I think kevin 16 k sounds the best. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jacob Schmude <jacobs@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 1:54 PM Subject: Re: using speakup with festival or flite > Hi > I've never had a problem compiling flite, both on slack 8.1 and 9.0. What > are the errors you're getting, maybe I can help you, as flite's a nice fast > little synth, though unfortunately not yet running with speakup. > Also, does anyone know what the best voice to use with festival is? I've > tried Kal-16k (which is what flite uses) and don't really care for it much. > I've tried to link it up with the mbrola voices, but doing so produces > quite a lag in responsiveness. A pity, as these voices are quite pleasant > to listen to. I guess I'll have to try the british voices. > As for ViaVoice TTS, don't get your hopes up since ibm discontinued it. > Worse, the copyright prohibits redistribution of ViaVoice, even though > IBM's basically abandoned it. It certainly would be nice to see ViaVoice > revived but I wouldn't hold my breath. > > At 11:59 4/15/2003 +0200, you wrote: > > >I have speakup working with Festival, I compile festival > >from source and then installed speakup with the mods for > >software synthesizer (had to compile a new kernel). > > > >I tried compiling Flite yesterday and the compile failed > >(on slackware 9). I have never succeeded in compiling > >Flite on slackware. I try it every time a new release > >of slack comes out. Has anyone suceeded in compiling > >Flite on slackware 9? Also, has anyone tried to get the > >speakup mods for software synth working with Flite or > >ViaVoice TTS? >
