Hi, Bastono: Welcome to to Linux and welcome to the Speakup list. In the long run you will be happiest if you find a way to get a good hardware speech synthesizer. I understand that doing this may be a burden for you, but you will always be goad you have one after the pain of getting it has been forgotten. It is possible to get a Doubletalk LT (also known as a Litetalk) for as little as $150 U.S. These units are still available new for just under $300 U.S. My advice to you is that you make it a goal to get a hardware synth eventually. Get familiar with the synths supported by Speakup and start saving for one, and start looking around for one to buy. Meanwhile, you can use the Linux console and emacs with yasr and emacspeak respectively, using flite as your speech driver. Look at: http://eflite.sf.net The rest of the information and software you need is hyperlinked from this page. Of course, this means working in English. But, I advise taking your time. You can certainly afford to have all the freely available software speech that exists for Linux. So, since cost isn't a problem, start with the simple things before you take on the more difficult ones. Interfacing Festival to Speakup or Emacspeak is more difficult, so work on that after you have flite and eflite working for you. Bastono writes: > From: "Bastono" <bastono at teol.net> > > Hi all! > > Please help to me. > I have Windows SE and JAWS 4.51 installed on my computer, with > recently added Linux Slckware v.9, on a separate partition. I do not > have any Linux sintesizer, ither software or hardware one. What can I > do in order to make my Linux speak? > I am primarily interested in software solutions, but if anyone suggess > any hardware solutions I would need more detailed information. Such > information may be posted privately if considered so (private address: > bastono at teol.net). > I am less interested in hardware solutions because > I am not in position to apply/buy them (I live in Bosnia and > Herzegovina) > Is there anyone with more concrete experience with 'Festival' > sintesizer. I am specially interested in it, since it supports > Esperanto also. > > Gradimir Kragic, > E-mail: bastono at teol.net > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
