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Subject: Re: [Kde-accessibility] Re: getting text to speech software ????
From: Bill Haneman <Bill.Haneman () Sun ! COM>
Date: 2004-10-06 12:04:44
Message-ID: 1097064283.2599.41.camel () linux ! local
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On Wed, 2004-10-06 at 12:39, Milan Zamazal wrote:
> >>>>> "BH" == Bill Haneman <Bill.Haneman@Sun.COM> writes:
>
> BH> I would recommend FreeTTS if you don't have a strong objection
> BH> to Java, or Festival if you only need to do simple reading of
> BH> text files, etc. There are several voices available for either
> BH> (and Festival/FreeTTS can share the same voice databases I
> BH> believe).
>
> Festival can actually do much more than only simple reading of text
> files and is a common part of software distributions which include KDE,
> so I think it's generally much preferable choice over FreeTTS. Of
> course, particular requirements can make one or another TTS more better
> suited for a given purpose.
Of course Festival _can_ do more; the main reason I suggested Festival
for "simple" use rather than complex purposes is that the Festival APIs
for complex use are less well documented and a little less familiar.
(Basically you have an API using the Scheme language, or poorly
documented C++ festival APIs). As long as you can get by using the
basic festival_server interface, I agree that festival is a good choice,
and you avoid the Java dependency.
But if you need access to the TTS engine API, I would recommend FreeTTS
instead, since Java is more familiar and the Java APIs are better
documented (and currently actively under development). I am speaking
here from experience with both sets of APIs.
- Bill
> Regards,
>
> Milan Zamazal
>
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