Acapela TTS VS eSpeak

Acapela TTS mentions (0)

eSpeak mentions (3)

• What vibration sensor (or smart plug) for laundry detection do you use?

  When it figures the machine was active and is now inactive that indicates the cycle is over. Then I have an Echo sitting next to the speaker of the Linux box and use espeak to have the Echo announce the laundry is done. The script basically talks to the Echo and says "Alexa, make an announcement" and then "The washing machine is done". - Source: Reddit / 28 days ago

• What's a feature you wish a virtual assistant had?

  I would have no problem sharing the source code or even the binaries (the code compiled in a ready-to-go .exe file). But unfortunately it would have to be a whole different program if I was to distribute it to the public. That's because I'm taking advantage of a lot of stuff that I've already tweaked or installed on my Windows computer (e.g.: it uses ffmpeg/ffplay to play audio in the background, VLC to play... - Source: Reddit / 4 months ago

• What's a feature you wish a virtual assistant had?

  Hahahah we're definitely on the track for deepfaking famous people's voices (see: Jay-Z raps the navy seals copypasta). But the "Stephen Hawking mode" is pretty much what I use for the speech synthesizer in my UI. I use the eSpeak library/software, which you can download here and use it as a command-line program or via their graphical user interface. There's also an online generator version of it using the same... - Source: Reddit / 4 months ago