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Georgiana Brummell<p>This post was inspired by the accessibility, or lack there of, of various operating systems, annoyances that people have with Windows, and the current state of Linux, which many sighted people tout as a great Windows alternative. While there are obviously some blind people who use it, overall, the experience is neither streamlined nor easy. and it can be downright frustrating. There is Mac OS, but then, there is the expense of a Mac, plus the fact that many normal periferals can't be used with it. There are Android and IOS, but these are touch-based, not built for computers, though both can be used with real keyboards. Still, such operating systems come with their own headaches.</p><p>My solution is one that cuts through all of the hurdles to a system that is fast, efficient, light on resources, and very accessible. This is DOS. I am not referring to MS-DOS, but to modern varients such as FreeDOS (just updated this year), Enhanced DR-DOS (updated a few years ago), VDOS (a version that runs directly in modern Windows systems), etc. For instance, this is FreeDOS.</p><p><a href="https://www.freedos.org/download/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">freedos.org/download/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>This is a wonderful (and long) list of general fallacies that people may hold about the operating system, as well as statements debunking them and proving why it is still a viable choice in 2025.</p><p><a href="http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~ak621/DOS/DOS-Fal.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">chebucto.ns.ca/~ak621/DOS/DOS-</span><span class="invisible">Fal.html</span></a></p><p>For us in the blind community, there are really only two issues standing in our way. The first is a good screen reader, and the second is software synthesis. Yet even these can be overcome. While many DOS screen readers were made in the past, only one is now completely open source. That is Provox. The entire code is available for us to update to our hearts' content. (Look down the page and you will find the download link under the screen reader section.)</p><p><a href="https://allinaccess.com/happ/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">allinaccess.com/happ/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Of course, we could create an entirely new one, but this gives us a good place to start if we don't want to reinvent the wheel. As for hardware synthesis, it was done in the past, with Flipper. It's not the best, but it shows that it is possible. Now, with all of these updates to DOS itself, as well as faster machines with better memory, soundcards, and drivers, it should be easier to create a software synthesizer.</p><p>There are still people programming for DOS, both for everyday use and versions of the operating system itself. Why not collaborate with them? Why can't we have a text-based, keyboard-driven operating system that works for us, that isn't bloated, and that we can even help to create? Imagine a version of DOS designed with accessibility in mind. What if it came with a built-in screen reader that talked during installation, braille support, a magnifier, ocr software, various other accessibility options, and menus that were easy to navigate for those who didn't wish to use the commandline, as well as access to it for those who did? What if it were free, or at the very least, extremely cheap, and could run on almost anything, so that anyone in the world could use it, provided he had some sort of computer? This is all within reach.</p><p>How many of you would be interested in at least trying out these modern versions of DOS to see what they offer and how far we could take them into the realm of accessibility and daily use?</p><p><a href="https://someplace.social/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://someplace.social/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blind</span></a> <a href="https://someplace.social/tags/commandline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commandline</span></a> <a href="https://someplace.social/tags/computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computing</span></a> <a href="https://someplace.social/tags/DOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOS</span></a> <a href="https://someplace.social/tags/FreeDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeDOS</span></a> <a href="https://someplace.social/tags/OperatingSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OperatingSystem</span></a> <a href="https://someplace.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://someplace.social/tags/ScreenReader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScreenReader</span></a> <a href="https://someplace.social/tags/SoftwareSynthesizer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoftwareSynthesizer</span></a> <a href="https://someplace.social/tags/SpeechSynthesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpeechSynthesis</span></a> <a href="https://someplace.social/tags/text" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>text</span></a>-based <a href="https://someplace.social/tags/tui" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tui</span></a> <a href="https://someplace.social/tags/WindowsAlternative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WindowsAlternative</span></a></p>
IT News<p>How To Train A New Voice For Piper With Only A Single Phrase - [Cal Bryant] hacked together a home automation system years ago, which more recent... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/07/09/how-to-train-a-new-voice-for-piper-with-only-a-single-phrase/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/07/09/how-to</span><span class="invisible">-train-a-new-voice-for-piper-with-only-a-single-phrase/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/artificialintelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artificialintelligence</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/speechsynthesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speechsynthesis</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/texttospeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>texttospeech</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/chatterbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chatterbox</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/pipervoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pipervoice</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/pytorch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pytorch</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/whisper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>whisper</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/gpu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gpu</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Convert Any Book to a DIY Audiobook? - If the idea of reading a physical book sounds like hard work, [Nick Bild’s] latest... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/07/06/convert-any-book-to-a-diy-audiobook/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/07/06/conver</span><span class="invisible">t-any-book-to-a-diy-audiobook/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/artificialintelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artificialintelligence</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/raspberrypizero2w" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>raspberrypizero2w</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/googlegemini2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>googlegemini2</span></a>.5 <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/speechsynthesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speechsynthesis</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/raspberrypi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>raspberrypi</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/pipervoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pipervoice</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/webcam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>webcam</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/genai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genai</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/cv2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cv2</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/ocr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ocr</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a></p>
