This sounds pretty cool...I remember something like this happening several years ago, though then it used Festival which was extremely hard to understand and generally gave the listener a headake. Have to check this out now that it's using a better sounding synth. On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 06:50:39AM -0800, Tony Baechler wrote: > Linux Radio > <http://rss.slashdot.org/%7Er/Slashdot/slashdot/%7E3/i5UEM5LTCiA/story01.htm> > An anonymous reader writes "This might very well be the nerdiest site we'll > ever encounter... Linux Radio is an online radio station broadcasting the > Linux kernel! Each time someone visit the site, a random source file is > selected and read loudly by a virtual speaker materialized through the open > source speech synthesizer eSpeak. Will it prove useful to anyone is > probably a difficult question to answer, but the excitement provided is > worth experiencing at least once. However, this concept proves once more > the advantages of open source over proprietary software making such > achievements impossible : whoever in his right mind would want to listen to > binary files loudly?" > > <http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fidle.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F11%2F28%2F163218%2FLinux-Radio%3Ffrom%3Dfb> > <http://twitter.com/home?status=Linux+Radio%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fh7Bmgw> > > Read more of this story > <http://idle.slashdot.org/story/10/11/28/163218/Linux-Radio?from=rss> at > Slashdot. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid back.
