***SPAM*** Re: Text-To-Speech on Phones: Nuance Talks

[Glenn Ervin]

Lorenzo Taylor wrote:
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> Actually, if portaudio could be ported, then espeak wouldn't have to
> output to wav files.  And it shouldn't be too difficult to port eSpeak
> itself.  It's already been ported to windows and I have successfully
> experimented with the windows version along with the open source NVDA
> screen reader on a family member's box.  This family member
> unfortunately isn't ready to try Linux yet.  So eSpeak seems portable
> enough that it just may work on a phone as well as long as portaudio
> can be ported, and I would guess by the name portaudio that it should
> be at least somewhat portable.
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> Lorenzo


There is at least one version of Linux running on PDAs, but I don't know how 
to compile in Speakup into a distro, if that is the correct terminology.
I have wondered now for a few years, why nobody has put Speakup into one of 
those distros.
Glenn