From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix, from userid 65534) id 87FC4382BAE; Wed, 10 Feb 2021 15:54:11 -0500 (EST) Received: from server2.shellworld.net (server2.shellworld.net [66.172.12.120]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2610D382842 for ; Wed, 10 Feb 2021 15:54:11 -0500 (EST) Received: by server2.shellworld.net (Postfix, from userid 1005) id 7505D621C40; Wed, 10 Feb 2021 20:53:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server2.shellworld.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FAFE621C2B; Wed, 10 Feb 2021 15:53:38 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2021 15:53:38 -0500 (EST) From: Karen Lewellen To: Mike Ray cc: speakup@linux-speakup.org Subject: Re: Speakup and Linux Smart Watches In-Reply-To: <6d15c3cc-467b-47a4-6feb-306bbcbcc821@raspberryvi.org> Message-ID: References: <1350da8d-032f-a6a5-80cf-ed43534797e5@raspberryvi.org> <6d15c3cc-467b-47a4-6feb-306bbcbcc821@raspberryvi.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="-1404930036-1237790468-1612990418=:182168" X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 List-Id: This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. ---1404930036-1237790468-1612990418=:182168 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Not if one has an auditory processing disorder. stimulates the dizzy centres of my brain actually, adding the reputation=20 for poor quality, even noted on their voice file pages, and clearly I am= =20 not alone in my view. On Wed, 10 Feb 2021, Mike Ray wrote: > > > IMHO there is nothing poor about eSpeak. It is the single best thing > that ever happened to computer accessibility bar none. > > > > On 10/02/2021 20:41, Karen Lewellen wrote: >> 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.=C2=A0 This might be a >>>> perfect platform on which to run a speakup instance. >>>> >>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0One concept idea I read about used an ARM-base= d processor >>>> like the raspberry Pi and even was supposed to support WiFi. >>>> >>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0If one needed 8 talking timers with each one p= laying 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.=C2=A0 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. >>>> >>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0The WiFi would let your=C2=A0 watch keep itsel= f 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. >>>> >>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0Has anybody done this already and, if so, what= platform >>>> does it run on? >>>> >>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0The 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 >>>> >>> >>> >>> --=C2=A0 >>> Michael A. Ray >>> Analyst/Programmer >>> Witley, Surrey, South-east UK >>> >>> "Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but whe= n >>> there is nothing left to take away." -- A. de Saint-Exupery >>> >>> >>> https://cromarty.github.io/ >>> http://eyesfreelinux.ninja/ >>> http://www.raspberryvi.org/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > > > --=20 > 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/ > > > > ---1404930036-1237790468-1612990418=:182168--