Hi ppl, I have a problem with comments like: "I have heard it's slow", etc, etc, etc. If you haven't actually used something (freetts, festival, yasr, and many many more), why express someone elses opinion? I'm not saying that their opinion isn't valid, but at least it's theirs! After all, i've heard that there is IP in Linux that belongs to the sco group, but that doesn't mean the claim is true. Some christians have told me i'm gonna burn in hell, but that isn't my opinion and it certainly doesn't add anything to this thread. Java programs may have drawbacks, but then again they may not. I use python quite a bit (another interpreted language), but for some applications it actually executes faster than a compiled "C" program. Does this mean that freetts is blazingly fast? No, it just means that just because it is Java doesn't mean that it has to be slow, a memory hog, etc, etc. The only thing I know for certain is that we are all different. Some of us have different needs than others. What works well for one may not work at all for someone else. The only way we have of judging opinions is within the context of the person holding that opinion. Third party opinions don't help without context. Regards, Cecil
