Re: [orca-list] the inevitable newby questions

[Jonathan Duddington <jonsd jsd clara co uk>]

On 23 Oct, Rusty Perez <rustys lists gmail com> wrote:

> Anyway, that out of the way. I've got gutsy running on a little old
> machine about 450 mhz, not sure how much ram.

> First off, espeak seems to studder sometimes. Is that just my slow
> machine or can something be done about this?

eSpeak should be OK on a 450 MHz processor.  I also run it here OK on a
200 MHz ARM processor.  But if other programs are taking all the
processor power, then that may be the problem.

> Also, is there any way to use a speech synth which is a little easier
> on the ears.

You may get used to it :-)
I regularly listen to the eSpeak "en" voice for an hour, reading news
articles and blog entries.