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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: More voicing options in Rockbox?Re: More voicing options in Rockbox?
From: Petr Bláha <hammet.pb_at_seznam.cz>
Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2011 11:30:45 +0100 So problem is not in hardware, resp. softare, but onli in licence policy - that's quite sad. Dne 2.1.2011 10:23, Daniel Stenberg napsal(a): > On Sat, 1 Jan 2011, Petr Bláha wrote: > >> Yeah, espeak could be quite usefull if rockbox team makes a decision >> that rockbox will be equipped with full TTS engine. One big adwantage >> is, that espeak supports many languages, and another one is, that it >> don't need too much processor power and memory. So it would be great >> feature for rockbox. I am very interested in it, as the blind user of >> mp3 players. > > espeak is GPLv3 licensed while Rockbox is GPLv2 so there's a license > problem. > > There are a few solutions: > > A - espeak changes (back) to GPLv2 [unlikely] > > B - Rockbox changes to GPLv3 [unlikely] > > C - We use the older espeak version from back when it was still GPLv2 > - doable > but we'd be basing our work on older espeak code. > > D - wait and see if something changes that adds a better alternative > > It seems we're mostly on option (D) these days. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Unsubscribe: http://cool.haxx.se/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rockbox > FAQ: http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/GeneralFAQ > Etiquette: http://www.rockbox.org/mail/etiquette.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: http://cool.haxx.se/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rockbox FAQ: http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/GeneralFAQ Etiquette: http://www.rockbox.org/mail/etiquette.html Received on 2011-01-02 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |