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IBM Drops Linux ViaVoice SDK

Posted by timothy on from the electronically-say-it-ain't-so dept.

quick_dry_3 writes: "IBM's ViaVoice list moderator says that "IBM continues to support the Linux community by integrating Linux into all key products. The Linux desktop dictation product is still available and will continue to be sold. At this time, we have decided to discontinue our SDK for developing desktop Linux voice-enabled applications." Full copy of email is here."

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  1. A shame by grrussel · · Score: 4, Informative

    The ViaVoice SDK had a better sound quality than any other TTS API I could find on Linux. The API was also very simple to use.

    For alternatives, try FreeTTS (written in Java 1.4 !), Flite or Festival. These are all free software.