Debby<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@thelinuxEXP" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>thelinuxEXP</span></a></span> I really like Speech Note! It's a fantastic tool for quick and local voice transcription in multiple languages, created by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mkiol" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mkiol</span></a></span> </p><p>It's incredibly handy for capturing thoughts on the go, conducting interviews, or making voice memos without worrying about language barriers. The app uses strictly locally running LLMs, and its ease of use makes it a standout choice for anyone needing offline transcription services.</p><p>I primarily use <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/WhisperAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhisperAI</span></a> for transcription and Piper for voice, but many other models are available as well. </p><p>It is available as flatpak and <a href="https://github.com/mkiol/dsnote" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/mkiol/dsnote</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/TTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TTS</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/transcription" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transcription</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/TextToSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TextToSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/translator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>translator</span></a> translation <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/offline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>offline</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/machinetranslation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>machinetranslation</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/sailfishos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sailfishos</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/SpeechSynthesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpeechSynthesis</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/SpeechRecognition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpeechRecognition</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/speechtotext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speechtotext</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/nmt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nmt</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a>-desktop <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/stt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stt</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/asr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>asr</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/flatpak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flatpak</span></a>-applications <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/SpeechNote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpeechNote</span></a></p>
Debby<p>🌟 Excited to share Thorsten-Voice's YouTube channel! 🎥 🗣️🔊 ♿ 💬</p><p>Thorsten presents innovative TTS solutions and a variety of voice technologies, making it an excellent starting point for anyone interested in open-source text-to-speech. Whether you're a developer, accessibility advocate, or tech enthusiast, his channel offers valuable insights and resources. Don't miss out on this fantastic content! 🎬</p><p>follow hem here: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://techhub.social/@thorstenvoice" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>thorstenvoice</span></a></span> <br>or on YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@ThorstenMueller" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/@ThorstenMueller</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> YouTube channel! </p><p><a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/FLOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FLOSS</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/TTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TTS</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/ParlerTTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ParlerTTS</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/VoiceTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceTech</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/TextToSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TextToSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/CoquiAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoquiAI</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/VoiceAssistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceAssistant</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Sprachassistent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sprachassistent</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/MachineLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MachineLearning</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/AccessibilityMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AccessibilityMatters</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/FLOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FLOSS</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/TTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TTS</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Inclusivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Inclusivity</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Coqui" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coqui</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/CoquiAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoquiAI</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/VoiceAssistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceAssistant</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Sprachassistent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sprachassistent</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/VoiceTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceTechnology</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/K%C3%BCnstlicheStimme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KünstlicheStimme</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/MachineLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MachineLearning</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Rhasspy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rhasspy</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/TextToSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TextToSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/VoiceTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceTech</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/STT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>STT</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/SpeechSynthesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpeechSynthesis</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/SpeechRecognition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpeechRecognition</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Sprachsynthese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sprachsynthese</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/ArtificialVoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialVoice</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/VoiceCloning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceCloning</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Spracherkennung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spracherkennung</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/CoquiTTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoquiTTS</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/voice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>voice</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/a11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>a11y</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/ScreenReader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScreenReader</span></a></p>
Debby<p>Goode <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://techhub.social/@thorstenvoice" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>thorstenvoice</span></a></span>, just found your channel and I'm impressed! Your work on TTS is fantastic and so important for accessibility in the FLOSS community. Keep it up! <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/AccessibilityMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AccessibilityMatters</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/FLOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FLOSS</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/TTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TTS</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Inclusivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Inclusivity</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Coqui" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coqui</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/CoquiAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoquiAI</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/VoiceAssistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceAssistant</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Sprachassistent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sprachassistent</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/VoiceTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceTechnology</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/K%C3%BCnstlicheStimme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KünstlicheStimme</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/MachineLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MachineLearning</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Rhasspy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rhasspy</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/TextToSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TextToSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/VoiceTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceTech</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/STT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>STT</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/SpeechSynthesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpeechSynthesis</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/SpeechRecognition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpeechRecognition</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Sprachsynthese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sprachsynthese</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/ArtificialVoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialVoice</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/VoiceCloning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceCloning</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Spracherkennung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spracherkennung</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/CoquiTTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoquiTTS</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/voice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>voice</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/a11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>a11y</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/ScreenReader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScreenReader</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Christmas