Re: [orca-list] New Linux user, needing higher quality speech...

[Thomas Ward <thomasward1978 gmail com>]

Hi Krishnakant,
,

No. I believe he is making reference to the Vocalizer voices that are
available for Jaws and other Windows screen readers. Samantha is a
very popular voice and is available on Windows, Mac, and iOS, but of
course is not available for Linux that I am aware of.


On 5/15/15, kk <krmane gmail com> wrote:
> Samathma and Sarita?
> Which are these voices?  can I use it with Orca?
> How to install them?
> And well, NVDA also uses Espeak for sure.
> Happy hacking.
> Krishnakant.
>
>
>
> On Friday 15 May 2015 09:28 AM, Daniel Hawkins wrote:
> > Hello everyone!
> >
> > Hi my name is Daniel, and this is my first post. I do have to admit, I am
> > completely new with Linux. Back when i could see I have played around with
> > a live Slax cd in highschool, but that was about 15 years ago!
> >
> > Now as a completely blind person I havethe live CD of VInux. I already
> > have experience with Mac Voiceover, IOS, JAWS and NVDA. I was playing
> > around with the Orca screenreader, and one problem I am having is the
> > ESpeak voice. I am considered profound deaf, but I use a hearingaid to
> > help me hear. I can understand some voices, and there are voices I do not
> > understand. The voices that comes with Orca by default acually hurts my
> > ears or not clear enough for me. The Samathma voice or the Sarita voice is
> > a bit understandable, but so far ESpeak is the best on the preloaded
> > default.
> >
> > So, my question is, is there a higher quality voice that I can easily
> > install? I have heard of the festival voices, but I heard that it is only
> > for command line right?
> >
> > I have been doing a lot of research, and i am afraide to say, I know
> > nothing about command lines, and i see a lot of Linux command are command
> > line driven.
> >
> > Any info on this I would greatly appreciate this, Thanks!
> > Daniel Hawkins
> > - Posted from my Macbook Pro
> >
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