[SpeechIO-10] Re: speechd (implementation of /dev/speech) + speech enabling InternetRelay Chat script (fwd)

[Darxus <darxus@Op.Net>]

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Date: Sat, 7 Aug 1999 04:08:40 +0200 (CEST)
From: Hans Zoebelein <hzo@goldfish.cube.net>
To: Darxus <darxus@op.net>
Subject: Re: speechd (implementation of /dev/speech) + speech enabling Internet
    Relay Chat script 

Hi Darxus,

I have posted the speechd announcement to blinux-announce and blinux-list.
I'm happy that you are working on a speech server. Did you look into
mbrdico? Primarily planned as 'a speaking lexicon' it has IMHO great
potential as a text to speech engine. It uses a learning algorythm to
learn a language.

Mbrdico can be downloaded at http://tcts.fpms.ac.be/synthesis/mbrdico/

At the moment it is somewhat slow because it loads its decision tree every
time it is called. Splitting it up into a server which is loaded once and
a client which feeds the server should make it blazingly fast.

--Hans
(maintainer blinux-lists)


On Fri, 6 Aug 1999, Darxus wrote:

> 
> speechd implements a /dev/speech device -- any plaintext written to this
> file is spoken aloud.  This is done via the Festival or rsynth speech
> synthesis systems (both free).
> 
> speech.irc is an ircII script that enables any Internet Relay Chat program
> capable of loading ircII scripts to make use of the /dev/speech device.
> 
> All of this can be found at http://SpeechIO.undef.net
> 
> speechd & speech.irc are both released under the GNU General Public
> License.  
> 
> Using speech.irc with speechd & Festival I have successfully communicated
> while I was having a migraine that was causing me to be unable to see with
> a friend who had just broken his glasses and could not see.
> 
> I frequently use them to listen to IRC conversations while I am
> programming on another screen.
> 
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