Comes Early With AI Santa Demo - With only two hundred odd days ’til Christmas, you just know we’re already feeling... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/05/18/christmas-comes-early-with-ai-santa-demo/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/05/18/christ</span><span class="invisible">mas-comes-early-with-ai-santa-demo/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/artificialintelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artificialintelligence</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/speechrecognition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speechrecognition</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/speechsynthesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speechsynthesis</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/santaclaus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>santaclaus</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/libpeer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>libpeer</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/openai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openai</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/llm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>llm</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a></p>
Em-squared<p>The Voder speech synthesis machine (1939). Kraftwerk would've loved this. Hand operated keys and foot pedal control. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpeechSynthesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpeechSynthesis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/electronic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electronic</span></a><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rAyrmm7vv0&amp;t=22" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=0rAyrmm7vv</span><span class="invisible">0&amp;t=22</span></a></p>
IT News<p>“Glasses” That Transcribe Text To Audio - Glasses for the blind might sound like an odd idea, given the traditional purpose ... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/03/19/glasses-that-transcribe-text-to-audio/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/03/19/glasse</span><span class="invisible">s-that-transcribe-text-to-audio/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/opticalcharacterrecognition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opticalcharacterrecognition</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/speechsynthesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speechsynthesis</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/wearablehacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wearablehacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/texttospeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>texttospeech</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/raspberrypi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>raspberrypi</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/glasses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasses</span></a></p>
Pyrzout :vm:<p>Speaking Computers from the 1970s <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/03/05/speaking-computers-from-the-1970s/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/03/05/speaki</span><span class="invisible">ng-computers-from-the-1970s/</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/generalinstruments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>generalinstruments</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/speechsynthesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speechsynthesis</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/AY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AY</span></a>-3-8910</p>
IT News<p>Speaking Computers from the 1970s - Talking computers are nothing these days. But in the old days, a computer that cou... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/03/05/speaking-computers-from-the-1970s/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/03/05/speaki</span><span class="invisible">ng-computers-from-the-1970s/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/generalinstruments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>generalinstruments</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/speechsynthesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speechsynthesis</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/ay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ay</span></a>-3-8910</p>
JBrickelt963 (φ)<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://piaille.fr/@MXC48" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MXC48</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.bike/@niavy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>niavy</span></a></span> Oh, wow ! Je viens de tester <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/Sherpa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sherpa</span></a> <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/TTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TTS</span></a>, c'est une dinguerie. Les progrès sont spectaculaires entre il y a quelques années, où je trouvais limite que des voix hyper robotiques, en dehors de la <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/Synth%C3%A8seVocale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SynthèseVocale</span></a> de <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a>, et maintenant ^^</p><p> <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/TextToSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TextToSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/SherpaTTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SherpaTTS</span></a> <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/SpeechSynthesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpeechSynthesis</span></a></p><p><a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/text_to_speech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>text_to_speech</span></a> <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/google_text_to_speech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>google_text_to_speech</span></a> <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/texttospeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>texttospeech</span></a> <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/speechtotext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speechtotext</span></a> <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/text_to_speech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>text_to_speech</span></a> <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/google_text_to_speech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>google_text_to_speech</span></a> <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/open_source" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>open_source</span></a> <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>android</span></a> <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/androidapp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>androidapp</span></a> <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/FDroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FDroid</span></a> <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/fdroidstore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fdroidstore</span></a> <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/fdroidrepo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fdroidrepo</span></a> <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/SpeechToText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpeechToText</span></a></p>
Nick's world 🌎 👨‍🦯 🗽<p>This is a video of speech synthesis development through the years with examples.<br><a href="https://youtu.be/huq2TSV99hI?si=iLN397_iqGm6wYCj" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/huq2TSV99hI?si=iLN397</span><span class="invisible">_iqGm6wYCj</span></a><br><a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/Blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blind</span></a>, <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/SpeechSynthesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpeechSynthesis</span></a></p>
