, you might want to look > at cepstral's voices too, they are only $29.90 > http://www.cepstral.com/ > > the brilliant beast <hanksmith4@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list