Re: Speakup and Linux Smart Watches

[Chime Hart <chime@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well Mike, obviously our experiences-and-enjoyments with computers are based 
on, yes, whats available, but also what we are used to, as well as our level of 
tollerance for sound. My first PC in 1994, I certainly made sure it was DEC 
Talk. At that time folks considered that the Catalack of speech. Well, since I 
began my switch to Linux in 2003, I now use a DecTalk U S B, while on a laptop, 
Voxin with its IBM TTS, both are quite comfortable for myself. Sure but for the 
segment splices, there are somewhat more natural sounding SAPI4 speech engines 
in windows, also Ivona-and-ReadSpeaker, however, I don't know of any easy easy 
way of working with these in Linux.
Honestly, if I were forced to only have espeak as an engine, I would almost 
rather not have a PC, but I understand we all have the freedom to make choices. 
Thanks for listening
Chime