I sadly haven't yet been able to install Openmary on my system. It has some kind of non-speaking graphical Java-based installer that doesn't appear to have an alternative method of installation, unless this has changed fairly recently. That said, as long as there is a command line interface to make it speak and to control pitch, rate, etc., it will indeed be possible to write a generic speech-dispatcher module for it. I have indeed heard the English demo, and it does sound very good. I'm sure other languages can be made for it, but I'm not sure how that is done with the Openmary tools and applications. I do believe it has the potential to be the next great free speech synthesizer for Linux, but it needs to be made much easier to install and/or package for various distros before it can work for most visually impaired users. Being available in the Ubuntu repos would certainly bring it a step closer to more widespread use, as this would definitely solve most installation problems, and other distros could even make packages available based on the Ubuntu sources adapted for specific packaging requirements of the distro. ~Kyle http://kyle.tk/ -- "Kyle? ... She calls her cake, Kyle?" Out of This World, season 2 episode 21 - "The Amazing Evie"
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