Re: Running Android Voices in Linux?

[Linux for blind general discussion]

Hey Chime,
In my research I came across an Ivona sdk package offered by readspeaker. I 
think you can find it at:
www.readspeaker.com <http://www.readspeak.com>
It says the sdk is compatible with Linux and aimed at developers. 
But I think you probably have to buy it, and then have some software 
development skills to implement it.
 Unfortunately I don't have the programming skills to work with sdk packages 
yet.
I found out about that sdk a while ago and I've had an idea kinda on the back 
burner that I havn't got around to yet. I was thinking that  maybe I could 
reach out to some of the local Linux organizations in my state, maybe visit 
them in person,  and ask around if anyone there is a dev who might be 
interested in forming a project team to make some sort of program that would 
connect the Ivona TTS voices to Orca as well as the Console screenreaders via 
the sdk from Readspeaker. If someone in any of the Linux organizations near me 
would be interested in forming a team, even though I'm a beginner and I don't 
have the programming skills yet, I could at least present the concept, and 
learn from the skilled developers as we go along. 
Its just an idea I've had but I havn't contacted the local Linux organizations 
yet to ask if anyone might be interested in forming a team project for that.
They are general Linux organizations, as far as I know, they do not 
particularly specialize in accessibility.
 But they are near me, and I figured I would start there. Maybe some Linux 
enthusiasts looking for a project to do, might be interested in working with me 
to make it a reality. I know TTS is a bit niche but there are quite a few blind 
Linux users around the world as is evident from the membership of this list, 
and it might even appeal to the sighted mainstream if they had it as an option 
for reading documents or maybe even ebooks etc when Orca already comes built in 
with quite a few Distros, if it had natural Ivona voices as a plugin, it would 
simply be a matter of activating Orca and pressing the keys to read all, and 
anyone could have materials read in a voice that is pleasant to listen to. Of 
course the main purpose would be for accessibility navigation, but everyone 
could benefit from more natural voices. 
Anyways, it sounds like the files you have may be different from the one on 
readspeaker which is an sdk and I think you would have to buy that one and have 
some development background.
Let me know if you've heard about the sdk, I think if you type in duckduckgo 
something like "Ivona Linux sdk readspeaker.com" it will bring it up.
If your files are different then yes, I would definitely be interested if you 
could send me a copy. I don't have the coding skills for software development 
yet and I'm still a beginner myself, but I might be able to reach out to some 
local organizations and see if something could be done with it.
 Who knows, Ivonaspeak3 might be easier to work with than the readspeaker Ivona 
sdk. I really don't know, but it might be worth a try. I'm definitely up for 
reaching out locally to see if anybody would be interested in forming a team 
project. Of course thats no guarantee that I could find any developers who 
would be interested in such a project, but its worth a try and maybe 
Ivonaspeak3 might be easier to work with at least as an option.
To Kyle, yeah I agree that RHVoice is one of the better TTS options for Linux. 
I still want to find some way to get Ivona on Linux though as I think its one 
of the top of the line TTS and since readspeaker says they have an sdk that is 
apparently compatible with Linux, then I want to find out some way to do that, 
even though I don't have the skills yet, I want to find someone who does.
But in regards to RHVoice, my favorites are two female voices, I don't remember 
their names right off hand. CLT? SLT? Maybe? I don't have the names in front of 
me at the moment so I don't know but I think its something along those lines. 
Anyways, they are included in Slint. And I've been trying to get them on my 
Linux Mint MATE OS.
I installed RHVoice for English on Linux Mint but it only has one default male 
voice. 
Do you have any idea how to get the two female voices on an Ubuntu based 
system? I've tried but it seems that the instructions on git hub for installing 
those particular english female voices from RHVoice, the instructions are 
actually in a different language that I don't understand. So I only have the 
one default male English voice.
Thanks,
SL
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