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text-to-speech - lashmatt - 2015-04-19
First of all I would like to tell you a little about my setup. I have a raspberry pi model B running openelec I have most of it configured the way I want. However, due to my cerebral palsy. I would like to incorporate few extra things that make it easier to use every day as a media center , the first of my features I would like to add is a automatic email reader that would monitor my email for any new emails and when I receive them read the context of that email and who it was from. I do not need a full on screen reader as I am able to read. I just like to use text-to-speech to have things read to me because often when I'm reading a long email or a long article I lose my place
The second feature is something that would probably be useful for some nondisabled people to use. I would like to a add on that would read me the weather when I request it. I can go in and manually push a button for it to read to me , but I think it would be better if it was set up to announce the forecast at a specific time of day.
The third feature I would like to add is a talking clock that would announce the time, every 15 30 or 45 minutes depending on a setting that the user could set up in a dialogbox. I am familiar with C++. However, I don't know python to make a script on the pi that would run in the background of kodi . I have purchased another pi and am waiting to receive it so I can begin learning Python , thank you very much for all your help in advance
RE: text-to-speech - RockerC - 2015-04-20
Checkout the python script addon Kodi Screen Reader (Text to speech) http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=196757
Longer discussion here about the wants and needs for blind people http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=117199
I think that there are also other third-party supplementary tools which can add some additional features if you search.
RE: text-to-speech - lashmatt - 2015-04-20
thank you