Re: [orca-list] Trisquel GNU/Linux 6.0 LTS is out in pre-release edition

[Jason White <jason jasonjgw net>]

Kyle <kyle4jesus gmail com> wrote:
> I wouldn't touch that synthesizer with a moon rocket. First of all,
> it's so old it can't possibly work with most modern systems without
> all kinds of compatibility layers and old C libraries that introduce
> possible security vulnerabilities in your system. Also, it was never
> designed to run on a modern 64-bit system, so you will need
> additional 32-bit libraries to make it work. This in itself is
> usually not an issue, but again, that means more compatibility
> layers and more possible problems. Lastly, no one seems to have the
> source code for this old thing, and no one seems to care, meaning
> that the code is unmaintained and full of bugs, and no one can
> rebuild it against the new modern system libraries or fix the bugs
> in the code. Therefore, from a technical support standpoint, I
> cannot in good conscience recommend using Voxin, or any other name
> by which this particular speech synthesizer is known. 

If it were known who held the copyright, it might be possible to raise enough
money to have the source code released under an open licence.

The problem, however, is that there's a history of mergers and acquisitions
associated with this synthesizer and I have no idea who holds the rights to
it, so I think it's a lost cause that will never see maintenance.

There are completely free and open-source options, however, as has been
mentioned in this discussion already.