Text to Speech Reader Idea for Fedora 9 and beyond

[Jim Nanney]

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Akregator supports TTS reading of RSS articles, perhaps it would be
simpler to add ogg export to akregator.

Or maybe a plugin for liferea (LInux FEed REAder) could be written.

As for language tools, kde has a bunch in the education packages.  Check
out http://edu.kde.org/kvoctrain

These certainly aren't comparative to the commercial language packages,
but they are a good starting point.


Daniel Kretschmer wrote:
> +1
> 
> Another good idea would be a language text tool. I haven´t found programs
> for Linux. It would be a step forward in this direction, the programs
> involved by default. So far there is such language text tools only for
> Windows systems. Many firms use this tools. I think it would be a great free
> or low cost tool to have on Fedora! :)
> 
> Regards Daniel
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DanielKretschmer
> 
> 
> 2007/11/14, Markus McLaughlin <hudsonman35 at gmail.com>:
>> Text to Speech Integration Idea for Fedora 9 and beyond
>> An idea occurred to me when I was walking my Dog last night, there is NO
>> text to speech RSS reader available in Linux!  What I mean by that is I am a
>> NEWS Junkie, it would be so SO cool if there was an Open Source Text to
>> Speech RSS Reader which converts a News RSS feed to speech which is then
>> processed into an OGG, AAC, or MP3 file that can be put on any mp3 player!
>>  So for instance Late Breaking News is available from the BBC News RSS
>> feeds, a text to speech reader would translate the
>> feed to a male or female British accented voice, which is then recorded
>> instantly to mp3, aac, or ogg!
>> Then the reader moves the file to an Ipod or any other mp3 player out
>> there via built-in Ipod compatible plug-in.  It would also be able to do the
>> same with CNN with American accented female or male voices. I hope this idea
>> doesn't fall on "deaf" ears, I think it would be a great free or low cost
>> tool to have on Fedora!
>>
>> Mark McLaughlin
>> linuxglobe.wordpress.com
>> Hudson, MA, USA
>>
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