Re: [orca-list] gnome-speech-drivers

[Willem van der Walt <wvdwalt csir co za>]

Hi,
Freetts can likely be run using some open-source java, but it sounds like 
flite, so i do not think it is a good thing to spend energy on.
As I understand it, Freetts is a java version of flite almost.
Regards, Willem


On Tue, 24 Jun 2008, Luke Yelavich wrote:

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> Hi Mattias
> On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 05:41:27AM EST, mattias wrote:
> > i have ubuntu
> > way only ubuntu have debs for swift , dectalk, espeak , festival
> > and not for
> > freettsloquendo 
> > etc etc
>
> Gnome-speech has drivers for several speech synthesizers, some of which are free/open source, and some of 
> which are proprietary. Espeak and festival are two completely free and open source speech synthesizers.  
> FreeTTS is open source, but as far as I understand it, still requires a java compiler that is not open 
> source, however I need to confirm this on the FreeTTS website. If and when FreeTTS is buildable with a 
> completely open java environment, I will endever to get this speech synthesizer into Ubuntu.
>
> As for loquendo, there is no package to help set up that synthesizer simply because I don't have a license 
> for that synthesizer, and therefore haven't put any effort into making a package available to more easily 
> set up and use that synthesizer. If anybody can help me with this, I would much appreciate it, as offering 
> a package for loquendo users would be nice.
>
> There was a package for ibmtts/viavoice, however as of Ubuntu hardy, a needed library for use with ibmtts 
> is no longer available, as the library is rather obsolete. The voxin package makes this library available 
> with their distribution package, as well as packages for use with Ubuntu and gnome-speech.
>
> I hope this answers your question.
>
> Luke
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