[orca-list] Viavoice open source was Re: Orca improvments

[Kenny Hitt <kenny hittsjunk net>]

Hi.  Viavoice in Linux is definitely not open source.
It has bugs that were fixed in Windows back in the late 90's.  The people who sell it now can't fix them in 
linux because they only have binaries from IBM.
For example, you can crash the Linux version with a text string.  That problem has been fixed in the Windows 
version for almost 10 years now.

          kenny

On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 02:35:17PM -0400, Herzog wrote:
> > > Let's bring this discussion back on track and focus on whether there are
> > > Orca
> > > bugs that need fixing. 
> My thought is that IBM's viva-voice was declared free-open source , and 
> it is similar to a voice that many of us have become accustomed to, to 
> the point that I can hear it 5 times faster than the present Orca's.  I 
> once paid only $5 for a copy, but it took a Linux expert to install it, 
> and all was crashed when I had to reinstall Ubuntu.
> .
> So if it is really free now, perhaps Eloquence-VivaVoice-TTSsynth (Seem 
> to be three names for the same "Paul" voice.). could be added to the 
> Orca options, or Ubuntu add/remove; or Something easier than present.
>        Or after 5 years listening, I may get the present Orca voice 
> learned enough to speed read!       Will Herzog
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