ViaVoice for linux is IBM text to speech software that works with a sound card. It's the thing customarily known as software speech--like Eloquence for JFW and Window-Eyes on Windows. In other words, you use the generic sound card instead of a hardware speech sytnthesizer. Will you need it? Perhaps. It won't be that hard to install if and when the time comes. The hardest part, in my view, is filling out the form at the IBM web site that grants you the license to get a copy. On Sun, 10 Mar 2002, Anna Schneider wrote: > So I'm hearing Viavoice mentioned a lot. Wat exactly does it do? Is it > software that I will need or just one of the existing options. > > Anna > > On Sun, 10 Mar 2002, Buddy Brannan wrote: > > > Not only is Viavoice not open source, it isn't free software, > > either. (Yes, this is an important distinction.) > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org
