AUDIO ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY

[angelo]

  hi folks,
can you help me on two issues?
1) TTS software and MP3 conversion
2) text dictation

I tried FESTIVAL years ago but it was not satisfying for my needs. plus 
programs like textaloud in win or dspeech have a better interface. Orca 
was devastating to me :-(
I need also Italian TTS
for instance, how is the open sapi project going?

On dictation, any improvements on the usage of dragon Naturally speaking 
or alternative products (Italian language as well)


is there any way I can contribute to takle those issues?
Thanks indeed
Angelo