From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx-4.csir.co.za ([146.64.10.99] helo=apollo.csir.co.za) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1FSx0X-0003OE-00 for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 10:04:45 -0400 Received: from localhost.localdomain ([146.64.19.125]) by apollo.csir.co.za (8.13.6/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k3AE4Pjo003078 for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:04:26 +0200 Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k3AE2m4I023465 for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:02:48 +0200 Received: from localhost (wvdwalt@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) with ESMTP id k3AE2mXT023447 for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:02:48 +0200 X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.localdomain: wvdwalt owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:02:48 +0200 (SAST) From: Willem van der Walt X-X-Sender: wvdwalt@localhost.localdomain To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Espeaks Software Synth In-Reply-To: <20060410125311.GA8875@taylor.homelinux.net> Message-ID: References: <20060410125311.GA8875@taylor.homelinux.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-CSIR-MailScanner-Information: Please contact sys-admin at csir dot co dot za for more information X-CSIR-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-From: wvdwalt@csir.co.za 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: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 14:04:46 -0000 I agree, espeak is good for what it is. One should be able to get past the locking problem with other sound by making espeak produce a temporary .wav file and aplaying it through dmix. This would require that the other application, the one producing the other sound, also can be convinsed to go through dmix. Regards, Willem On Mon, 10 Apr 2006, Lorenzo Taylor wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I find Espeak quite easy to listen to when compared to Flite or > Festival. And it's much smaller than either one. The only problem I > have so far is that when you try to use it while playing a sound on a > single-channel sound card, it tends to lock so you have to manually kill > it before you can use it again. But Espeak does seem to be in active > development, so maybe this can be fixed soon. Otherwise, this is about > the best free open source synth I have heard. > > Lorenzo > - -- > Are you sure the back door is locked? > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFEOlU3G9IpekrhBfIRAm3aAJ4/+6Z7XBBVEJ0+PFqAlNQhlE9r8QCfapC4 > VNXGewPKPtsV7KhN9CKHMYg= > =QHDl > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- This message is subject to the CSIR's copyright, terms and conditions and e-mail legal notice. Views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of the CSIR. CSIR E-mail Legal Notice http://mail.csir.co.za/CSIR_eMail_Legal_Notice.html CSIR Copyright, Terms and Conditions http://mail.csir.co.za/CSIR_Copyright.html For electronic copies of the CSIR Copyright, Terms and Conditions and the CSIR Legal Notice send a blank message with REQUEST LEGAL in the subject line to HelpDesk@csir.co.za. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks Transtec Computers for their support.