On Wed, 2005-08-24 at 12:01 +0100, Patrick Lauke wrote: > > Joshua Street > > > Actually, it's probably using Windows' built in text-to-speech for > > rendering audio, so possibly not. > > Actually, it's using a java text-to-speech engine, so it's cross platform > as long as you have a working JRE (although these things can often be very > fickle with regards to what version they want etc)
Ah, my mistake. I know Acrobat Reader's text-speech is uses Windows' engine (at least on Windows), and there's no Linux equivalent (so I'm without that functionality on my primary desktop). I thought I'd seen a similar thing with some Firefox plugin in the past, but possibly not. As an aside, I imagine this text-to-speech engine would only be a component of Sun's JRE? Are any other JREs in use on mainstream platforms, so far as people are aware? The other pertinent question would be what versions introduced this functionality, as alluded to in Patrick's message. Apologies for my incorrect assumption! Kind Regards, Joshua Street base10solutions Website: http://www.base10solutions.com.au/ Phone: (02) 9898-0060 Fax: (02) 8572-6021 Mobile: 0425 808 469 Multimedia Development Agency ________________________________________________________________________ E-mails and any attachments sent from base10solutions are to be regarded as confidential. Please do not distribute or publish any of the contents of this e-mail without the sender’s consent. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by replying to the e-mail, and then delete the message without making copies or using it in any way. Although base10solutions takes precautions to ensure that e-mail sent from our accounts are free of viruses, we encourage recipients to undertake their own virus scan on each e-mail before opening, as base10solutions accepts no responsibility for loss or damage caused by the contents of this e-mail. ________________________________________________________________________ ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
