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

[Josh K <joshknnd1982 gmail com>]

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On 5/14/2015 11:58 PM, 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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