From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from opera.rednote.net ([74.53.93.34]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1I0eEv-0006PZ-00 for ; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:59:25 -0400 Received: from opera.rednote.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by opera.rednote.net (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l5JDxOi3001212 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:59:24 GMT Received: (from janina@localhost) by opera.rednote.net (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id l5JDxOhK001211 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:59:24 -0400 Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:59:24 -0400 From: Janina Sajka To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: TTSynth Is Available Again Message-ID: <20070619135923.GG7826@rednote.net> References: <35319ac693ebb9e59e798621b87cc9c0@www1.mail.volny.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <35319ac693ebb9e59e798621b87cc9c0@www1.mail.volny.cz> X-Operating-System: Linux opera.rednote.net 2.6.21-1.3194.fc7spk Organization: Capital Accessibility LLC (http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com) X-PGP-Key: http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com/JaninaSajka_gpg_key.html User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.14 (2007-02-12) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 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: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:59:25 -0000 hanke@volny.cz writes: > >> I am wanting to know if the source code is available. > >Yes and no. Please consult: > >http://TTSynth.Com/pub/COPYING. > > It looks to me that the source code is definitely not available > except for small helper applications like tts_connector which > are useless without the main TTSynth code anyway, am I right? :( > I don't know much about IBM TTS, so please let me know if this is correct. The ibmtts componant, the TTS engine itself, is proprietary, as it has ever been in its various incarnations. Despite this unfortunate fact, and despite some unfortunate resulting issues we cannot ourselves readily address, it remains the most asked for computer voice. You may know this voice by some of its other tradenames, such as Viavoice or Eloquence. The core code is the same in all of these. Furthermore, our docs clearly state this. I don't understand your point, therefore. Janina