Converting text to mp3

[Linux for blind general discussion]

I am going to change the subject line  so the person seeking their 
solution need not have their thread hijacked.



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

> Fair point.
>
> As regards the keyboard, I agree with the main keyboard philosophy, and
> in fact speakup does allow you to customize it to use the main keyboard instead of the
> keypad. However, it took me a while to customize it to my liking and
> required quite a bit of study and generating of personal keymaps, so
> might not be of any interest to those who aren't comfortable making
> some low level modifications.
>
> On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 08:16:08PM -0500, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>> Which may illustrate my point.
>> I can use those without changing what I have now.
>> Speaking personally if Linux does not provide equal access to both hardware
>> and  software speech, in both its command line and graphical platforms, I am
>> unsure  just where the advantage is for me personally.
>> One thing I personally disliked with speakup, at least the times I tried it
>> years back was the need to remove my hands from the keyboard for many
>> things.
>> That may not hold true all the way around, but I am a solid typist and do
>> not like having to remove may hands, say use the number pad, if I want as I
>> work content.
>> That is me though, which is one magical thing about personal computers.
>> everyone brings their desires and usage goals to their machines.
>> Which to my mind again personally means Linux should, if it actually can, be
>> flexible enough for all choices to work in it command line and graphical.
>> Karen
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 26 Jan 2022, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>>
>>> I don't use Firefox. I use a text based browser, either lynx, w3m, or links (the chain) depending.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 07:48:42PM -0500, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>>>> 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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