[orca-list] getting better synthesizers for Ubuntu?

["Brent Harding" <bharding doorpi net>]

I thought I heard that starting in Ubuntu Hardy, we can't recompile 
Gnome-speech any more to include something like TTSynth. I don't really like 
Espeak that well, it gets a person by when it's all that's around, but I'd 
like something else. What packages are they providing with the new speech 
audio system? I heard the choices are limited to Cepstral and Dec Talk, but 
since Phonix sells the older and newer Dec Talk, what are Ubuntu's new 
packages for Gnome-speech packaged for? Given the 3 original choices, I'd 
rather get TTSynth, but if recompiling Gnome-speech is no longer easy 
because of the new Pulse Audio thing, which version of Dec Talk would I have 
to use if I want to replace Espeak? I just thought I'd ask before I bought a 
license for something that won't end up being able to work.

Thanks.