From c3e85e72a79b3cddadd6b2d1ec5903ebc05d92a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "B. Watson" Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 14:11:42 -0600 Subject: accessibility/espeak: Added. eSpeak is a compact open source software speech synthesizer for English and other languages. Thanks to B. Watson. --- accessibility/espeak/slack-desc | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) create mode 100644 accessibility/espeak/slack-desc (limited to 'accessibility/espeak/slack-desc') diff --git a/accessibility/espeak/slack-desc b/accessibility/espeak/slack-desc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b55ff39004 --- /dev/null +++ b/accessibility/espeak/slack-desc @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: +# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line +# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' +# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must +# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also +# customary to leave one space after the ':'. + + |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| +espeak: eSpeak (a compact open source software speech synthesizer) +espeak: +espeak: eSpeak produces good quality English speech. It uses a different +espeak: synthesis method from other open source text to speech (TTS) engines, +espeak: and sounds quite different. It's perhaps not as natural or "smooth", +espeak: but some find the articulation clearer and easier to listen to for +espeak: long periods. It can run as a command line program to speak text from +espeak: a file or from stdin. +espeak: +espeak: +espeak: -- cgit v1.2.3-80-g2a13