[NBLUG/talk] Electronic format to audio

[David Rosenstrauch]

Jack Smith wrote:
> My mother's eyesight has just gone much worse, suddenly, and she can no 
> longer read.  If we can find electronic books, is there anything in 
> Linux to convert them to audio?  I'll look myself, but often somebody 
> already knows the answer I'm looking for.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jack

I don't know the answer, but I imagine that a speech synthesizer like 
Festival (http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/festival/) would wind up 
part of the solution.  Or if not, it might be a good place to start your 
search at least.

HTH,

DR