From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from shawmail.shawcable.com ([64.59.128.220] helo=bpd2mo2no.prod.shawcable.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 195Uqw-0004JZ-00 for ; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 14:08:18 -0400 Received: from bpd2mi2no.prod.shawcable.com (bpd2mi2no-qfe3.prod.shawcable.com [10.0.184.121]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 (built Feb 21 2002)) with ESMTP id <0HDE00G9DD0YM3@l-daemon> for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 12:07:46 -0600 (MDT) Received: from nomad.shawcable.com ([24.70.172.254]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 (built Feb 21 2002)) with ESMTP id <0HDE00BRZD0XU7@l-daemon> for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 12:07:46 -0600 (MDT) Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 13:08:22 +0200 From: Doug Sutherland Subject: Re: using speakup with festival or flite In-reply-to: <5.2.0.9.0.20030415134654.00c30f40@mail.surferie.net> X-Sender: wearable@mail.shawcable.com To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Message-id: <5.1.0.14.2.20030415125821.00a8cc38@mail.shawcable.com> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed References: <5.1.0.14.2.20030415115557.00a8e628@mail.shawcable.com> <000001c3036f$36d99c30$6401a8c0@us.oracle.com> Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Jacob wrote: > I've never had a problem compiling flite, both on slack 8.1 > and 9.0. Did you have to do anything special with the makefiles? It never seems to work for me with the standard gcc that comes with slack. > What are the errors you're getting Yesterday the compile stopped on an "internal gcc error". Scary. I've never seen that error before. I will start another compile right now and see if it does the same thing. Maybe I should try it on another machine too, this one is a 200Mhz embedded board. > maybe I can help you ... Did you just do ./configure and make? I wonder about this too... > does anyone know what the best voice to use with festival is? > I've tried Kal-16k (which is what flite uses) and don't really > care for it much. This is why I'm still interested in ViaVoice TTS for my own personal use, the voices sound much better to me. If it's not that difficult I may try adapting the speakup mods to work with ViaVoice. It's really a shame that ViaVoice can't be distributed though. > I've tried to link it up with the mbrola voices, but doing so > produces quite a lag in responsiveness. A pity, as these > voices are quite pleasant to listen to. Ah, I've thought about that, so it works but is slow ... Is it not usable for that reason? > I guess I'll have to try the british voices. As one of my brit friends always used to say: brilliant! > As for ViaVoice TTS, don't get your hopes up since ibm > discontinued it. Worse, the copyright prohibits redistribution > of ViaVoice, even though IBM's basically abandoned it. I know all of this but I have it, it works, and it sounds very nice. It's also pretty small. -- Doug