[Cialug] something like OSX /usr/bin/say on linux?

[Barry Von Ahsen]

Nathan Stien wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 11:19 AM, John Roach <jroach at simplicitysys.com> wrote:
>> Ave you tried Orca or Speech Dispatcher?  If you have Gnome installed open a
>>  term window and try spd-say "Hello"
> 
> No gnome on this box, so it looks like Orca is out.  As for
> speech-dispatcher, the package appears to be broken in debian sid
> right now, which is what I run on some of my plaything machines.  So
> that one is my own damn fault for running unstable.  I don't actually
> care about this problem enough to switch distros or debug the .deb
> today.
> 
> I will keep speech-dispatcher in mind, though.  Possibly I will try it
> on a more sensible machine when I get home.
> 
> As for "echo hello world | festival --tts", I turned my speakers way
> up, and I noticed it gives me some quiet hissing and clicking noises.
> Maybe it's set on some alien language. <g>
> 

did it install any voices?

or just install banzai buddy under wine :)

-barry