Hi, when software speech is an issue I would also suggest looking at yasr. I've been playing with it on my laptop, and I really like the screen reader. I've got it working with flite and also Viavoice, and it is a pretty nice screen reader. You can get the yasr source from: yasr.sourceforge.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Beth Wright <beth.wright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 12:02 PM Subject: Linux with speech: which way to go? > Hi. I'm just starting to learn about Linux, and am wondering which speech > package (if that's the right word) I should choose, EmacSpeak or SpeakUp. > From what little I can understand, I gather that the folks on this list much > prefer SpeakUp, but like to have EmacSpeak around as sort of a backup. My > problem is that I only have software speech on my PC, and apparently won't > work with SpeakUp. I don't have Linux installed yet and, before I get > someone over here to help me, I'd like to be in a position to give them a > few suggestions on how to proceed. I'd sure appreciate any pointers I can > get from some of you more experienced users. > > Beth Wright > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
