Wow, what I'd do with 200 licenses? I only really would need one. It'd be neat to have viavoice in gnopernicus again, have never quite got that going in fedora yet. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lloyd Rasmussen" <lras@xxxxxxx> To: <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 1:29 PM Subject: Fwd: Via-voice > > >From: Hoffman Allen W <Allen.W.Hoffman@xxxxxxx> > >To: "'dtb-talk@xxxxxxxxxx'" <dtb-talk@xxxxxxxxxx> > >Subject: [Dtb-talk] Via-voice > >Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 12:35:53 -0500 > > > >Message > >02/16/04 > > > >IBM brings text-to-speech to the Linux desktop > > > >By > >Patricia Daukantas > > > >GCN Staff > > > >IBM Corp. researchers are bringing text-to-speech capabilities to the > >Linux desktop. > > > >Previously, production versions of IBM's text-to-speech engine had been > >available only for the Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh platforms, > >said Rich > > > >Schwerdtfeger, an IBM software group accessibility strategist and chairman > >of IBM's Accessibility Architecture Review Board. > > > >A few years ago, the company had made a beta Linux version of the speech > >engine available for downloading, but took it offline when it stopped > >working with > > > >later versions of the Linux kernel. > > > >The speech engine, together with a screen reader, converts text on a > >computer screen to sound but does not enable users to issue voice commands > >to the computer, > > > >Schwerdtfeger said. > > > >Wizzard Software Corp. of Pittsburgh is distributing the IBM-developed > >ViaVoice speech engine as a standalone product and a component in its > >Interactive > > > >Voice Assistant line of products. > > > >List pricing for the standalone ViaVoice text-to-speech engine is $5 per > >individual user license with a minimum order of 200 licenses. Volume discounts > > > >are available. > > > >(Posted Feb. 16. Corrected Feb. 17) > > Braille is the solution to the digital divide. > Lloyd Rasmussen, Senior Staff Engineer > National Library Service f/t Blind and Physically Handicapped > Library of Congress (202) 707-0535 <http://www.loc.gov/nls/> > HOME: <http://lras.home.sprynet.com> > The opinions expressed here are my own and do not necessarily represent > those of NLS. > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list