From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 11 06:21:55 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 152831065672 for ; Sun, 11 Jan 2009 06:21:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from aristotle.thought.org (aristotle.thought.org [209.180.213.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 951858FC16 for ; Sun, 11 Jan 2009 06:21:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by aristotle.thought.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n0B6MMTo005814 for ; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:22:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:21:42 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:21:42 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: FreeBSD Mailing List Message-ID: <20090111062139.GA56182@thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 22 years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on aristotle.thought.org Cc: Subject: Pre-idea question. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 06:21:55 -0000 people, first, the idea i have that could earn some cash very likely is not new; it is text-to-speech, but in a certain way. here's my question since recently i heard a computerized voice speaking so very normally, at first i thought it was human. thus: how advanced are some of these commercial apps? i used ktts/lttsd to read me lon sci/tech articles, and even my own stff. ktts is about 60-65% of the way there, but next to the pay-for applications, ktts is in the dark ages. anybody know? gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org First update of http://transfinite.thought.org/ab/ in seven months.