Re: [PLUG] Linux Text to Speech

[brainbuz <brainbuz@brainbuz.org>]

Do you have any links for this project?

On 2013-10-25 11:48, Will wrote:
> I learned about Maria text to speech at CPOSC, that was pretty
> sweet.Â
>
> -Will C
>
> On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 3:26 AM, Eric at Lucii.org <eric@lucii.org
> [6]> wrote:
>
> > On 10/24/2013 09:49 PM, John Karr wrote:
> > > I have a friend who is looking for Text to Speech software. She
> > has to read a lot and is having some eye problems. Her primary OS is
> > Linux Mint. I tried to get Orca working on my system, but it doesnt
> > capture the key bindings (It is supposed to capture INS-Numpad and
> > WindowsKey-Key combinations) and all it does read menus and window
> > titles which is really just annoying. It looks like Orca might work
> > better with Unity. The best thing shes found on her own is some
> > pricey windows software.
> > >
> > > Anyone had success with Orca or another Text to Speech solution?
> >
> > Its for Windows not Linux but nvda is (allegedly) as good or better
> > than the pricey commercial software (Jaws) but is free/open source
> > and developed by a couple of blind programmers.
> >
> > The site is here: Âhttp://www.nvaccess.org/ [1] Âand the
> > non-obvious download link takes you to:
> > http://sourceforge.net/projects/nvda/ [2]
> >
> > Eric
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> Links:
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> [1] http://www.nvaccess.org/
> [2] http://sourceforge.net/projects/nvda/
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> [6] mailto:eric@lucii.org

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