Re: [orca-list] Orca and Synthesizers

[Alex Midence <alex midence gmail com>]

Svox Pico is quite popular if you can put it on w/o it crashing on you from time to time.  It can be added 
through speech dispatcher.  Espeak is actually quite nice though.  You can configure it so that it uses the 
mbrola voice by default if you absolutely must have a human sounding voice.  Be aware that that kind of voice 
may not perform as nicely at higher rates of speed.  Espeak may not be the most pleasant-sounding voice out 
there but it is quite reliable.  

Alex M


-----Original Message-----
From: orca-list [mailto:orca-list-bounces gnome org] On Behalf Of José Vilmar Estácio de Souza
Sent: Monday, August 31, 2015 4:15 PM
To: Lee Jones; orca-list gnome org
Subject: Re: [orca-list] Orca and Synthesizers

Yes, voxin is installed from the command line, but in my opinion, the installation is very easy.

On 08/31/2015 06:10 PM, Lee Jones wrote:
> Dear List, thanks for the answers to my previous questions.  I think I am going to go with sonar, but  the 
> stumbling block could be synthesizers.  I have never been a fan of espeak. What synthesizers are available 
> for orca and can they be installed through the GUI or do you have to use the command line, which would be 
> daunting as a total beginner.  What is speech dispatcher?  I read online that to install the festival 
> synthesizer you have to type the command festvox-kallpc16k Can some kind soul explain why this sequence of 
> letters installs the festival speech synthesizer?  I know there are cepstral voices that can be purchased, 
> but the only instructions  I can find for installing them use the command line and involve creating a file 
> with another long list of letters.  Where does the file have to be created?  Vinux sells a synthesizer 
> called voxin.  Is this installed through the command line as well?
>
> Many Thanks, Lee
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