my apologese 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 is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 12:46 PM Subject: Re: ViaVoice Is Back > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
