HI Luke, Will, and all:
For what it's worth, I agree with the bulk of what's been said already.
It will be fantastic to get some more sanity in the speech/audio arena.
As for the first item Will identifies as a 'proposal', namely relying on
the TTS engine to return digital sound samples rather
Hi Luke:
First of all, I say "Hear, hear!" The audio windmill is something
people have been charging at for a long time. Users who rely upon
speech synthesis working correctly and integrating well with the rest of
their environment are among those that need reliable audio support most
critically
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Greetings all.
For a while now, it has been possible to have multiple audio streams playing at
the same time, using ALSA's
dmix plugin under Linux. This also has meant the ability to have speech audible
at the same time as other
audio. Users have d
