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Text-to-speech options? (beehaw.org)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm setting up a laptop with Mint (Cinnamon) for a person who needs text-to-speech software. It seems like most of the nice-sounding ones are proprietary. Any recommendations for FOSS alternatives? And any ideas why this is an underdeveloped area for open source?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

As a blind person, I think it's mostly due to the fact that Linux is only on 4% of desktop. So not many blind people are using it and therefore demanding better software.