On Sun, 10 Sep 2023 16:39:26 +0200 Jens Lechtenboerger <lech...@wi.uni-muenster.de> wrote:
> On 2023-09-10, Ihor Radchenko wrote: > > > Jens Lechtenboerger <lech...@wi.uni-muenster.de> writes: > > > >> does someone here produce audio via Text-To-Speech (TTS) from Org > >> sources? I plan to do that in the context of emacs-reveal to > >> generate voice-over for reveal.js presentations, with open > >> questions [1] concerning my initial, experimental approach. > > > > Emacspeak is a mature Emacs solution for TTS. However, it aims blind > > users, not presentations. Still, > > http://tvraman.github.io/emacspeak/manual/Quick-Installation.html > > might be a good starting point for TTS options. > > Thank you for the suggestion. With espeak this indeed pronounces > numbers and abbreviations but its audio quality it not good enough > for my purposes. I am looking for (near-) human voices... using mbrola is probably as good as possible with free software: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MBROLA still not perfect, but much better than the builtin voices of espeak or festival (YYMV). > > Best wishes > Jens >