Hey Rose, Not an issue at all, and please accept my apologies for probably over reacting. It's just that nowadays, it feels like people are "policing" each other too much. People seem to hear illegal in anything and everything… You may remember it from a post made not long ago, where someone was complaining about the illegal nature of an advice. Nothing in the suggestion was pointing to an illegal route.
I hope nobody is constantly sitting on springers, waiting to catch illegal vibes out of mailing lists… Man that must hurt. :) All the best to you and thanks for taking the time to reply to my post. E On Jan 8, 2012, at 3:48 PM, Rose Morales wrote: > Emrah, > I did not jump to conclusions, and I'm sorry if you feel I did. I simply > suggested that such talk might not be appropriate. I did not say that it > would indeed not be appropriate. I will confess to not having looked at your > link, but I am familiar with a Linux port of eloquence which I am pretty > positive was not legal. It was a long time ago, and perhaps this is not even > the same port. Now that we have established that you are intending to discuss > legal porting options, I will say no more on the subject and will also add > that I'd be more than happy to help with any such legal port if possible. > > Have a lovely day, > Rose > > On Jan 8, 2012, at 9:41 AM, Mr. L. Alexander wrote: > >> it would be possible to do this form of work. all it would be a case of is >> exporting code and implementing a few changes to work with the mac speech >> engine support infrastructure. it would be legal as well as long as >> authorisation was granted from the developers. I know IBM are quite a >> willing company. >> >> lew >> >> On 8 Jan 2012, at 14:38, Emrah wrote: >> >>> Hello Rose, >>> >>> Let's not jump to conclusions based on personal assumptions please. I never >>> expressed the intention of creating something illegal here. >>> The link I gave for example points to an absolutely legal port of Viavoice >>> on Linux. >>> >>> In this case, I think we should first determine whether it is technically >>> feasible or not. Wholesale licensing agreements can be negotiated afterward. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Emrah >>> On Jan 8, 2012, at 3:27 PM, Rose Morales wrote: >>> >>>> Wouldn't something like that be illegal, given that Via Voice would get no >>>> royalties for such a port, whether on Mac or Linux? In which case I don't >>>> think said discussion would be appropriate for this list. If someone knows >>>> of a legal port. please do tell us, as I'd love to have Eloquence on my >>>> Mac. I personally haven't heard of such a port. >>>> >>>> On Jan 8, 2012, at 9:06 AM, Emrah wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi listers, >>>>> >>>>> I hope this message does not offend anybody allergic to Windows. >>>>> >>>>> The version of ETI Eloquence bundled with Jaws on Windows has always been >>>>> my favorite voice synthesizer. I used to be able to listen (read) >>>>> thousands and thousands of pages without ever getting tired of it. The >>>>> intonations were amazingly good and compared to most of the TTS out >>>>> there, it knew how to tone the exclamations. >>>>> >>>>> Anyway, I am writing to inquire if any of you have tried to run Eloquence >>>>> on your Mac? >>>>> Some folks "ported" it to Linux. http://voxin.oralux.net >>>>> >>>>> Any idea f something similar exists on Mac? >>>>> >>>>> I am sure it could be done… >>>>> >>>>> All the best, >>>>> E >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> Mr. L. 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