From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from bay103-dav7.bay103.hotmail.com ([65.54.174.79] helo=hotmail.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1FShfC-0004Iv-00 for ; Sun, 09 Apr 2006 17:41:42 -0400 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sun, 9 Apr 2006 14:41:41 -0700 Message-ID: Received: from 80.1.72.245 by BAY103-DAV7.phx.gbl with DAV; Sun, 09 Apr 2006 21:41:37 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [80.1.72.245] X-Originating-Email: [mikster4@msn.com] X-Sender: mikster4@msn.com From: "Michael Whapples" To: Subject: A small software synthesiser, espeak Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2006 22:41:35 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2670 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2670 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 09 Apr 2006 21:41:41.0547 (UTC) FILETIME=[638B0FB0:01C65C1E] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.7 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7 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, 09 Apr 2006 21:41:42 -0000 I came across this, and it might be interesting for those of you trying = to find a small, high quality, open source software speech synthesiser. Espeak (http://espeak.sourceforge.net), it is definitely smaller than = some of the alternatives at 350kb for the installation. The quality is = understandable (it supposedly uses a different algorithm to some other = open source ones so sounds different), but not to the same level as some = commercial ones. Also it has some other language support, but that is in = early stages supposedly. I have managed to get it working on my laptop with speech-dispatcher = with a modified generic.conf file, and getting fairly good response from = it. So if any one would like to see that file, I can give you that. = Installation instructions are in the commands.html file. Also to get it = working with gentoo, it required some things not documented, it requires = libportaudio.so.0 but portaudio only has libportaudio.so, just create a = link. I was unable to compile it, but the linux binary works with that = link. From Michael Whapples