Hi! Well, to be honest I can stand e-speak quite well. And to me braille is more important than Speech. /A
> 16 apr. 2021 kl. 07:01 skrev Linux for blind general discussion > <[email protected]>: > > Wow, fix your spacebar and try again. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Linux for blind general discussion <[email protected]> > To: Linux for blind general discussion <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2021 04:46:53 -0000 > Subject: Would you be interested in having natural sounding TTS voices by > Readspeaker on Linux? demo link included > >> > Hi everyone, > This is SL. > Some of you may remember that lastmonth, Chime and I were trying to find a > way to legally port Ivonavoices to Linux. > We have been in communications withReadspeaker, a company which creates its > own quality TTS voices andis also an official distributor of Ivona. > Unfortunately, due torestrictions and incompatibility, we are unable to bring > Ivona toLinux at this time. > However, Readspeaker is willing to considerthe possibility of working with us > to bring their own high fidelityReadspeaker brand voices to Linux as a TTS > option to use with Linuxscreenreaders if there is enough interest in the > community and if theventure would be commercially viable. > Right now, we are onlysending this to the Blinux list, so please do not > forward it, as thisis not an official survey. > If there is confirmed interest withinthe Blinux list as a baseline sample > group, then we would send anofficial survey which would be reviewed by > Readspeaker beforehand,and widely dispersed amongst multiple blind Linux/tech > groups to gageinterest, pricing, language preferences, screenreader > preferencesetc. > Right now, we simply want to know if anyone else on thislist would want to > have Readspeaker voices to use as a TTS option forLinux screenreaders before > engaging in any further outreachefforts. > We first need to know that we are not the only ones whothink it would be > worth it to have Readspeaker's high fidelity voiceson Linux. > If there is enough interest in this potential project,it would likely be a > model similar to Voxin, where the consumer paysa yet-to-be-determined fee to > have their choice of Readspeaker voicefor their Linux screenreader. > We can refine those particulardetails later. > For now, we just want to know if anyone on thisBlinux list would be > interested in having Readspeaker voices on Linuxfor a more natural sounding > TTS experience. > If so, then we wouldknow whether to confirm interest with Readspeaker and > work on anofficial survey which would help us determine price range and > whichlanguages to focus on etc. > So, in this email we are including adirect link where you can listen to demos > of Readspeaker voices andwe ask that you let us know if you would be > interested in havingReadspeaker TTS on Linux. > Please abide by Readspeaker's termsand conditions which prohibit the > recording of said demos. > Inthis email there is a direct link to Readspeaker's official demo pageon > their website which features a variety of voices to sample. Justselect which > voice you want to hear in the combo box, then press"listen". > This link is preferable as you can accessmultiple voices which can be > included in a Linux compatibleSDK. > However, you will need to use Firefox in Graphical toaccess it. If you have > the ability to use graphical Firefox, pleasedo as this will give you the > largest variety of choices. > Weunderstand that some users may be accustomed to only using Consolebrowsers, > and some multi media websites that work just fine withGraphical Firefox will > not render on Lynx. > If you areexclusively a Console user and cannot use Graphical Firefox to > access the link below in this email,Readspeaker sent us two mp3 files, one > with a sample of a US Englishvoice, and the other with a sample of a UK > English voice for Consoleusers to listen to if they cannot switch to > Graphical and use Firefoxto access Readspeaker's official demo page on their > website. > > It is ourunderstanding that mp3 files cannot be posted to this mailinglist. > (If this is incorrect, I can send a second email with the mp3 files if mp3 > files are allowed on the Blinux list). Otherwise, if anyone on this list is > exclusively a Console user and cannotaccess the link to Readspeaker's demo > page included in this message,please feel free to email me, SL, at my email > address which I willpost at the bottom of this message and I can send the two > mp3 filesto you. > > > However, the mp3files are only one sample of a US English voice, and one > sample of aUK English voice. They are created for Console users who > cannotaccess Readspeaker's official demo page which has the full variety > ofvoices. > > Even if you are a graphical user, you may still want to listen tothe two mp3 > files because even though they are only a sample of two select voices as > compared to the variety on the demo web page, they read a very long sample of > text and itcan help you get a feel for the flow. So anyone who wants to > listento the mp3 files, just email me. > > If you have theability to use Graphical Firefox on your setup, please use > Graphicalto click on the direct link to Readspeaker's demo page included > belowin this email, which offers the full variety of voices, multiple options > for US English, multiple options for UKEnglish, as well as other languages. > If you would like to hear longertext read in two select voices, email me for > the mp3 files. > Graphicalusers please click this link to Readspeaker's official demo web > page,select any voice from the combobox list and press"listen": > > https://www.readspeaker.com/text-to-speech-demo/ > > Consoleusers, if you cannot access Readspeaker's official demo page andwould > like to listen to two mp3 samples, also to graphical users whowould just like > to listen to the mp3 files which read a rather longpiece of text where you > can really get acquainted with the flow, feelfree to contact SL at: > > > [email protected] > > > > Thanks for your timeand we look forward to your feedback, > SL and Chime > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list [email protected] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
