On Sun, 1 Aug 1999, Steve Youngs wrote:
> Hey! Did you see what Gerry Mascarenhas wrote on Jul 31 ?
> GM> I had posted a query somewhat similar.I had asked that can I dial from
> GM> an ordinary telephone instrument into my computer and hear my e-mail
> GM> read out to me and also can this be setup for a group of users.
>
> If you can find a Linux utility that will convert text to speech then you
> will be able to do this fairly easily. I have no idea if such a utility
> exists... check the usual places... freshmeat, sunsite etc.
Emacspeak may be what you're looking for. I've not used it myself, but I
came across it not too long ago while checking into Americans with
Disabilities Act compliance. This is the description Freshmeat gives:
"Emacspeak is the first full-fledged speech output system that will allow
someone who cannot see to work directly on a UNIX system. Emacspeak is
built on top of Emacs. Once you start emacs with emacspeak loaded, you get
spoken feedback for everything you do. Your mileage will vary depending on
how well you can use Emacs."
May or may do the job for you. I would think you would probably also need
a speech synthesizer card to get things up and running as well. HTH.
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