----- Original Message ----- From: "David A. Desrosiers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Plucker E-List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 4:10 PM Subject: Re: Getting Plucker To Speak
> > > I wonder can Plucker eBooks work with some type of "Text to Speech" > > engine / application like HipTalk 1.x ( available at PalmGear )? > > Gutenberg has a very large portion of their works in mp3 format, > read by the Festival engine. I've been using Festival for several years > now with xchat to speak text spoken in the channels when I'm not looking > at that window, or on that virtual desktop. Its pretty good. > > I'd think that playing an 8kHz .mp3 or .ogg would consume much > less battery life than having to highlight an entire ebook and play it > through something like HipTalk. > > Have you tried it with Plucker or other apps? > Hi David, Speaking for myself, I have no use for such an application; just thought it would be cool, if a Plucker eBooks could be use in such a manner. Byron _______________________________________________ plucker-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.rubberchicken.org/mailman/listinfo/plucker-list
