[ubuntu-uk] text to speech apps
Hi, I want to convert from text to speech. Does anyone know of any free apps in ubuntu that can do this? Im planning on converting a book from text to speech so i can listen on my DAP. -- Regards Javad -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: [Sussex] Judge bans Microsoft Word sales]
Not really. It was litigated in a district of Texas that's known for patent trolling. It'll come to naught, especially as it's a small Canadian company suing a large US corporation in the US. :) 2009/8/12 Harry Rickards : > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Thought this might be of interest... > > - Original Message > Subject: [Sussex] Judge bans Microsoft Word sales > Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:10:36 +0100 > From: Andrew Guard > Reply-To: Sussex LUG > To: Linux > > This could be which breaks camels back on the idea of software patents > and how very dumb it all is. > It all down to fact that it using XML. Microsoft has be order to stop > selling ALL copies of Word in USA. > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8197990.stm > - -- > PS3: Yellow Dog Linux 6.1 is the way > > __ > Sussex mailing list > sus...@mailman.lug.org.uk > E-mail Address: sus...@mailman.lug.org.uk > Sussex LUG Website: http://www.sussex.lug.org.uk/ > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/sussex > > - -- > Thanks > Harry Rickards > > GPG Key Info: > pub 1024R/58449F6F 2009-06-12 > uid Harry Rickards (OpenPGP Card) > sub 1024R/D775CCEE 2009-06-12 > sub 1024R/9394048C 2009-06-12 > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iJwEAQECAAYFAkqC+foACgkQ+9DWHFhEn2+J+wQAjzZfatGIoVb/83IYzfH8RRCe > kZHEZMsxWNBmR6zgbxh12wXAXxRdj0mJBPBdWp8IRnfH5ct+wOAmnAystpOXM8gC > ns75fHLIiVDYOWIFMCu0i2LmOoaX5G8WaWgp9Y2SB79jFnu2dxFqswj6D4wmxTg+ > C4Ar025xYl82whvUyJg= > =yqQu > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: [Sussex] Judge bans Microsoft Word sales]
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thought this might be of interest... - Original Message Subject: [Sussex] Judge bans Microsoft Word sales Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:10:36 +0100 From: Andrew Guard Reply-To: Sussex LUG To: Linux This could be which breaks camels back on the idea of software patents and how very dumb it all is. It all down to fact that it using XML. Microsoft has be order to stop selling ALL copies of Word in USA. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8197990.stm - -- PS3: Yellow Dog Linux 6.1 is the way __ Sussex mailing list sus...@mailman.lug.org.uk E-mail Address: sus...@mailman.lug.org.uk Sussex LUG Website: http://www.sussex.lug.org.uk/ https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/sussex - -- Thanks Harry Rickards GPG Key Info: pub 1024R/58449F6F 2009-06-12 uid Harry Rickards (OpenPGP Card) sub 1024R/D775CCEE 2009-06-12 sub 1024R/9394048C 2009-06-12 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iJwEAQECAAYFAkqC+foACgkQ+9DWHFhEn2+J+wQAjzZfatGIoVb/83IYzfH8RRCe kZHEZMsxWNBmR6zgbxh12wXAXxRdj0mJBPBdWp8IRnfH5ct+wOAmnAystpOXM8gC ns75fHLIiVDYOWIFMCu0i2LmOoaX5G8WaWgp9Y2SB79jFnu2dxFqswj6D4wmxTg+ C4Ar025xYl82whvUyJg= =yqQu -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox or Shiretoko?
On Wed, 12 Aug 2009, Paul Webster wrote: > What's going on? Where did the name Shiretoko come from anyway? "Shiretoko"is the code name for developer-only releases of what was eventually shipped as Firefox-3.5 by Mozilla/Mozilla Corp. "Karmic Koala" is the code name for developer-only releases of what will[0] eventually shipped as Ubuntu 9.10 by Ubuntu/Canonical Ltd. -Paul [0] Contains forward looking statements, yada, yada---which is the reason code names are until a release has actually happened---and then proper names afterwards. -- Why do one side of a triangle when you can do all three. Somewhere, GB. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox or Shiretoko?
Sorry, posted my last e-mail, before I got these two e-mails through. Thanks for the explanation. John. David Jones wrote: > Paul Webster wrote: > >> Somehow, an update some time ago installed Shiretoko as a beta version >> of Firefox 3.5. Meanwhile the old version of Firefox remains and also >> gets updated from time to time. What's going on? Where did the name >> Shiretoko come from anyway? >> >> Paul >> >> > Shiretoko was the codename for firefox while it was in development, > hopefully this link will explain the reasoning behind the two versions > in Ubuntu now http://www.asoftsite.org/s9y/archives/161-guid.html. > > Until Karmic is released, both versions will continue to be supported, > but from that link, when Karmic is released, that will by default come > with Firefox 3.5 and would be named firefox because it wouldn't also > include firefox 3.0. > > Hope that helps. > > Dave > > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox or Shiretoko?
That is odd that you mention that. I had problems initially with the Shiretoko version, and it wouldn't install addons and I couldnt get other bits of it to work, since it got the final update, the addons now work, but its still called Shiretoko 3.5.2. I quite like the idea of being able to open them side by side, and it seems it doesnt use the same profile as the 3.0.13 which I think is even better. That is one of the bugbears I have with the windows version, it automatically looks for an excising profile, and wont work side by side properly. Will that be updated sometime so that it only shows Fiefox not Shiretoko? John. Alan Pope wrote: > 2009/8/12 Paul Webster : > >> Somehow, an update some time ago installed Shiretoko as a beta version of >> Firefox 3.5. Meanwhile the old version of Firefox remains and also gets >> updated from time to time. What's going on? Where did the name Shiretoko >> come from anyway? >> >> > > http://www.asoftsite.org/s9y/archives/161-FAQ-Why-is-my-firefox-3.5-still-called-Shiretoko.html > > Cheers, > Al. > > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox or Shiretoko?
