From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mta04ps.bigpond.com ([144.135.25.136]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16Qxnh-0002mK-00 for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2002 16:40:53 -0500 Received: from data.home ([144.135.25.84]) by mta04ps.bigpond.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with SMTP id GQ1WJX00.DQN for ; Thu, 17 Jan 2002 07:47:57 +1000 Received: from CPE-144-136-137-64.qld.bigpond.net.au ([144.136.137.64]) by psmam06.mailsvc.email.bigpond.com(MailRouter V3.0h 110/5509374); 17 Jan 2002 07:40:52 Received: from geoff by data.home with local-esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 16Qxnc-0002cv-00; Thu, 17 Jan 2002 07:40:48 +1000 Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 07:40:46 +1000 From: Geoff Shang To: Speakup mailing list Subject: Re: User-space synthesizer In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.7 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: On Wed, 16 Jan 2002, Ari Moisio wrote: > Is it possible to run a speech synthesizer , for example mbrola in > user space and let Speakup control it somehow. I don't have any > supported synths in hand but like to evaluate Speakup as an screen > reader. Not yet. A software synth is under development and so is support for it, but it is a big job and I wouldn't care to speculate on when it might be completed. Geoff.