Re: [orca-list] New Linux user, needing higher quality speech...

[Jason White <jason jasonjgw net>]

Luke Yelavich <themuso ubuntu com> wrote:
 
> I'd also argue that espeak is of a higher quality than
> eloquence/ibmtts/voxin. After many years of using espeak and then using
> ibmtts/voxin, I find it more difficult to use as it sounds more muddy.
> Espeak uses a higher sample rate for a start, and may have other elements
> that make it much clearer, at least for me.

It's also worth taking into account the work that NVDA developers are
apparently contributing to eSpeak for the purpose of improving speech quality
(discussed on this list relatively recently).