[DECtalk] DECtalk for Linux - i have it

[Alex H.]

Hi,


The screenreader T.V. Ramon is famous for is actually the Linux Audio
Desktop called Emacspeak. It works with the Emacs text editor from GNU
and the FSF and basically provides an audio layou tof a desktop and
web browser etc.


Alex

On 2/25/11, Pitermach <pitermach at gmail.com> wrote:
> wow that's kind of nifty. any more info on that?
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>   From: ebruckert Bruckert
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>   Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 5:35 PM
>   Subject: Re: [DECtalk] DECtalk for Linux - i have it
>
>
>   One of the prime motivators of the Lenox deck talk was TV Raman. He
> produced a screen reader which is available free. It even uses spatiality
> through stereo headphones.
>
>
>   On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 9:55 PM, <lowell at mrprange.com> wrote:
>
>     I managed to purchase the Linux run-times from Fonix before they became
> unavailable for $50.  I managed to use them on the command line.  I've
> written a couple scripts for them.  One script makes mp3 files to transfer
> to a portable player.  Another works through a queue of text files in a
> folder, resuming play wherever I left off. I also got it to work with KTTmgr
> but never emacspeak, orca or speakup.
>
>
>
>     Lowell Prange
>
>     www.podbooks.org
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>     On Thu, 24 Feb 2011 18:42:11 -0500, Alex H. wrote:
>
> Here's the skinny on the Linux DECTalk:
>
> Digibuy.com, where Fonix used to sell DT, is dead. I've emailed a few
> different contacts at Fonix, nothing. They disown DECTalk now I guess,
> and it's one prime example of fine software fallen into abandonware
> because of lazy companies. FonixTalk hasn't ever been ported to Linux
> I think, and either way it sucks compared to DECTalk anyway, so that's
> not an option for us DECTalk Linux users.
>
> Seems like there's some issues with hardware dectalks and Linux too
> that people should try and fix and are just don't want to/have moved
> on from DECTalk etc. I personally lov espeak but know a lot of people
> who hate it, and DECTalk being revived on Linux would be pretty nifty
> for a lot of people.
>
> Alex
>
> On 2/24/11, Brandon Misch <bmisch2002 at gmail.com> wrote:
> o i see. how are things going with sapi dctalk?
>
> On Feb 24, 2011, at 5:41 PM, ebruckert Bruckert wrote:
>
> Since I was never a Linux user myself, and NA have to try to scrape the
> rust my brain and break through the cobwebs.
>
> On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Brandon Misch <bmisch2002 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> that's good what ever happened to it?
>
> On Feb 24, 2011, at 10:56 AM, ebruckert Bruckert wrote:
>
> Yes there was.
>
> On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Brandon Misch <bmisch2002 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> i thought there was a dectalk for linux at one time.
>
> On Feb 24, 2011, at 7:12 AM, Corine Bickley wrote:
>
> Thanks for your question, Tony.
> I'll ask our programmer Peter to look into the possibility. Snoopi
> Botten, Enable's Chief Communications Officer, will keep you posted on
> our progress.
> corine bickley
>
> On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 12:02 AM, Tony Baechler <tony at baechler.net>
> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I know I'm not the only one interested in this.  I and someone else
> are
> looking for a software DECtalk for Linux.  There used to be TTSynth,
> but
> the site, ttsynth.com is dead.  Unfortunately, Linux can't use SAPI
> voices.  There is a community of users using Speakup and Gnome Orca
> which are screen readers for Linux.  They don't like the ESpeak
> voices.
> While I can tolerate ESpeak and I have a serial port, Orca can
> apparently only use software speech unless you use different speech
> drivers.  I would very much like to get a software DECtalk that works
> with both Speakup and Orca.
>
> I'm not a programmer and I have no idea what the technical issues
> involved are, but I know that it's completely different than SAPI.  I
> also know it can be done because TTSynth sold for $75 when it was
> available.  Apparently, there is software called Speech Dispatcher
> which
> acts as a speech server and connects the client, like Speakup to the
> software synthesizer, like Festival or ESpeak.  There's a program
> called
> a connector which gets the speech from the synthesizer to the client
> or
> something.  I'm unfortunately really not that familiar with the
> details.  If any of the developers could either contact me privately
> or
> join the Speakup list, they could get lots of feedback.  The Speakup
> developers would be the ones to ask about the connector and Speech
> Dispatcher.  I would be happy to test a Linux version.  I'm running
> Debian testing.
>
> You can contact me at tony.baechler at gmail.com.  The Speakup list is at
> <http://linux-speakup.org/>.
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