it would be possible to do this form of work. all it would be a case of is 
exporting code and implementing a few changes to work with the mac speech 
engine support infrastructure. it would be legal as well as long as 
authorisation was granted from the developers. I know IBM are quite a willing 
company.

lew

On 8 Jan 2012, at 14:38, Emrah wrote:

> Hello Rose,
> 
> Let's not jump to conclusions based on personal assumptions please. I never 
> expressed the intention of creating something illegal here.
> The link I gave for example points to an absolutely legal port of Viavoice on 
> Linux.
> 
> In this case, I think we should first determine whether it is technically 
> feasible or not. Wholesale licensing agreements can be negotiated afterward.
> 
> Regards,
> Emrah
> On Jan 8, 2012, at 3:27 PM, Rose Morales wrote:
> 
>> Wouldn't something like that be illegal, given that Via Voice would get no 
>> royalties for such a port, whether on Mac or Linux? In which case I don't 
>> think said discussion would be appropriate for this list. If someone knows 
>> of a legal port. please do tell us, as I'd love to have Eloquence on my Mac. 
>> I personally haven't heard of such a port.
>> 
>> On Jan 8, 2012, at 9:06 AM, Emrah wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi listers,
>>> 
>>> I hope this message does not offend anybody allergic to Windows.
>>> 
>>> The version of ETI Eloquence bundled with Jaws on Windows has always been 
>>> my favorite voice synthesizer. I used to be able to listen (read) thousands 
>>> and thousands of pages without ever getting tired of it. The intonations 
>>> were amazingly good and compared to most of the TTS out there, it knew how 
>>> to tone the exclamations.
>>> 
>>> Anyway, I am writing to inquire if any of you have tried to run Eloquence 
>>> on your Mac? 
>>> Some folks "ported" it to Linux. http://voxin.oralux.net
>>> 
>>> Any idea f something similar exists on Mac?
>>> 
>>> I am sure it could be done…
>>> 
>>> All the best,
>>> E
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