I've always liked the Mac's speech synthesizer and tend to keep it so alert messages and AIM messages are spoken. I wish MS Word and my SSH client had built-in speech support but if I can learn enough Applescript, I might be able to write something which can pipe those program's output into the speech synthesizer. Both programs are Applescriptable.
What I really wish someone would do is create more voices. After a while I get tired of Victoria, Agnes and, Bruce. Others I'm not too fond of: Ralph and Fred sound too mechanical -- Junior, Kathy, and Princess are too 'kiddy' -- most of the others aren't very comprehensable. It'd also be nice if there was a way to tune the speech synthesizer to mimic various accents. Ideally my computer (named Luigi) would have an Italian accent. That's probably a bit too much to ask for though.
Momma mia! It's-a me, Luigi!
What I really wish someone would do is create more voices. After a while I get tired of Victoria, Agnes and, Bruce. Others I'm not too fond of: Ralph and Fred sound too mechanical -- Junior, Kathy, and Princess are too 'kiddy' -- most of the others aren't very comprehensable. It'd also be nice if there was a way to tune the speech synthesizer to mimic various accents. Ideally my computer (named Luigi) would have an Italian accent. That's probably a bit too much to ask for though.
Momma mia! It's-a me, Luigi!