Re: [orca-list] sapi

[mattias jonsson <mjonsson1986 gmail com>]

but the ivona sold by harpo are smaller versions


På 20 november 2018 11:56:10 fm Didier Spaier <didier slint fr> skrev:

> Hi Jeanette,
>
> AFAIK sapi is now only provided for Windows, cf.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Speech_API
> Also, Ivona voices are now distributed by two vendors:
> https://www.textaloud.com/
> https://harposoftware.com/en/2-main/s-1/index/brand-ivona
>
> But AFAIK there is synthesizer able to use them for Linux
> at time of writing.
>
> Best,
> Didier
>
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Speech_API
> On 20/11/2018 11:15, Jeanette C. wrote:
> > Hello Didier,
> > Nov 20 2018, Didier Spaier has written:
> > ...
> > > Let us know which voices you want, so that we can tell if it will be
> > > available and through which the supported synthesizers.
> > ...
> > I wasn't asking, but reading with great interest. I have used the Ivona
> > voices (German mainly, but would have loved to get an English one as
> > well). They are - or were - SAPI5 voices with an online registration
> > requirement, supported by the former sapi4linux, through Xvfb mouse
> > positioning and clicking in a browser.
> >
> > Would that be something we might see in the foreseeable future?
> >
> > Thanks and best wishes,
> >
> > Jeanette
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