Sunnz wrote:
Hi,
Just wondering if anyone uses a screen reader?
I used to use espeak on Linux because it is 1, cli, 2, you can just
copy and paste a bunch of text to stdin and it will speak it, 3, it is
very easy to adjust the speed on the command line just --speed 200 or
something. 4, use voices from cepstral their voice cost $30 and it is
worth the money.
Are there anything like that in the OpenBSD ports?
Thanks.
Festival is in ports, but it can be a job to get a voice sounding okay
with it.
It can run in server mode, and there is a cli. Not sure about the speed
option, I didn't have any need to try that.
The cepstral voices should work, since one of the lead developers in
festival is behind cepstral. I used some hts voices--also free--for our
app, a database driven automated telephone based calendar of training
events.
Write me off-list if you have more questions. I'm pretty happy with the
quality of the setup we are using.
Jeff
