If you made this synthesizer compatible with Speech Dispatcher then it could be compatible with any screen reader that used Speech Dispatcher. I know that Orca and TDSR use Speech Dispatcher and others are probably able to use it as well. On Fri, Apr 16, 2021, 5:56 PM Linux for blind general discussion < blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Thanks for yourinterest and for all your good questions. It seems like > maybe some ofyou missed the link to the demos that was posted in the first > email.So for those who didn't see it, I am pasting it again here for you > toclick and listen. I'm putting the link first so you don't miss it.But > then, under that, I will endeavor to answer each of yourquestions as best I > can. So please continue reading after clickingthe link: > > > > > https://www.readspeaker.com/text-to-speech-demo/ > > > > > To Rudy: > > Hopefully the linkin this email will give you an idea of how the voices > sound. When youclick it, it brings you to Readspeaker's official demo page > where youcan hear short samples of the voices available. If they are not > longenough for you to get a sense of the flow with longer text, you > canemail me for some samples in mp3 format. I tried to include my > emailbefore but it just blanks out the punctuation. So I will spell outthe > punctuation, and you will know to just insert the actual symbolsinstead. My > email is: > > software dotliberators at slmail dot me > > To A: > > If there is enoughinterest in this project to make it official, then the > goal is tomake Readspeakr voices available to any of the most widely > usedDistros that have Orca or Speakup. Similar to how Voxin offers > Nuancevoices that you can install on most Distros with screenreaders. > > Yes, Readspeakerdoes offer both Swedish and Finnish along with many other > languages. > > Please click on thelink I included at the top of this email. On that page, > you will seea combo box to select your language for a demo. Scroll up in > thatcombo box and you will find Swedish and Finnish, then, once youselect > the language, tab down, and press enter on "listen". > > To the person whosuggested further platforms of usage such as Mac > terminals and Linuxon Windows, I appreciate the suggestion and this is > certainlysomething to look into. > > Personally I onlyhave experience with stand alone Windows, and stand alone > Linux. > > I really don't knowanything about the workings of Mac OS, but if a Mac > terminal runs onLinux compatible software, then it might be possible to > incorporateReadspeaker voices. However, with Mac, I'm assuming you're > dealingwith Apple and whatever protocols they have as a company to > approveof third party TTS providers. That is an avenue that I am really > notfamiliar with, but if anyone hear is a Mac afficionado withexperience > with Apple's protocols for approving third partyproviders, please feel free > to share that knowledge with me. > > Mac and Windowsalready have so many natural sounding speech options > available thatI'm really focusing on trying to bring Readspeaker to Linux > inparticular, to give Linux users more choices for natural soundingspeech. > So if Apple already provides natural voices for the Macterminal, then it > may be better to focus solely on stand alone Linuxsystems. > > However, it seemsthat the Linux on Windows that you speak of, should be > able toutilize these voices if its essentially still Linux software. > > I'm still open toany ideas about Mac terminal and Linux on Windows, its > just that Idon't have any experience with that, I don't know if there > arealready existing natural voices for them seeing as it seems to be Linux > software but running on top of Mac or Windows, but any input on that would > be great. > > To Chime: > > We might be able torequest Heather if we get enough interest to get this > project up andgoing. Although the only place where I have seen Heather > utilized isin their web-reader solutions which are a bit different from > theirLinux compatible SDK. They do offer the option to have > customizedvoices though, so we might be able to request Heather if we > reallywant that. Personally, for US English I like the Julie voice which > isavailable to demo on the Readspeaker site, as well as the Sophievoice > which is what they used to record that mp3 file for Consoleusers that you > listened to. > > Let me know if youever end up finding any samples of the Voxygen Hypra > voices, I'd liketo know what they sound like in English and I havn't found > any Hyprasamples either. > > To Debin Prater: > > Thanks for theinput. > > I'm a beginnerso I don't have experience with the Emacspeak servers you > speak of.But if we move forward with a project with Readspeaker, the > goalwould be to offer the voices for the most widely used Distros > thatinclude Orca or Speakup for people to install the voices and use on > their localsystem. > > I really havn'tsmoothed out the finite details on that as to how exactly > the interface making Readspeaker available for Linux screenreaders would > work in terms of the technicalities. For example, how to make it available > both for Debian based systems and for something like Arch, just throwing > out examples. But Voxin has done it with Nuance, so it should be doable > with Readspeaker and the guys at Readspeaker are apparently willing to > consider developing an interface to make it possible, as long as there is > enough interest in the community, and so long as it would be commercially > viable for them. > > My first step is to simply find out ifthere is any interest, which, it > seems like there is a small handful here on this list that would be > interested. > > Other Consolereaders might be considered as well, and would be mentioned > in an officialsurvey before actually getting started on the project, to > determinewhat is the most popular Console screenreader for Linux users > andstart with that. Hopefully offering voices for Orca graphical, and > atleast the most widely used Console reader. I know there's quite a > fewConsole readers out there, but we'd have to really decide where > thedevelopers at Readspeaker would focus their time and effort intomaking > their Linux compatible interface to bring Readspeaker voicesto > screenreaders. > > > I think startingwith Orca for Graphical, and then one Console Reader, > would be good. > > Havn't even gotteninto Emacs yet, but if that uses a seperate screenreader > and iswidely used, then that would be something to consider including > ifpossible. I'm just trying to cover the basics of something forgraphical, > and something for console. As far as I know, isn't Emacslike a text editor > and used for programming etc? Do people also useit like a screenreader to > access daily tasks on Linux instead of OrcaOr Espeakup? > > To Didier: > > Wow, didn't know youalso reached out to Readspeaker as an Ivona > distributor back in theday. Good to know. Its too bad that something can't > be done to bringIvona to Linux seeing as one of their original pages said > that anIvona SDK was compatible. But when I asked them, I got the > sameresponse that Ivona is linked with Amazon now so Ivona is not an option. > > I'm not the only oneto inquire. You asked them years before me, and I > wouldn't besurprised if we're not the only ones to ask for Ivona. > Quitefrustrating that Ivona is not more open to collaborating > foraccessibility solutions on multiple platforms. Even from a > strictlybusiness standpoint, Ivona could make additional proffits from > selling solutions to Linux users. Oh well. > > As for theReadspeaker brand voices, when I contacted them, they did say > thatthey usually only sell to businesses, not individuals; but they > saidthat in this case, they would be willing to consider developing > aninterface to bring Readspeaker voices to Linux screenreaders providedthat > there is enough interest in the community, and that it would becommercially > viable. Thats why I'm trying to get a baseline ofinterest, to see if its > worthwhile to try to move forward with this. > > To Francisco: > > Yes, I totally agreewith you. Thats why I started this endeavor, first > trying to bringIvona to Linux but that didn't work out. Now trying to > bringReadspeaker's own brand of voices to Linux. I too want to see > morenatural sounding voices become available to Linux. Allowing Linuxusers > to have a similar range of natural TTS choices as Windowsusers, and in > return, more people may decide to give Linux a try. > > Thanks to all forthe inquiries, hope I was able to answer at least some of > yourquestions, feel free to keep asking questions or sharing ideas, andfor > those of you who missed the link the first time around, please dotry > listening to the demos available on Readspeaker's web page. > > Thanks, > > SL > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list