Here is the google search link:

http://www.google.com/search?as_q=linux&num=100&hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&oe=ISO-8859-1&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=text+to+speech&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=lang_en&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&safe=off

Looks like IBM has their Via Voice technology on Linux and some other players too.

Interesting... There are many possible uses of text-to-speech other than for the visually impared.  I will be looking at this myself.

Alan

plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us wrote:
In the meantime, does anyone know of good text-to-speech software for
linux? that runs on console, and within X?