From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix, from userid 65534) id A99BE382842; Wed, 10 Feb 2021 15:41:49 -0500 (EST) Received: from server2.shellworld.net (server2.shellworld.net [66.172.12.120]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 376AD380EB2 for ; Wed, 10 Feb 2021 15:41:49 -0500 (EST) Received: by server2.shellworld.net (Postfix, from userid 1005) id 7AF4A621C40; Wed, 10 Feb 2021 20:41:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server2.shellworld.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77AA4621C2B; Wed, 10 Feb 2021 15:41:13 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2021 15:41:13 -0500 (EST) From: Karen Lewellen To: Mike Ray cc: speakup@linux-speakup.org Subject: Re: Speakup and Linux Smart Watches In-Reply-To: <1350da8d-032f-a6a5-80cf-ed43534797e5@raspberryvi.org> Message-ID: References: <1350da8d-032f-a6a5-80cf-ed43534797e5@raspberryvi.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 List-Id: and where would the smart watch quality speech come from? Software speech in Linux remains rather poor. On Wed, 10 Feb 2021, Mike Ray wrote: > > > Why would a Linux smart watch be running a tty? > > > > > On 10/02/2021 14:38, Martin McCormick wrote: >> I've been looking for an inexpensive talking watch that doesn't >> fall apart in 3 months and noticed that various entities are >> trying to make linux-based smart watches. This might be a >> perfect platform on which to run a speakup instance. >> >> One concept idea I read about used an ARM-based processor >> like the raspberry Pi and even was supposed to support WiFi. >> >> If one needed 8 talking timers with each one playing a >> different tune when it timed out, you might have to write the app >> yourself, but the only limitation would be your imagination and >> available RAM. If next week, you only needed one talking timer >> but this timer should announce it's time at 2 minutes, 2 minutes >> 37 seconds and finally 3 minutes and 27 seconds, you zap the 8 talking timers >> and upload your new special talking timer executable. >> >> The WiFi would let your watch keep itself set via ntpd. >> After all, it's a watch and the linux is the power tool that lets >> you leap tall buildings at a single bound. >> >> Has anybody done this already and, if so, what platform >> does it run on? >> >> The concept idea I read that used the ARM was written >> over a year ago and, as far as I know, is still only a concept. >> >> Martin McCormick >> > > > -- > Michael A. Ray > Analyst/Programmer > Witley, Surrey, South-east UK > > "Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when > there is nothing left to take away." -- A. de Saint-Exupery > > > https://cromarty.github.io/ > http://eyesfreelinux.ninja/ > http://www.raspberryvi.org/ > > > >