Just for the record, a new version of ViaVoice for Linux will be available sometime more or less soon. It will not be free. I checked with IBM on this very issue just a few days ago. It's still happening--just moving slowly. Doug Sutherland writes: > Does anyone have any opinions on what is the best sounding software > voice synthesizer available? I'm interested in hearing about it. > Even if they are commerical or expensive. The only ones I have heard > are festival, dectalk, and viavoice. I thought viavoice sounded the > best, but the linux version is obsolete. Are there others? > > -- Doug > > > _______________________________________________ > 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