IMHO there is nothing poor about eSpeak. It is the single best thing that ever happened to computer accessibility bar none. On 10/02/2021 20:41, Karen Lewellen wrote: > and where would the smart watch quality speech come from? > Software speech in Linux remains rather poor. > > > > On Wed, 10 Feb 2021, Mike Ray wrote: > >> >> >> Why would a Linux smart watch be running a tty? >> >> >> >> >> On 10/02/2021 14:38, Martin McCormick wrote: >>> I've been looking for an inexpensive talking watch that doesn't >>> fall apart in 3 months and noticed that various entities are >>> trying to make linux-based smart watches. This might be a >>> perfect platform on which to run a speakup instance. >>> >>> One concept idea I read about used an ARM-based processor >>> like the raspberry Pi and even was supposed to support WiFi. >>> >>> If one needed 8 talking timers with each one playing a >>> different tune when it timed out, you might have to write the app >>> yourself, but the only limitation would be your imagination and >>> available RAM. If next week, you only needed one talking timer >>> but this timer should announce it's time at 2 minutes, 2 minutes >>> 37 seconds and finally 3 minutes and 27 seconds, you zap the 8 >>> talking timers >>> and upload your new special talking timer executable. >>> >>> The WiFi would let your watch keep itself set via ntpd. >>> After all, it's a watch and the linux is the power tool that lets >>> you leap tall buildings at a single bound. >>> >>> Has anybody done this already and, if so, what platform >>> does it run on? >>> >>> The concept idea I read that used the ARM was written >>> over a year ago and, as far as I know, is still only a concept. >>> >>> Martin McCormick >>> >> >> >> -- >> Michael A. Ray >> Analyst/Programmer >> Witley, Surrey, South-east UK >> >> "Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when >> there is nothing left to take away." -- A. de Saint-Exupery >> >> >> https://cromarty.github.io/ >> http://eyesfreelinux.ninja/ >> http://www.raspberryvi.org/ >> >> >> >> > -- Michael A. Ray Analyst/Programmer Witley, Surrey, South-east UK "Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." -- A. de Saint-Exupery https://cromarty.github.io/ http://eyesfreelinux.ninja/ http://www.raspberryvi.org/
