Hi all Firstly, a Happy and Prosperous New Year to everyone.
Following an announcement by Amazon in the US to launch it's own eBook reader, I wondered if there was anything on the market that would allow a hack to incorporate a TTS engine into either this or any other eBook reader to allow me to listen to the books through such a dedicated device; unsurprisingly, I didn't find much of any use. Is this an area where Gnome would/could want to persue to provide TTS either on the mobile or desk based devices, or in conjunction with a hardware manufacturer? This would, I believe, cross over quite readily from the visually impaired community into the mainstream, especially with the continuing development of regionalised voices in speech synths such as eSpeek. If such a product could be designed and bought to market, it would revolutionise the talking books and magazines in both costs and manpower - no more bulky media like musicassettes or CDs, just either a SD card or a download. This would also give the openings mentioned in previous postings to government and charitable organisations. I have only done a cursory google to see what can be found in this area, and very little came back. Just a thought to ponder on New Year's Day! Ian _______________________________________________ gnome-accessibility-list mailing list gnome-accessibility-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list
