- From: Richard Premack <rickp@cftnet.com>
- Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 22:34:02 -0500
- To: "jonathan chetwynd" <jay@peepo.com>, <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Oops correction. Scribe is not shareware. Pretty cheap, but not free. Sorry for the confusion. Richard ---------- From: Richard Premack <richardp@inter-next.net> To: jonathan chetwynd <jay@peepo.com>; w3c-wai-ig@w3.org Subject: Re: text to speech software Date: Monday, November 08, 1999 10:14 PM Jonathan, Check out http://vinfo.com/scribe.htm. They have a shareware product called Scribe that runs under DOS and plays sound files through your PC internal speaker. Everyone has one of those. I have heard it myself and it's low fidelity, but pretty understandable. Pair that with a (shareware) text-to-speech toolkit and you could have the low-budget solution you seek. Not the optimal situation to be sure, but you seem severely constrained as far as resources. Hope this helps, Richard Premack interNext ---------- From: jonathan chetwynd <jonathan@signbrowser.free-online.co.uk> To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org Subject: Re: text to speech software Date: Monday, November 08, 1999 3:33 AM Graphical interfaces are important, and I was expressing a concern that we are failing to meet this need. We currently have no budget, no telephones to hand, Even if we had soundcards we would need headphones, or earphones. This would dramatically effect the sessions. Language labs are fantastic, I was lucky enough to have access to one 30 years ago, but they are very different to other more collaborative environments. Jonathan Chetwynd jay@peepo.com Search the www with pictures at www.peepo.com Send us your links We value your comments
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