There are better voices out there for flite. Flite only comes with the 8 k voices which are really pore. ----- Original Message ----- From: Lorenzo Prince <lorenzo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2003 6:37 AM Subject: Re: speakup and emacspeak > Too bad. I thought viavoice sounded better than flite. Unless of course > someone can tell me of a better voice to compile into it and where I can > get it. > > Lorenzo > > E Pluribus Unix > > Thomas D. Ward staggered into view and mumbled: > > > Well, Viavoice is a bit of a catch 22. IBM is no longer maintaining > > viavoice, and as I understand it people are not really allowed to > > redistribute it any more. So end result is it has dried up on the net. > > In all honesty since Outloud is not being maintained any more it's rapidly > > get out of date, and harder and harder to run on newer Linux systems. It is > > problably better to build something like flite with 16k voices, and stick > > with that. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Lorenzo Prince <lorenzo at princenet.sytes.net> > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 6:58 PM > > Subject: Re: speakup and emacspeak > > > > > > > Where can I get Viavoice now? IBM doesn't have it, and they don't even > > > seem to be selling it anywhere. I really wanted to try this synth. Can > > > anyone help me? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Lorenzo > > > > > > E Pluribus Unix > > > > > > Thomas D. Ward staggered into view and mumbled: > > > > > > > Actually, I use viavoice, with emacspeak. I was just telling the person > > on > > > > list if he wants to use his Express uner emacspeak he willhave to > > completely > > > > stop and restart Linux to use the express under emacspeak.. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: Christopher Moore <christopher.h.moore at verizon.net> > > > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > > > Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 8:24 PM > > > > Subject: Re: speakup and emacspeak > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thomas, > > > > > Try running emacspeak with eflite. Then you can emacs in one console > > and > > > > > speakup in another at the same time. Emacspeak also supports fonix, a > > > > > software dectalk express (available for $50). > > > > > End result is that speakup never vanishes to the point of being able > > to > > > > use > > > > > the com port for something else. > > > > > > > > > > Chris > > > > > -- > > > > > The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (61% of Full) > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
