From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from randymail-a5.g.dreamhost.com (caiajhbdcbhh.dreamhost.com [208.97.132.177]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D6C210A35 for ; Sun, 31 May 2009 19:49:12 -0400 (EDT) Received: from quan (76-10-130-2.dsl.teksavvy.com [76.10.130.2]) by randymail-a5.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4CCD8EFC1 for ; Sun, 31 May 2009 16:49:10 -0700 (PDT) From: "James Homuth" To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" References: <5D1286E147AA4F92B17EDF969017C6CF@tdsdev><20090531185400.GB10058@localhost.localdomain><20090531192320.GA25139@linux1> <20090531195859.GA5899@grml> Subject: RE: speakup using different synths with software speech? Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 19:49:05 -0400 Message-ID: <036101c9e24a$63683200$6400a8c0@quan> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <20090531195859.GA5899@grml> X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3350 Thread-Index: AcniKgxS8MQXQGrqS06R+vDI3JSkaQAH8/aw X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 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: Sun, 31 May 2009 23:49:12 -0000 Somewhat related, what's the likelyhood of Espeak voices getting improvements to be more... I'm not sure what the word for it is, other than human-sounding? That's been one of my main sticking points for why I'm still with Windows on my primary machine; that, plus I've not until now had time to test the accessibility of my particular preferred distribution. I did hear a demonstration a while back of a version of Espeak, and while I could definitely get used to it, I think I'd like it a whole lot better if it didn't sound quite as robotic. I'm not saying it should equal eloquence by any means, but the demo I heard kind of reminded me of the old Echo synths used on the early Apple computers. Good, but could be better, IMHO. Anyway, this was more a rambling/curiosity thing and by no means an attempt at criticism as I've not actually gotten it running locally yet, so for all I know my version of Espeak could already be improved over the demo I heard. -----Original Message----- From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Hermann Sent: May 31, 2009 3:59 PM To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Subject: Re: speakup using different synths with software speech? am So 31. Mai 2009 um 21:31:02 schrieb William Hubbs : > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Tyler, > > I recommend getting used to espeak. The version of eloquence on linux > is old, buggy, and they are not planning to upgrade it. > He can look here: http://voxin.oralux.net/index.php#main I've bought a rather new version there a few months ago. Works pretty well, but to use it with Speakup Speech-Dispatcher is required. Note: Maybe the Emacspeak-server works as well; I remember having seen something in the install script. Hermann _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup