[orca-list] converting text to audio and a text editor with six key braille approach

[sathyan <sath linux gmail com>]

Dear friends,

In order to convert text to audio we can use Sharada braille writer. Actually sharada-braille-writer is a tool for producing text using six key approach of braille. One can use f d s j k l of ordinary key board for producing text in English, hindi, malayalam, tamil, kannada, spanish. This tool has the facility for converting text to wave files.

One can choose the length of the files and numbfor of files and also pitch and rate.

Please note that sbw can handle grade 2 and grade 3 contractions in English and also one can add new languages to it very easily.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/sbrw/