Anyway possible using Svox Classic TTS engine with Ubuntu?

[Kyle]

I sadly haven't yet been able to install Openmary on my system. It has
some kind of non-speaking graphical Java-based installer that doesn't
appear to have an alternative method of installation, unless this has
changed fairly recently. That said, as long as there is a command line
interface to make it speak and to control pitch, rate, etc., it will
indeed be possible to write a generic speech-dispatcher module for it. I
have indeed heard the English demo, and it does sound very good. I'm
sure other languages can be made for it, but I'm not sure how that is
done with the Openmary tools and applications. I do believe it has the
potential to be the next great free speech synthesizer for Linux, but it
needs to be made much easier to install and/or package for various
distros before it can work for most visually impaired users. Being
available in the Ubuntu repos would certainly bring it a step closer to
more widespread use, as this would definitely solve most installation
problems, and other distros could even make packages available based on
the Ubuntu sources adapted for specific packaging requirements of the
distro.
~Kyle
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