From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from opera.rednote.net (opera.rednote.net [75.125.70.226]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDB62109FD for ; Thu, 15 May 2008 13:32:26 -0400 (EDT) Received: from opera.rednote.net ([IPv6:::1]) by opera.rednote.net (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m4FHWQ6S018314 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 15 May 2008 17:32:26 GMT Received: (from janina@localhost) by opera.rednote.net (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m4FHWQnb018313 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Thu, 15 May 2008 13:32:26 -0400 Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 13:32:26 -0400 From: Janina Sajka To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: synthasizers Message-ID: <20080515173226.GH11156@rednote.net> References: <000001c8b5ce$cbae5730$378f9643@hoff9cuf06jek6> <20080515134627.GF11156@rednote.net> <482C5544.20500@brailcom.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <482C5544.20500@brailcom.org> X-Operating-System: Linux opera.rednote.net 2.6.25-14.spk.fc9.x86_64 Organization: Capital Accessibility LLC (http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com) X-PGP-Key: http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com/JaninaSajka_gpg_key.html User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.93, clamav-milter version 0.93 on opera.rednote.net X-Virus-Status: Clean X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.10 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: Thu, 15 May 2008 17:32:27 -0000 Hynek Hanke writes: > Janina Sajka napsal(a): >> You have two choices for software speech with Speakup: >> 1.) You can buy TTSynth for $40 U.S. and build its speakup-connector >> This is probably the easiest way to get from here to there. >> > Is it? I thought there are problems with dependency Not a problem on Fedora, Hynek. The compatibility library remains available and it works. The fact that the tts engine is only 32-bit is also not an issue on 64-bit systems. I'm happily running TTSynth with the speakup-connector on both 32-bit and 64-bit machines. Janina > on a very old version of libstdc++ and there is no 64bit > version and no sourcecode so that one is able to fix > the previous two. If there has been some progress on these > issues lately, I'd be very happy to hear about them, as I'd > need to install ttsynth myself to be able to improve the > Speech Dispatcher output module. >> 2.) You can use speech-dispatcher and speechd_up with two free >> voices and several for pay voices. The free voices are espeak and flite >> and are both available as rpms. More information on this approach at: >> > Well, Festival is the most important one and now includes > support for several languages. I believe it is also available > as rpm. > > With regards, > Hynek Hanke > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.202.595.7777; sip:janina@a11y.org Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://CapitalAccessibility.Com Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and Canada Learn more at http://ScreenlessPhone.Com Chair, Open Accessibility janina@a11y.org Linux Foundation http://a11y.org