Re: Things to cover in my bits from the DPL talk at Debconf

2019-07-10 Thread Fernando Botelho
Well, that makes sense. We just haven’t had the time to spread the word. Time for official launch is September. Fernando (Written with dictation software) > On Jul 10, 2019, at 1:08 PM, Shérab wrote: > > Hi, > > Fernando Botelho (2019/07/10 10:19 -0300): >> Yes, as I said on my initial r

Re: Things to cover in my bits from the DPL talk at Debconf

2019-07-10 Thread Shérab
Hi, Fernando Botelho (2019/07/10 10:19 -0300): > Yes, as I said on my initial response, the fact that our project uses > Arch Linux might be the main reason why my talk got rejected. Not the fact that your project uses Arch Linux. Rather, the fact that it is not _also_ supported by Debian. Well j

Re: Things to cover in my bits from the DPL talk at Debconf

2019-07-10 Thread Fernando Botelho
Yes, as I said on my initial response, the fact that our project uses Arch Linux might be the main reason why my talk got rejected. But making a new speech synthesizer is no walk in the park, and it does not happen every day, particularly for languages from developing countries. Since one has be

Re: Things to cover in my bits from the DPL talk at Debconf

2019-07-10 Thread Samuel Thibault
Fernando Botelho, le mer. 10 juil. 2019 10:19:29 -0300, a ecrit: > making a new speech synthesizer is no walk in the park, [...] one has > been made by a small company from the very city where you guys will > have your event; I thought it was worth mentioning. Ah, I hadn't realized it was from the

Re: Things to cover in my bits from the DPL talk at Debconf

2019-07-10 Thread Fernando Botelho
We have not yet launched officially, so I doubt that the Portuguese version is. But RHVoice might be. It is already use for Russian, English, and a few other languages. Fernando (Written with dictation software) > On Jul 10, 2019, at 10:02 AM, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > Hello, > > Fernan

Re: Things to cover in my bits from the DPL talk at Debconf

2019-07-10 Thread Samuel Thibault
Fernando Botelho, le mer. 10 juil. 2019 10:05:44 -0300, a ecrit: > We have not yet launched officially, so I doubt that the Portuguese version > is. But RHVoice might be. It is already use for Russian, English, and a few > other languages. Ok. I just mean that since it's not part of Debian, it i

Re: Things to cover in my bits from the DPL talk at Debconf

2019-07-10 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, Fernando Botelho, le mer. 10 juil. 2019 09:44:22 -0300, a ecrit: > but you could mention the first good quality speech synthesizer to become > available for Linux in Brazilian Portuguese, done by a small little firm in > Curitiba, Brazil, in cooperation with RHVoice and others. > > We co

Re: Things to cover in my bits from the DPL talk at Debconf

2019-07-10 Thread Fernando Botelho
Hi Cindy-Sue, My proposal to present the world’s most affordable talking computer for the blind got rejected, probably because we are using Arch Linux; but you could mention the first good quality speech synthesizer to become available for Linux in Brazilian Portuguese, done by a small little f