Re: [orca-list] TTSynth and other returning user questions

[Janina Sajka <janina rednote net>]

Hi, Mitchell:

As you've discovered, ttsynth.com is no more. Capital Accessibility has
also closed its doors.

However, all the supporting software previously available at ttsynth.com
is still available via:

http://SpeakupModified.org/ttsynth


hth

Janina

Mitchell Smith writes:
> Hi List,
>
> I am returning to Orca after a couple of years away from it and I have a few returning user questions.
>
> * ttsynth.com <http://ttsynth.com/> is kind of broken? A while back I purchased a ttsynth license, and I 
> just jumped on ttsynth.com <http://ttsynth.com/> to grab the packages, but all the links seem kind of 
> broken, the page is still there but none of the links are clickable, if I click on capital accessibility 
> who appears to own ttsynth.com <http://ttsynth.com/> I get a default WordPress page, have these guys gone 
> out of business, and if so is there an alternate download location I can use with my existing license?
>
> * Desktop environments: so I’m starting with a Debian Jessie minimal install with no desktop environment 
> installed yet, are there any recommendations which is the most accessible? should I stick with a basic 
> gnome install or go for something a bit more light weight like XFCE?
>
> * Speech dispatcher: so obviously I want the most responsive speech possible, is speech dispatcher still 
> the recommended approach?
>
> * Pulseaudio is it still evil? a few years back I remember it was good practice to kill off pulse audio, is 
> that still best practice or should I leave it in place, on a similar thread should I install Jack, I know 
> this is / was the default in Ubuntu Studio as it provided very low latency audio.
>
> I guess I could have just installed from Ubuntu 15.10 and had a ready-to-go desktop environment, but I use 
> Debian everywhere else I may as well stick with it for now.
>
> All comments / feedback / suggestions are extremely welcome, and thanks in advance.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mitch

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