[asterisk-users] Text to Speech

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> Can someone recommend a good text to speech engine that is usable by Asterisk? I have tried the Festival one and it just doesn't cut it for commercial applications.
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> We are willing to pay for a good one that works. Anyone tried the AT&T speech engine? The IBM ViaVoice sounds no better then Festival.

You have flite that is free and, IMHO better than festival
(http://nerdvittles.com/index.php?p=134).

I also tried Prophecy (http://www.voxeo.com/) but I'm still waiting
for the Linux version as I don't have time to babysit a Windows server
:)

hth