PHP Text to Speech
Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 1:22 pm
I've been a html freak for a long time.. and PHP is new to me. When trying to create something, I always think of users. Can all sorts of users use your content ? That's the first question I put before anything else. Recently, I learned about a few commercial text to speech solutions but I feel really sad that there are no FREE webmaster tools for this. Since most hosts are pushing their data-transfer limit to UNLIMITED, why is it that we still don't have synthesizer's for webmasters ??? Now, don't tell me about sitepal and all, they are way TOOOOOOOO expensive. I mean, can we not develop a simple solution in PHP that translates text to speech ?
I REALLY FEEL SAD that in spite of so much development in web standards, Accessibility stills remains to be much desired. SAD. SAD. SAD. WEB !
During my so what research/search. I did find these, but none is what I am looking for.
(1) sitepal. (just google it)
(2) http://www.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php - In spite of being such a BIG GIANT company, still can't allow any tools to use. This is a nice tool but it's been in the research as if it's snoring for years - for I have seen it the same in the past years. Just the same page. Wouldn't it be cool if it had some API for webmasters ???
(3) Our Operating Systems do have tools for Text to Speech. But what's the point that such a service has to be on a system not on a web? So, it's not REALLY available where-ever you go. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163663.aspx and here is one more that works offline. http://espeak.sourceforge.net/
(4) http://freetts.sourceforge.net/ - got my head spin here. don't know if JAVA is the future. It's so hard to implement. Talk about asking a blind person to open multiple popups all asking permission to RUN.... bla bla... what a joke for accessibility.? LOL LOL LOL
I know you are probably wondering, why is this lunatic wanting so much ? I ain't. All I am saying is... where the heck do you see advance in WEB... when you can't even solve one little problem.... problem ? let me see you do it and show me where.... what ??? click here to read my home page.... Yes !
well, enough of this chit chat hope someone has some answers for me.
I REALLY FEEL SAD that in spite of so much development in web standards, Accessibility stills remains to be much desired. SAD. SAD. SAD. WEB !
During my so what research/search. I did find these, but none is what I am looking for.
(1) sitepal. (just google it)
(2) http://www.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php - In spite of being such a BIG GIANT company, still can't allow any tools to use. This is a nice tool but it's been in the research as if it's snoring for years - for I have seen it the same in the past years. Just the same page. Wouldn't it be cool if it had some API for webmasters ???
(3) Our Operating Systems do have tools for Text to Speech. But what's the point that such a service has to be on a system not on a web? So, it's not REALLY available where-ever you go. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163663.aspx and here is one more that works offline. http://espeak.sourceforge.net/
(4) http://freetts.sourceforge.net/ - got my head spin here. don't know if JAVA is the future. It's so hard to implement. Talk about asking a blind person to open multiple popups all asking permission to RUN.... bla bla... what a joke for accessibility.? LOL LOL LOL
I know you are probably wondering, why is this lunatic wanting so much ? I ain't. All I am saying is... where the heck do you see advance in WEB... when you can't even solve one little problem.... problem ? let me see you do it and show me where.... what ??? click here to read my home page.... Yes !
well, enough of this chit chat hope someone has some answers for me.