Re: [orca-list] State of development of the Opensapi project

[Hank Smith <hanksmith hanksmith net>]

Hello how do you get ivona for linux?
I can't find a demo or a purchase page on there website.
Hank
On 6/22/2012 10:55 PM, Bohdan R. Rau wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 08:51:49 +0200, Petr BlÃha wrote:
> > does anybody know what is the state of the opensapi project
> > development, was it cancelled or is it still in progress?
> Project looks like simply forgotten - I tried to contact authors but 
> with no effect.
>
> > So i would like to ask you, if someone have experience with Opensapi,
> > can you tell mo how it really works and what may i do to make it work
> > with windows voices in my Ubuntu 12.04?
>
> I experimented with Ivona (windows version). Instalation is relatively 
> simple, as Ivona installers are self-voicing. On Ubuntu 12.04 due to 
> unknown reason I must install SAPI again after installing Ivona.
> I had also some Ivona-specific issues (demo version does not work on 
> Ubuntu 12.04, but it's not very big problem as Ivona users should have 
> license).
>
> > Or is there any other solution to use native windows voices in linux?
>
> I tried to make Opensapi more usable. I added new functionality to 
> opensapi server code, and I wrote simple C library for retrieving data 
> from server. I also wrote speech-dispatcher module working with Ivona 
> voices (Polish language only) which uses sonic to change pitch and 
> rate. As my code is Polish language specific - probably it may be not 
> directly usable to non-Polish speakers, but may be good start point 
> for developers.
>
> All related files you can download from my website:
>
> http://tts.polip.com/files/ivol_sapi51.tar.gz - all you need to run 
> opensapi server on Wine or Windows
> http://tts.polip.com/files/libivolektor-0.1.10.tar.gz - C library for 
> communication with opensapi server and native Ivona
> http://tts.polip.com/files/sd_milvona-0.1.7.tar.gz - sound-dispatcher 
> module for Polish speakers (Milena and Ivona)
> http://tts.polip.com/files/milena-0.2.53.8.tar.gz - natural text 
> preprocessor for Polish language (needed for milvona module)
>
> ethanak