[Tfug] Text-to-speach conversion - straight from plain text to an audio file?

[Joshua Zeidner]

 there are a few text-to-speech options available for Firefox.

 http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/122197

 I haven't used them much.  -jmz

On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 12:25 AM, Jim March <1.jim.march at gmail.com> wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I have a book currently in a big .PDF file.  I have a friend who, due
> to severe dyslexia, can't read anything that long.  But he listens to
> audiobooks and often "reads" big text-heavy websites via software
> speech synth.
>
> Is there an app under Linux, or even a website somewhere, that can
> "read" a big chunk of text in at once and output an .MP3 or .OGG or
> whatever audio file?  That would allow him to "read" it even when away
> from his computer.
>
> Jim
>
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