[DECtalk] getting the software dectalk run time for linux working with any linux screen reader

[Tony Baechler]

There were three software synths for Linux, all abandoned as far as I know.
 There was Voxin which was a precompiled Elloquence.  I think it cost $5 or
some small amount.  There was a precompiled IBM ViaVoice which was free but
long unsupported now.  There was finally TTSynth for $75 if memory serves
which was a precompiled DECtalk.  It is also no longer available for
purchase or download.  TTSynth was the newest of these but it's been years
since it was available.  Look at ttsynth.com which is now dead.  ViaVoice
goes back to 1999 or 2000, so very much unsupported on a modern Linux system
and not at all on 64-bit.  Voxin might still be available, but it also
doesn't run on 64-bit Linux.

On 2014-07-11 09:00 AM, mattias wrote:
> no no no no
> ttsynth whas eloquence
> Tony Baechler skrev 2014-07-11 09:18:
>> The short version is no, it's not going to happen.  TTSynth was basically a
>> prepackaged DECtalk for Linux but is now abandoned.  The Windows software
>> version will never work with Linux.  Since TTSynth is no longer supported
>> and was commercial, you aren't going to find it.  Even if you found it
>> illegally, it's precompiled so would probably not work with newer libraries.
>>   It suffers from the same issues as IBM Viavoice in that it only runs on
>> very old 32-bit libraries which are no longer supported.  Your only software
>> choices for Speakup are ESpeak and FLite.  Besides, all software synths
>> require a Speakup connector and I don't know if the ones for ViaVoice or
>> TTSynth are even still downloadable.
>>
>> On 2014-07-10 06:38 PM, Nick Gawronski wrote:
>>> Hi, I have a dectalk express I am using on my desktop with both windows and
>>> linux installed using the speakup screen reader and was just wondering if
>>> anyone here has managed to get the linux software version of dectalk working
>>> with any linux screen reader?  I remember a long time ago someone had
>>> managed to do this but am not sure what they did to make this happen.  Nick
>>> Gawronski
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