Re: [orca-list] Incorporating Acapella Voices or Infovox iVox

[mattias <mjonsson1986 gmail com>]

ok if i remember right
it requere both client and server?
On 11/06/12 19:26, Bohdan R. Rau wrote:
> W dniu 2012-11-06 17:10, Alex Midence napisaÅ(a):
> > Hate to be the bearer of ill tidings but, last I heard this was
> > simply not possible. Open Sapi is supposed to be pretty buggy.
>
> Open Sapi is not buggy - it's simple only idea how to use Windows SAPI 
> voices in Linux, and it's forgotten by author.
> Some time ago I published this information, I'll repeat again:
>
> 1) I prepared patch to Open Sapi to work natively in Linux (in fact, 
> only change was the synthesized wave is not played on Windows audio 
> system, but it's returned to calling Linux process).
> 2) I wrote speech-dispatcher module Milvona (sorry, only for Polish 
> language) working with Orca and Ivona SAPI voice. It's rather slow, 
> but Ivona has some limitations and probably with other synthesizers 
> speed would be acceptable.
>
> Conclusion:
>
> 1) It's possible to have access to Windows voices in Linux (in fact, 
> we need only one Windows C++ programmer - I tried to create Windows 
> part in Python, but there was overkill - about 80 MB of libraries to 
> run program which fits in 50 lines)
>
> 2) It's possible to use SAPI voices in Orca (in fact we need only one 
> Linux programmer familiar with speech-dispatcher).
>
> If you can find this Windows programmer - I can help with creating 
> Linux part. Sorry - I have practically no experience with Windows.
>
> ethanak