Karen, I use Linux speakup with a Dectalk express speech synthesizer. And I believe speakup also handles the slot card version of dectalk though you'll need a desktop PC that supports it, so the software is there. Rudy On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 05:22:35PM -0500, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Kyle, > i do not consider my hardware decktalk provided via my reading edge to be an > example of text to speech. > By definition, and there are many, the term, which refers to taking > information in text format and rendering it aloud does not, speaking > personally, equal pronunciation ease. > In fact one theory about this has to do with preserving the audiobook > market. > granted, as was pointed out in a thread some time ago, I am not likely to > learn about Linux screen readers, no driver exists for my hardware speech, > and software synthesizer sources currently do a number on my brain. > Karen > > > > On Wed, 26 Jan 2022, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > > > That being said, the audiophile in me cannot resist pointing out that > > pronunciation abilities of tts are of far less quality than those > > provided by many actual screen readers, at least the ones I have > > used...which???? does not include any for Linux. > > > > > > That being said, the technofile in me cannot resist pointing out the > > fact that every screen reader for every OS uses nothing but TTS > > technology to read the screen. Well, I guess BeMyEyes doesn't, but it's > > not exactly a screen reader, unless you need the volunteer to read a > > screen for you. > > > > ~ Kyle > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 -- Rudy Vener Website: http://www.rudyvener.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/RudySalt The difference between truth and falsehood is that truth remains constant no matter which political party holds the majority. - A. R. Vener _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list