Hi Willem and all, Quote I'm not against cross platform games, but there sure are a lot of drawbacks. End quote
Yes. There are certainly complications in attempting to support multiple operating systems. Part of the problem is a lack of standards for Mac, Windows, and Linux that can be shared among the operating systems. That said, I still think it is possible if the right development APIs and languages are used. Quote I think you should only do it if cross platform technology, like speach is better developed. End quote Well, I think you might have misread what I was attempting to say. There are very good speech engines for Mac and Linux that are nearly as good as those for Windows. The problem is no standardised way of comunicating with them across platforms. If you want to use Cepstral for Linux you need to access it via Gnome-Speech which is totally different from the way you would comunicate with Cepstral for Windows which can be accessed via MS Sapi 5. The only engine that is standardised on Mac, Linux, and Windows is FreeTTS which isn't as good quality. It can be improved by using MBrola, but there is extra licenses involved in doing that. quote I'm also not sure about this, but isn't all linux software supposed to be freeware? end quote Not true. The only time freeware applies if the application is to be included in the core Linux operating system install. Any application, driver, etc that is going to be included with the core Linux os has to be freeware, but third party applications such as games, media players, office sweits, etc can be free or commercial. For example, three accessibility programs for Linux that are commercial are Dectalk Access, Cepstral TTS, and Eloquence for Linux. The Sun StarOffice 8 sweit and Nero Burning Rom 3 is also commercial. My point being is that there are commercial applications for Linux, and there is no reason to avoid developing applications for Linux do to some fear of having to restrict yourself to freeware. Cheers. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
