Which synth for redhat 9?

[Janina Sajka]

Hi, Sina:

None of the software speech synths will help you use Speakup at this
time. For Speakup, you must have a hardware device. Unless you find one
somewhere on the used market, expect to pay approximately $300 U.S. plus
shipping and any special power supply you might need for an external
Doubletalk LT (or an internal Doubletalk if you happen to have an
available ISA slot). To get a Doubletalk go to:

	http://www.rcsys.com

	If you install Red Hat 9 (Severn) as the Speakup Modified HOWTO
	recommends, Festival will be installed for you and it will be
	usable to the extent that Festival is ever usable. The HOWTO,
	recently revised, is at:

		http://www.linux-speakup.org/ftp/disks/redhat/HOWTO_INSTALL.html

		May I point out that you have two additional, no cost,
		software speech options, namely flite (through the
		eflite flite server)  and freetts. Both
		are available on Source Forge, respectively:

			http://eflite.sf.net
				http://freetts.sf.net

				

Sina Bahram writes:
> From: "Sina Bahram" <sbahram at nc.rr.com>
> 
> Hello, I was wondering if anyone on this list could assist me in picking
> the right synth for redhat 9. I have downloaded and am planning on
> installing redhat 9, and need a software solution for now, until I can
> get some problems fixed in securing a dectalk express. I read the post
> on Aug. 23 and it was recommended to get YASR with flite and eflite, if
> I am not mistaken. I would appreciate to know which synth can support
> 16k voices and exactly what packages I need to get, as I am new to linux
> and the reason for me installing redhat 9 is so that I can familiarize
> myself with the operating system. I have heard of festival and was
> wondering if I need to look into that, or is eflite a substitute for
> festival?
> 
> Thanks again,
> Sina
> 
> 
> 
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				Janina Sajka, Director
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