From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ylpvm12-ext.prodigy.net ([207.115.57.43] helo=ylpvm12.prodigy.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DL4qf-0005oW-00 for ; Mon, 11 Apr 2005 15:45:29 -0400 Received: from pimout6-ext.prodigy.net (pimout6-ext.prodigy.net [207.115.63.78]) by ylpvm12.prodigy.net (8.12.10 outbound/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j3BJjRck010087 for ; Mon, 11 Apr 2005 15:45:27 -0400 X-ORBL: [69.234.195.137] Received: from jim (adsl-69-234-195-137.dsl.irvnca.pacbell.net [69.234.195.137]) by pimout6-ext.prodigy.net (8.12.10 milter /8.12.10) with ESMTP id j3BJjLbH081866 for ; Mon, 11 Apr 2005 15:45:27 -0400 From: "jim grimsby" To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 12:45:52 -0700 Message-ID: <000801c53ecf$13396c90$220110ac@jim> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal Subject: RE: FreedomBox X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 19:45:30 -0000 Hi,=20 Well even if speech-dispatcher is not a option eflite standing for emacs flite should be a option. It is a emacspeak server quite easy to install under debien work with emacspeak and yasr. Considering the fact that freedom box runs under gnome it should also be able to use gnome-speech so one of thoughs options should be possible. This would also give it access to the cepstral voices. They sound very nice by the way. =20 Conversation about the ceo of the company are sort of beside the point here. I also must note that mat did not respond to any of my original questions when I posted them to the list a few days ago. =20 Hth=20 -----Original Message----- From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Michael Whapples Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 4:54 AM To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Subject: Re: FreedomBox Hello, I can't make any comments on whether freedombox does track activities and=20 add to the spam problems. I think it is a great shame that there is no plan to build support for=20 festival or flite into the linux version of freedom box. I really dislike=20 the dectalk voices and find those harder to understand than festival. Trying=20 to include support for speech-dispatcher if possible might be a good=20 solution (I don't know whether it would meet the technical requirements or=20 not). The comment about using freedombox if it was free with festival as a=20 synth, well I wouldn't use dectalk even if it was free, so the price wasn't=20 coming into it there. You can see where the emphasis is in the company, there is not even a=20 comment about linux in the information about freedombox on their website (not even a mention in listing operating systems, would it be too much to=20 just have it say "works with windows 98 or later, or linux"). Due to that,=20 if I had found it by searching the internet, I would not even have bothered=20 looking further. From Michael Whapples "An optimist is someone who has never had much experience"=20 _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup