how much is the tts engine? where can we download it? to call me directly click this url. http://fwd.pulver.com/callme.php?userid=91013 email hank at hanksmith.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 8:44 AM Subject: ViaVoice Is Back > >From GCN's printer friendly version of the news story at: > http://www.gcn.com/cgi-bin/udt/im.display.printable?client.id=gcndaily2&stor y.id=24949 > > IBM brings text-to-speech to the Linux desktop > > 02/16/04 > By Patricia Daukantas, > GCN Staff > IBM Corp. researchers are bringing text-to-speech capabilities to the Linux desktop. > Previously, production versions of IBM's text-to-speech engine had been available only for the Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh platforms, said > Rich Schwerdtfeger, an IBM software group accessibility strategist and chairman of IBM's Accessibility Architecture Review Board. > A few years ago, the company had made a beta Linux version of the speech engine available for downloading, but took it offline when it stopped working > with later versions of the Linux kernel. > The speech engine, together with a screen reader, converts text on a computer screen to sound but does not enable users to issue voice commands to the > computer, Schwerdtfeger said. > Wizzard Software Corp. of Pittsburgh is distributing the IBM-developed ViaVoice speech engine in its Interactive Voice Assistant line of products, > Schwerdtfeger said. > List pricing for the IVA Business Starter Kit, which assists users with e-mail, dictation and Internet applications, is $95 per seat. The IVA Global > Business Suite, with additional translation and presentation capabilities, and the IVA Communications Pack, with support for phone-to-PC applications, > each cost $120 per seat. > > -- > > Janina Sajka > Email: janina at rednote.net > Phone: +1 (202) 408-8175 > > Director, Technology Research and Development > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > http://www.afb.org > > Chair, Accessibility Work Group > Free Standards Group > http://a11y.org > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