Paul Webster wrote: > Somehow, an update some time ago installed Shiretoko as a beta version > of Firefox 3.5. Meanwhile the old version of Firefox remains and also > gets updated from time to time. What's going on? Where did the name > Shiretoko come from anyway? > > Paul > Shiretoko was the codename for firefox while it was in development, hopefully this link will explain the reasoning behind the two versions in Ubuntu now http://www.asoftsite.org/s9y/archives/161-guid.html. Until Karmic is released, both versions will continue to be supported, but from that link, when Karmic is released, that will by default come with Firefox 3.5 and would be named firefox because it wouldn't also include firefox 3.0. Hope that helps. Dave -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox or Shiretoko?
Here's a rundown of how firefox naming works in the ubuntu repos: The current stable version that is in the ubuntu repositries is called firefox The later versions (currently 3.5 and 3.6) are given code names (such as Shiretoko) so as not to be confused with the current default version of firefox. Because of this, if you download either 3.5 or 3.6 from the ubuntu repos, it won't be called Firefox, but will have a 'codename' 2009/8/12 Paul Webster > Somehow, an update some time ago installed Shiretoko as a beta version of > Firefox 3.5. Meanwhile the old version of Firefox remains and also gets > updated from time to time. What's going on? Where did the name Shiretoko > come from anyway? > > Paul > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > -- Check out my blog at http://dave1022.wordpress.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox or Shiretoko?
2009/8/12 Paul Webster : > Somehow, an update some time ago installed Shiretoko as a beta version of > Firefox 3.5. Meanwhile the old version of Firefox remains and also gets > updated from time to time. What's going on? Where did the name Shiretoko > come from anyway? > http://www.asoftsite.org/s9y/archives/161-FAQ-Why-is-my-firefox-3.5-still-called-Shiretoko.html Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Firefox or Shiretoko?
Somehow, an update some time ago installed Shiretoko as a beta version of Firefox 3.5. Meanwhile the old version of Firefox remains and also gets updated from time to time. What's going on? Where did the name Shiretoko come from anyway? Paul -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] First generation iTouch in 9.04?
On Wed, 12 Aug 2009, David Stansby wrote: > If you have the 3.0 update then I've found this post The iPhone 3.0 versions added a compressed version of the iTunesDB for faster syncing, named iTunesCDB. It is a direct analogue of the traditional uncompressed iTunesDB and it's possible to go full circle back-and-forth between compressed and uncompressed representations, with no loss of data or functionality. (Even the AES signing method was not changed). In fact the iPhone 3.0 update was wonderful, in that it introduced proper readlink() functionality for symlinks---previously you could see that they were symlinks in the filesystem, just not were they pointed! Of course, it requires a few months (six months in Ubuntu) for new code to filter down to the distributions---but the latest code is already there, ready and waiting. > it's not possible to mount an iPod touch filesystem without hacking into > the iPhone OS firmware iTunes on Mac OS + and iTunes on MS Windows both work without doing anything to the device firmware---and the same is true for the Linux implementations of usbmux, Lockdown, plist and AFC necessary to mount the device on the desktop via USB. The wonderful thing about Free software is---that if you're even remotely unsure about how something functions, you are given the freedom to check the source code for the canonical answer, rather than risk accidently spreading inaccuracies. -Paul -- Why do one side of a triangle when you can do all three. Somewhere, GB. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] First generation iTouch in 9.04?
Certainly none 'are required' but it's not possible to mount an iPod touch filesystem without hacking into the iPhone OS firmware, which has dubious legality. If you have the 3.0 update then I've found this post which isn't to hopeful: http://ow.ly/jMmQ 2009/8/11 Paul Sladen > On Tue, 11 Aug 2009, David Stansby wrote: > > A quick look at iTunes 8 (which is needed to sync iPod touches) > > >> David Stansby wrote: > > >>> If anything did work, it would have to be through windows > > iTunes is a utility to talk to iPhones/iTouchen; it is not the _only_ > way---just like Microsoft Windows is not the _only_ operating system. > > Neither are *required*. > >-Paul > -- > Why do one side of a triangle when you can do all three. Somewhere, GB. > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- Check out my blog at http://dave1022.wordpress.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] First generation iTouch in 9.04?
Paul Sladen wrote: > On Tue, 11 Aug 2009, Ronnie Tucker wrote: > >> Does Ubuntu 9.04 support the iTouch (first gen)? >> > > > http://matt.colyer.name/projects/iphone-linux/?title=Main_Page#Ubuntu_Intrepid.2FJaunty > > I'm sorry it's not more integrated, but my first generation iPhone suffered > screen issues a while back... > > -Paul > Ah! That sounds just the very thing... The page says that once it's mounted like a USB device I can use 'gtkpod', but could I use Amarok instead? Either way, I'll be giving it a try, as Amarok is a bit more user friendly than gtkpod. :) Thanks for the iFuse tip Paul! -- Ronnie Tucker ron...@ronnietucker.co.uk www.RonnieTucker.co.uk Fb: facebook.com/profile.php?id=585438496 TWITTER: twitter.com/ronnietucker MSN: ronnietuc...@hotmail.com Registered Linux User # 456627 Registered Ubuntu User # 18227 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
