From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from apollo.csir.co.za (mx-4.csir.co.za [146.64.10.99]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADCEF10A29 for ; Mon, 1 Jun 2009 03:38:23 -0400 (EDT) X-CSIR-MailScanner-Watermark: 1244446684.31187@8F88IMX+/Tq6UKHRhkutRg Received: from localhost.localdomain ([146.64.19.125]) by apollo.csir.co.za (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n517c0pT005390 for ; Mon, 1 Jun 2009 09:38:04 +0200 Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n517bgNI008230 for ; Mon, 1 Jun 2009 09:37:42 +0200 Received: from localhost (wvdwalt@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) with ESMTP id n517beQY008187 for ; Mon, 1 Jun 2009 09:37:42 +0200 X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.localdomain: wvdwalt owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 09:37:40 +0200 (SAST) From: Willem van der Walt X-X-Sender: wvdwalt@localhost.localdomain To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: RE: speakup using different synths with software speech? In-Reply-To: <036101c9e24a$63683200$6400a8c0@quan> Message-ID: References: <5D1286E147AA4F92B17EDF969017C6CF@tdsdev><20090531185400.GB10058@localhost.localdomain><20090531192320.GA25139@linux1> <20090531195859.GA5899@grml> <036101c9e24a$63683200$6400a8c0@quan> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0rc1 (apollo.csir.co.za [146.64.10.99]); Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:38:04 +0200 (SAST) X-CSIR-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-CSIR-MailScanner-ID: n517c0pT005390 X-CSIR-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-CSIR-MailScanner-SpamScore: s X-CSIR-MailScanner-From: wvdwalt@csir.co.za X-Spam-Status: No X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 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, 01 Jun 2009 07:38:27 -0000 There is a way to use mbrola voices with espeak. It is more human-sounding, but getting used to espeak standard voice does not take long. Regards, Willem On Sun, 31 May 2009, James Homuth wrote: > Somewhat related, what's the likelyhood of Espeak voices getting > improvements to be more... I'm not sure what the word for it is, other than > human-sounding? That's been one of my main sticking points for why I'm still > with Windows on my primary machine; that, plus I've not until now had time > to test the accessibility of my particular preferred distribution. I did > hear a demonstration a while back of a version of Espeak, and while I could > definitely get used to it, I think I'd like it a whole lot better if it > didn't sound quite as robotic. I'm not saying it should equal eloquence by > any means, but the demo I heard kind of reminded me of the old Echo synths > used on the early Apple computers. Good, but could be better, IMHO. Anyway, > this was more a rambling/curiosity thing and by no means an attempt at > criticism as I've not actually gotten it running locally yet, so for all I > know my version of Espeak could already be improved over the demo I heard. > > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] > On Behalf Of Hermann > Sent: May 31, 2009 3:59 PM > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > Subject: Re: speakup using different synths with software speech? > > am So 31. Mai 2009 um 21:31:02 schrieb William Hubbs : > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Tyler, > > > > I recommend getting used to espeak. The version of eloquence on linux > > is old, buggy, and they are not planning to upgrade it. > > > He can look here: > http://voxin.oralux.net/index.php#main > I've bought a rather new version there a few months ago. > Works pretty well, but to use it with Speakup Speech-Dispatcher is required. > Note: Maybe the Emacspeak-server works as well; I remember having seen > something in the install script. > Hermann > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > 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, e-mail legal notice, and implemented Open Document Format (ODF) standard. The full disclaimer details can be found at http://www.csir.co.za/disclaimer.html. 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.