where can I get the version that supports this tts engine at? Mario Lang staggered into view and mumbled: > The upstream author of libgnome-speech (the library used by > Gnopernicus, the GNOME screen reader) recently announced that > version 0.2.4 will include support for the theta engine. > I did not verify though that it really works yet. > > the brilliant beast <hanksmith4@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list