Hi, When it comes to Linux almost everyone uses Orca the screen reader for the Gnome graphical desktop environment. It comes with one free software synth, ESpeak, but you can compile or configure speech drivers for a lot of other software synths such as the Cepstral voices, Eloquence, Dectalk, Festival, etc. So that would be the prefered screen reader for Linux. The only people who use Speakup are those who A, want to do a lot of work in the console environment, or B, are geeks who don't like using graphical user interfaces. I've rarely found a need to use Speakup since Orca came out, but I do use it when I'm doing a lot of programming and using commandline programs like gcc, nano, etc but otherwise I'd have no use for Speakup at all. As far as dedicated speech hardware that went out with the dinosaures.I'm not sure who told you that, but they are not exactly up with the times. Orca as well as Speakup and even YASAR have support for software synth solutions. There really is no need for a hardware speech solution like a Speakout, Dectalk, Double Talk, Keynote, whatever. Cheers!
On 11/2/10, neoph...@inthecompanyofgrues.com <neoph...@inthecompanyofgrues.com> wrote: > > Hi Hayden, > > Actually, I was more interested in a preferred screen reader; also > possibly wondering if I'm going to run into trouble by not having > dedicated speech synth hardware. From what I've read, having both is > important. > > So far I've been recommended Speakup, but haven't yet got the chance to > check it out. > > Cheers, > > Neophyte > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > 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/gam...@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. 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/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
