software synthesizers with yasr

[Martin Courcelles]

Hi There:
There's always the Cepstral option.  The voice are not free, but virutally.  
They're about 35 bucks each, they sound good and support linux.
You can try out demos and downloads at:

http://cepstral.com/cgi-bin/downloads
Martin


> Date:        Tue, 7 Dec 2004 08:23:26 -0500
> From:        Janina Sajka <janina at rednote.net>
> To:        Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> ReplyTo:    Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> Subject:    Re: software synthesizers with yasr
> 
> I agree with you Mario. As for your conclusion, I've been trying on the
> either part, as I'm not capable of the or part.
> 
> Mario Lang writes:
> > Janina Sajka <janina at rednote.net> writes:
> >
> > > He was asking about free software tts. DEC Talk isn't free. The only
> > > other free that I am aware of is Free TTS:
> > >
> > > http://freetts.sf.net
> >
> > Oh yeah, free as in "Free for you if you control the Java license". >
> > And nowadays, they even managed to port Sphinx over to Java. >
> > I really really hate Sun for these obvious strategic moves. > If Java
> were truly free, no one would object.
> > But thats how market share aquisation goes it seems.
> >
> > Look at what we got:  FreeTTS, Sphinx and for OpenOffice, we need the
> Java > Access Bridge.  That is 3 major accessibility related components
> > which are based on top of Java, and therefore prevent
> > distributors who truly care for Free Software from
> > integrating these components.  I've tried several times to compile >
> these three things on top of a truly free java implementation, but > it
> seems they're doing their best to prevent this from working > by using
> the latest and "greatest" Java SDK tech in their code. >
> > All in all, Sun is obviously trying to make Java a required >
> component of your computer system when it comes to Accessibility. > I
> guess thats what one gets out of a deal by investing
> > efforts into it, but it is amazing how no one seems to realize > this,
> or seems to do anything about it.
> >
> > Either Sun changes its license for Java such that it is
> > more easily redistributable, or we'll have to ensure that
> > the Java components in the Accessibility area do run
> > on Free Java Alternatives.  Something has to be done.
> >
> > --
> > CYa,
> >    Mario
> >
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