Thanks for the reply. No, I merely threw ESpeak out there as an example. Any Linux speech synthesizer would work. The only one synthesizer I wouldn’t recommend is, as you mentioned, the online ones. That would make it dependent on an internet connection and not as self-contained as I would imagine. Sadly, I no longer own a hardware synthesizer of my own. I did have a working one but gave it to a friend who was in need of one. I have been searching EBay, without luck, for another. That is interesting about musicians. I never knew that. Well hopefully someone who is versed in this type of software development may want to take up this project. Frank
> On Sep 15, 2025, at 4:37 AM, Adrian Godwin via cctalk <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Do you think espeak is the most suitable, or just a convenient example ? > A friend's commercial product used a system from Lernout & Houspie but it's > also something the current AI craze does moderately well (most of the time, > anyway..), often using an online server. > > There are several open source choices too, as well as espeak and those > fairly expensive commercial systems. > > I have collected a couple of external synths - A Votrax and a later DECTalk > than the one in your link. I understand these are also in demand by > musicians for their characteristic sound. I don't know if that's another > market for your idea - I would have thought a DAW would provide a good > environment for a software synth but they seem to like the DECTalk. >
