I'm not holding out on you. I told you everything I know. If you're in that much of a hurry, go do the research and report back to the rest of us. Or, do you think you're the only one who wants to know these details? hank writes: > From: "hank" <hank at hanksmith.net> > > 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 at rednote.net> > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- 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
