Thanks Ian - having looked up loquendo on the web the possibilities are very impressive. =20 Adrian Higginbotham Project manager, Standards British Educational Communications and Technology Agency - BECTA Tel: Direct dial 024 7679 7333 - Becta switchboard 02476-416994. Email: Adrian.Higginbotham@xxxxxxxxxxxx Web: http://www.becta.org.uk/ BECTA, Millburn Hill Road, Science Park, Coventry, CV4 7JJ=20 -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ian Beverley Sent: 30 January 2007 15:49 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Text to speech converter Hi Adrian=3D20 I've just had a chat wih the project co-ordinator and the terms are as follows: =3D20 'The terms of the agreement is that the TTS engine can be used for =3D personal, non-commercial purposes. Hence, you are not allowed to use it to produce audio files for others, to use the audio files in a commercial context, to =3D make them accessible to others via a web site or similar. Apart from that =3D there are no limitations. The agreement = is open-ended in the sense that it does =3D not expire. We can run Loquendo on all our Agents up to a maximum of 10'.=3D20 =3DA0This is fully taking into account the copyright regulations in each = =3D of the partner countries. The deal was negotiated centrally and as long as we stipulate this in return messages (with reference to the copyright act =3D and relevant section) then this is okay. =3D20 This is a European funded project. =3D20 Hope this clarifies this a little bit more. =3D20 Many thanks=3D20 Ian. =3D20 Ian Beverley=3D20 ICT/E-learning Development and Project Officer=3D20 Research, = Development and Training=3D20 =3D20 Royal National College for the Blind=3D20 = College road=3D20 HEREFORD HR1 1EB =3D20 Tel - 01432 265725 Ext 2236=3D20 E-mail - ib@xxxxxxxxxx=3D20 -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf =3D Of Adrian Higginbotham Sent: 30 January 2007 14:22 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Text to speech converter Hi Ian - sounds interesting, would be interested to know more about which tts engine you are using as we occasionally get approached by a variety of outfits looking to support products or practitioners in this way but can't advocate a low or no cost way of doing so at present which allows them to freely share copies of audio versions. =3D3D20 Adrian Higginbotham Project manager, Standards British Educational Communications and Technology Agency - BECTA Tel: Direct dial 024 7679 7333 - Becta switchboard 02476-416994. Email: Adrian.Higginbotham@xxxxxxxxxxxx Web: http://www.becta.org.uk/ BECTA, Millburn Hill Road, Science Park, Coventry, CV4 7JJ=3D3D20 -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ian Beverley Sent: 30 January 2007 12:59 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Text to speech converter Hi Adrian=3D3D3D20 Yes, I agree. =3D3D3D20 To give a little background, this system was originally developed in =3D =3D3D3D Denmark with free text to speech software available to everybody on the net. As =3D3D3D part of the project consortium, Text to speech engines =3D have been bought in =3D3D3D from Lacuendo in Italy to serve multiple languages. =3D =3D3D =3D3D3D20 National copyright laws apply; hence we need to put a rider in the = =3D3D3D return E-mail of each result stating the responsibilities of the user and also =3D3D3D the copyright regulations covered. =3D3D3D20 Hope this clarifies the position a little more, but please feel free to =3D3D3D get back to me if there are any more questions. =3D3D3D20 Cheers=3D3D3D20 Ian. =3D3D3D20 Ian Beverley=3D3D3D20 ICT/E-learning Development and Project Officer=3D3D3D20 Research, =3D3D Development and Training=3D3D3D20 =3D3D3D20 Royal National College for = the Blind=3D3D3D20 =3D =3D3D College road=3D3D3D20 HEREFORD HR1 1EB =3D3D3D20 Tel - 01432 265725 Ext 2236=3D3D3D20 E-mail - ib@xxxxxxxxxx=3D3D3D20 -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf =3D3D3D Of Adrian Higginbotham Sent: 30 January 2007 12:11 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Text to speech converter Ian - interesting legal implications of such a service because of the licence for the voice you use. The usual speech synth licence which allows you to use it for real time work on your own system does not cover giving away copies of the use of that voice. If you want to share materials recorded with a given tts voice then you need to own a licence for that voice which gives permition to do so. I'd be interested to hear from anyone who has explored this route, bought the licence or tried to do so as not all tts resellers seem to approach it in the same way, make the system transparent. Adrian Higginbotham Project manager, Standards British Educational Communications and Technology Agency - BECTA Tel: Direct dial 024 7679 7333 - Becta switchboard 02476-416994. Email: Adrian.Higginbotham@xxxxxxxxxxxx Web: http://www.becta.org.uk/ BECTA, Millburn Hill Road, Science Park, Coventry, CV4 7JJ=3D3D3D3D20 -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ian Beverley Sent: 30 January 2007 10:05 To: Access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Text to speech converter Hi=3D3D3D3D20 =3D3D3D3D20 I've already mentioned this on another list, but I'm looking for people who would be willing to trial this out for me. =3D3D3D3D20 =3D3D3D3D20 Would anybody like to trial out a text to speech and potentially a text to Braille E-mail conversion programme? Essentially, you would attach a document to an E-mail and receive the results back in minutes as an MP3 file. Some people have shown interest in piloting this already, but I am on the look out for many more. =3D3D3D3D20 =3D3D3D3D20 If you are interested, please feel free to E-mail me at the address below and I'll send you further information on the system, how to register and then how to use and test it.=3D3D3D3D20 =3D3D3D3D20 Many thanks=3D3D3D3D20 =3D3D3D3D20 Ian. =3D3D3D3D20 =3D3D3D3D20 Ian Beverley=3D3D3D3D20 ICT/E-learning Development and Project Officer=3D3D3D3D20 Research, Development and Training=3D3D3D3D20 =3D3D3D3D20 Royal National College for the Blind=3D3D3D3D20 College road=3D3D3D3D20 HEREFORD HR1 1EB =3D3D3D3D20 Tel - 01432 265725 Ext 2236=3D3D3D3D20 E-mail - ib@xxxxxxxxxx=3D3D3D3D20 Skype Bevers01 ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** = [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3D3D3D3D3Dunsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3D3D3D3D3Dfaq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3D3D3D3Dunsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3D3D3D3Dfaq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3D3D3Dunsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3D3D3Dfaq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3D3Dunsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3D3Dfaq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3Dunsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3Dfaq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq