Converting text to mp3

[Linux for blind general discussion]

Kyle,
i do not consider my hardware decktalk provided via my reading edge to be 
an example of text to speech.
By definition, and there are many, the term, which refers to taking 
information in text format  and  rendering it aloud does not, speaking 
personally,  equal pronunciation ease.
In fact one theory about this has to do with preserving the audiobook 
market.
granted, as  was pointed out in a thread some time ago, I am not likely to 
learn about Linux screen readers, no driver exists for my hardware speech, 
and software synthesizer sources  currently do a number on my brain.
Karen



On Wed, 26 Jan 2022, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:

> That being said, the audiophile in me cannot resist pointing out that 
> pronunciation abilities of tts are of far less quality than those provided by 
> many actual screen readers, at least the ones I have used...which   does 
> not include any for Linux.
>
>
> That being said, the technofile in me cannot resist pointing out the fact 
> that every screen reader for every OS uses nothing but TTS technology to read 
> the screen. Well, I guess BeMyEyes doesn't, but it's not exactly a screen 
> reader, unless you need the volunteer to read a screen for you.
>
> ~ Kyle
>
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