There is enough documentation for a new TTS to be written. It’s sparse, but it is there. It’s simply a question of who will write the speech manager plug-in.
FMM, I appreciate that Apple and followers are opposed to anything retro, but I think there’s both enough evidence and enough interest to support the idea that some people will find a genuine formant synthesiser for OS X worthwhile. I have said as much to Apple. You could do the same. I too would love to see Eloquence, though even DECTalk would be better than Fred. There is a reason why these TTS engines have withstood the test of time, and great as Alex is, he is still concatenative, so he simply cannot accurately pronounce subtle words, especially foreign-derived ones, or work at the insane rates achievable on the dark side. JMO. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
