When I was installing the latest Raspian on a Pi the other day it told me (literally, it spoke) how to activate the screen reader.

Imagine my shock that it sounded exactly the same as Speak on RISC OS and
I was confused at first as I thought Pluto had a new feature. Perhaps
this illustrates the danger of routing six devices though a mixer to one amplifier!

Now, I realise that the phonemes used to construct words may be common
across both platforms, so they may be bound to sound the same, but of
course I wondered if there was some other link?

The 'chipmunk' thread elsewhere in this parish made me realise that,
equipped with both OSes, it may be a good idea not to use the standard
voice on RISC OS to avoid any confusion or, like Daleks, perhaps our
devices should flash a couple of LEDs when they speak so we know which of
them is speaking.

--

Tim Hill
Webmaster, https://timil.com

websites : php : RISC OS

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In article <59b571f84btim@invalid.org.uk>,
Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> wrote:

Imagine my shock that it sounded exactly the same as Speak on RISC OS and
I was confused at first as I thought Pluto had a new feature. Perhaps
this illustrates the danger of routing six devices though a mixer to one amplifier!

Now, I realise that the phonemes used to construct words may be common
across both platforms, so they may be bound to sound the same, but of
course I wondered if there was some other link?

Same author

http://espeak.sourceforge.net/

--
Stuart Winsor

Tools With A Mission
sending tools across the world
http://www.twam.co.uk/

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In article <59b571f84btim@invalid.org.uk>, Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk>
wrote:

it may be a good idea not to use the standard voice on RISC OS to avoid > any confusion

What is the Standard RISC OS Voice. AccessingeSpeakfrom Pluto gives me a
list of 13 voices.

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Chris Newman

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Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> wrote:

In article <59b571f84btim@invalid.org.uk>,
Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> wrote:

Now, I realise that the phonemes used to construct words may be common across both platforms, so they may be bound to sound the same, but of course I wondered if there was some other link?

Same author

http://espeak.sourceforge.net/

Who also wrote Pluto.

Theo

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In article <59b58a5a4ccvjazz@waitrose.com>, Chris Newman
<cvjazz@waitrose.com> wrote:

In article <59b571f84btim@invalid.org.uk>, Tim Hill
<tim@invalid.org.uk> wrote:

it may be a good idea not to use the standard voice on RISC OS to
avoid > any confusion

What is the Standard RISC OS Voice. AccessingeSpeakfrom Pluto gives me
a list of 13 voices.

The default one. Zero.

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In article <59b58731bdSpambin@argonet.co.uk>, Stuart
<Spambin@argonet.co.uk> wrote:

In article <59b571f84btim@invalid.org.uk>, Tim Hill
<tim@invalid.org.uk> wrote:

Imagine my shock that it sounded exactly the same as Speak on RISC OS
and I was confused at first as I thought Pluto had a new feature.
Perhaps this illustrates the danger of routing six devices though a
mixer to one amplifier!

Now, I realise that the phonemes used to construct words may be
common across both platforms, so they may be bound to sound the same,
but of course I wondered if there was some other link?

Same author

http://espeak.sourceforge.net/

That explains a lot!!

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In article <I7i*Wq1Fy@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk>,
Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:

Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> wrote:

In article <59b571f84btim@invalid.org.uk>,
Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> wrote:

Now, I realise that the phonemes used to construct words may be common across both platforms, so they may be bound to sound the same, but of course I wondered if there was some other link?

Same author

http://espeak.sourceforge.net/

Who also wrote Pluto.

Indeed he did, which is why it is (or cetainly was) supplied with !Pluto

--
Stuart Winsor

Tools With A Mission
sending tools across the world
http://www.twam.co.uk/

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When I noticed this subject, for some reason I though of bubble and squeak
pies as in the the kind baked in an oven lol



--
Paul Stewart
Sent from A9home running RISC OS 4.42

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In article <59b59244c7tim@invalid.org.uk>, Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk>
wrote:

In article <59b58a5a4ccvjazz@waitrose.com>, Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> wrote:

In article <59b571f84btim@invalid.org.uk>, Tim Hill
<tim@invalid.org.uk> wrote:

it may be a good idea not to use the standard voice on RISC OS to
avoid > any confusion

What is the Standard RISC OS Voice. AccessingeSpeakfrom Pluto gives me
a list of 13 voices.

The default one. Zero.

My zero says (None). Duh! Seems silly.

--
Chris Newman

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In article <59b5af837fcvjazz@waitrose.com>,
Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> wrote:

In article <59b59244c7tim@invalid.org.uk>, Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> wrote:

In article <59b58a5a4ccvjazz@waitrose.com>, Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> wrote:

In article <59b571f84btim@invalid.org.uk>, Tim Hill
<tim@invalid.org.uk> wrote:

it may be a good idea not to use the standard voice on RISC OS to
avoid > any confusion

What is the Standard RISC OS Voice. AccessingeSpeakfrom Pluto gives
me a list of 13 voices.

The default one. Zero.

My zero says (None). Duh! Seems silly.

But it does speak...

My question is... Why would you want a silly Croak voice in the list?

Now that is silly! :-(

Dave

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Dave Triffid

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