From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mta01.alltel.net ([166.102.165.143] helo=mta01-srv.alltel.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ADFtT-00016R-00 for ; Sat, 25 Oct 2003 00:19:15 -0400 Received: from notron.nortcom.com ([69.40.73.37]) by mta01-srv.alltel.net with ESMTP id <20031025041911.YYWU4162.mta01-srv.alltel.net@notron.nortcom.com> for ; Fri, 24 Oct 2003 23:19:11 -0500 Received: from notron.nortcom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by notron.nortcom.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id h9P4JBN2028303 for ; Sat, 25 Oct 2003 00:19:11 -0400 Received: from localhost (jenorton@localhost) by notron.nortcom.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) with ESMTP id h9P4JArH028300 for ; Sat, 25 Oct 2003 00:19:11 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: notron.nortcom.com: jenorton owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 00:19:10 -0400 (EDT) From: Joseph Norton X-X-Sender: jenorton@notron.nortcom.com To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: DECtalk software 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: 2.0.11 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: Well, I don't know if I should admit it or not, but, I got the DECtalk Software RT for Linux. It sounds like crap. Well, a kinder way of putting it might be to say it sounds like an older DECtalk with a cold coming on. But, it does seem to be less resource-intensive than Viavoice and it doesn't appear to need X to run. So, this begs the question, could Speakup be made to run with it. I know Kirk was working on the beginnings of a software speech solution, though I haven't seen a lot about it lately--I'll double-check the archives just to make sure. Does any of you out there know if this thing uses any kind of standard api or is it proprietary? I got it speaking (I piped bash through the "say" program [which they were so kind to include without source for even that]) and it was an interesting experience. But, it does seem like something could be done eventually with it. Again, I am definitely disappointed with the newer DECtalk speech, but, hopefully, it will one day be an option if nothing else. 73 for now.