Hi Deedra,

>you'll need speech-dispatcher speechd-up at least. Speech-dispatcher
>depends on flite I belive, so I hope you have enough ram to build it:)
I've got a gig, so that should be enough to handle pretty much anything.  If not, that'll give me the excuse i've been looking for to get another. 

>Eflite is available and is in portage, but not eflite16. If you want
>eflite16 you'll have to bribe squinky86 or eradicator.
Once I get the system up and running, if you can give me any pointers, i'll try rolling my own.  I would assume modifying the eflite ebuild scripts would be the place to start.  Those are all in python aren't they?  If so, i've got enough python experience that I should be able to understand them.

Regards,

Cecil