Converting text to mp3

[Linux for blind general discussion]

Rudy,
As an example, may I ask what edition  of  Firefox you are running with 
that  dectalk Express?
Karen



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

> Karen,
> I use Linux speakup with a Dectalk express speech synthesizer. And I believe speakup also handles the
> slot card version of dectalk though you'll need a desktop PC that supports it, so the software is there.
>
>
> Rudy
>
> On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 05:22:35PM -0500, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>> 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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