Nick's world 🌎 👨‍🦯 🗽<p>I wish there was a comprehensive multi-hour documentary on the history of screenreaders and voice synthesis. This is something I would binge non-stop, because I've been using this software for so many years and it would be great to know the entire history of these sorts of things. <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/Blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blind</span></a>, <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/ScreenReaders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScreenReaders</span></a>, <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/SpeechSynthesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpeechSynthesis</span></a></p>
Nick's world 🌎 👨‍🦯 🗽<p>Last boost, i've been waiting for something like this. I've been looking for a real documentary on the history of speech synthesis. It's time this history be told. <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blind</span></a>, <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/SpeechSynthesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpeechSynthesis</span></a></p>
Lanie Carmelo<p>Setting up an <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/Ubuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ubuntu</span></a> <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/VM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VM</span></a> since <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/ArchLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArchLinux</span></a> wouldn't work. Using <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/VMware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VMware</span></a> Workstation Pro. Does anyone know what could cause speech during installation to be stuttery and choppy sounding? I can barely understand what it's saying. This is on <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/Windows11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows11</span></a>.<br><a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/speechSynthesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speechSynthesis</span></a> <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/screenReader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>screenReader</span></a></p><p>Also, because I accidentally installed Workstation Player at first and then installed Workstation Pro, I now have both on my system. Only one entry shows up in my uninstaller, so I removed it and reinstalled Pro, but I still see both of them. Any ideas what might cause this?<br><a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/softwareInstallation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>softwareInstallation</span></a> <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/uninstaller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uninstaller</span></a></p><p><a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/techSupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techSupport</span></a> <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blind</span></a> <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mastoblind" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mastoblind</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://rblind.com/c/main" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>main</span></a></span></p>
Resolviendo la incógnita 🌐<p>En 1961, John L. Kelly Jr. y Carol Lockbaum programaron en una IBM 7094 de Bell Labs la primera síntesis de voz cantando Daisy Bell de Harry Dacre con música de Max Mathews. Se podría considerar el abuelo de Hatsune Miku. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/musica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>musica</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/speechsynthesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speechsynthesis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sintesisdelhabla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sintesisdelhabla</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tts</span></a></p>
Musharraf :verified:<p>Exciting news on open-source neural voices!<br>Our first experiment is complete with fantastic results! Check out the audio sample attached to this post.<br>For this month, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.pneumasolutions.com/@pneumasolutions" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>pneumasolutions</span></a></span> provided GPU resources for training. I really appreciate their contribution.<br>This is just the beginning. To keep training going, I'm still accepting donations. Any amount helps.<br>I'm happy to receive your donations via PayPal:<br><a href="https://paypal.me/geotts" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">paypal.me/geotts</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Please mention mush42/tts in the notes.<br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SpeechSynthesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpeechSynthesis</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ML</span></a></p>
claude<p>Classic AmigaOS (but IIRC not Amiga Forever, due to legal stuff) comes with a speech synthesizer in two parts: narrator.device [1] synthesizes phonemes written in extended ARPABET phonetic syntax, and translator.library [2] converts written US English into the phonetic syntax.</p><p>I'm currently going through the tables and using Wiktionary to look up the IPA pronunciations so I can map IPA to ARPABET as used by narrator.device. This is helping me learn IPA, which I've seen around but never got into.</p><p>Then I'm thinking of writing something like translator.library but for Catalan, which should be considerably easier than English due to it's more regular pronunciation/spelling. This will help me learn Catalan.</p><p>Maybe I should see if narrator.device supports all Catalan phonetics first, to avoid getting stuck at the end of the proejct...</p><p>[1] <a href="https://wiki.amigaos.net/wiki/Narrator_Device#How_to_Write_Phonetically_for_Narrator" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wiki.amigaos.net/wiki/Narrator</span><span class="invisible">_Device#How_to_Write_Phonetically_for_Narrator</span></a><br>[2] <a href="https://wiki.amigaos.net/wiki/Translator_Library" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wiki.amigaos.net/wiki/Translat</span><span class="invisible">or_Library</span></a></p><p><a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/amiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amiga</span></a> <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/SpeechSynthesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpeechSynthesis</span></a> <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/phonetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phonetics</span></a> <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/catal%C3%A0" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>català</span></a></p>
IT News<p>AI-generated Al Michaels to provide daily recaps during 2024 Summer Olympics - Enlarge / Al Michaels looks on prior to the game between the Minnesota ... - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=2033917" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arstechnica.com/?p=2033917</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/2024summerolympics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2024summerolympics</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/sportscommentators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sportscommentators</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/machinelearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>machinelearning</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/speechsynthesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speechsynthesis</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/summerolympics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>summerolympics</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/voicesynthesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>voicesynthesis</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/olympicgames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>olympicgames</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/almichaels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>almichaels</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/deepfakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deepfakes</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/olympics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>olympics</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/chatgpt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chatgpt</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/chatgtp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chatgtp</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/biz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biz</span></a>⁢ <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/sports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sports</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/nbc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nbc</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/nfl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nfl</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a></p>