Re: [Win4Lin-users] Realplayer and Speak Freely

[Bob Nielsen]

On Sat, May 19, 2001 at 06:15:55PM -0400, Amanda Owens wrote:
> Hello Bill,
> 
> RealPlayer works with Win4Lin, however because recent 
> versions require DirectDraw for video (which Win4Lin 
> does not surpport), it only works with audio.

It is probably better to use the Linux version of RealPlayer, which
works quite well (only available in the free version).

> 
> As for Speak Freely, I checked out their website and it
> appears to require sound input. Win4Lin does not yet support
> this. However, it also looks like they're working on a 
> Unix/X version of Speak Freely, so perhaps you will
> be able to use it under Native Linux soon!

Actually the Unix/Linux version of Speak Freely has been available for
at least five years (http://www.fourmilab.ch).  Debian has packaged it
and probably other distributions have also done so.

Bob
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