You could loo at Project Possibilities PowerReader project http://projectpossibility.org/viewProject.php?id=1
It's Java + Free-TTS but I don't know the state on *nix. Perhaps GNOME could pick it up? Steve 2008/9/3 Willie Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Jonh: > > Most speech synthesizers come with a standalone application that will take a > text file as input. eSpeak, for example, provides the 'espeak' application > that takes a '-f' parameter that lets you specify a file. > > I suspect, however, that this is pretty insufficient for most heavy speech > users. Is there something else that you have in mind? > > Will > > Jonh Wendell wrote: >> >> On Qua, 2008-09-03 at 00:15 +0100, Calum Benson wrote: >>> >>> On 2 Sep 2008, at 18:51, Jonh Wendell wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, folks. >>>> >>>> Is there any text reader integrated with GNOME? >>> >>> Yes: Orca, which has been part of GNOME since 2.16, when it replaced >>> gnopernicus. >>> >>> <http://live.gnome.org/Orca> >> >> Actually I mean a text reader in the sense that you could choose a text >> file or just type some sentence and let the computer read it for you. >> Orca is a screen reader. >> >> Cheers, > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-accessibility-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list > -- Steve Lee Open Source Assistive Technology Software and Accessibility fullmeasure.co.uk _______________________________________________ gnome-accessibility-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list
