Heh, I didn't even know there was a version of espeak for dos. However, turning text to wav files is inherently slow, and wouldn't even begin to operate in a screen reader environment where text on screen really really needs to be heard instantly (or close enough) I doubt anyone would use a computer if they had to wait for the screen to be translated into a mode they could use before it could be read directly. :) I'm not discouraged, :) there's no way this could work as a general screen reading package, it's just too slow. Though, I admit, I've not tried it so can't say from experience how well (or not) it works, but since provox speaks text directly, and uses hardware the blind person probably already has, it's not subject to the delay while text is converted on the fly. However, if someone doesn't have a hardware synth, espeak's method is certainly better than nothing, and just might permit someone to use the computer who otherwise couldn't do so, so I'll definitely be taking a look at this one. Espeak is popular on linux, so there must be something it's doing right. :)
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