plan for software dectalk?

[Kenny Hitt]

The Linux demo works fine here.  I have it working with emacspeak and
gnopernicus.  It's the best software synth I've found so far in Linux.
$50 for a Linux version beats the $300 I payed for the Windows version
in 1998.

          Kenny

On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 12:54:58PM -0700, Tyler Spivey wrote:
> most of us can't afford software dectalk. $50 is a lot, and in canada it's
> doubled since it's probably in american dollars.
> the linux demo doesn't work, so i don't have any good way to try it.
> the windows demo is... so-so, but very limiting.
> i hate having to load windows. i only use it for games, and maybe the
> occasional test of a new screen reader  that i find - which is not very
> good.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <jacobs at surferie.net>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 12:22 PM
> Subject: plan for software dectalk?
> 
> 
> > Hi speakup developers:
> > Just wondering if there are plans for speakup to support the linux version
> > of software dectalk, or whether it's even possible. It's really the only
> > good software synth for linux as far as voice quality goes, imho, unless
> by
> > some miracle festival develops a sudden improvement. Are there plans to
> > support it at all? Is it even possible, given the way speakup is designed?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
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