On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 11:00:42AM -0600, John G. Heim wrote: > I don't understand why its so important to you to > have hardware speech on your desktop. For me, it's because I want a backup synthesizer when software speech fails, and if like me, you run Debian "Testing," the software synthesizer can fail after any upgrade. With software TTS, you have 3 or 7 different things that could easily break, where with a hardware synthesizer, you only have one. Fewer parts and less complexity means more stability. Since I'm surrounded by the computer illidiot, sighted assistance isn't an option, and a backup system is a must. Michael
