I’m setting up a laptop with Mint (Cinnamon) for a person who needs text-to-speech software. It seems like most of the nice-sounding ones are proprietary. Any recommendations for FOSS alternatives? And any ideas why this is an underdeveloped area for open source?
TTS with coqui xTTS is fun to run with a known voice (10sec wav file is enought). It requires some resources but far less than STT like faster-whisper. I think the main issue is not running them but integrate them with the OS/softwares.
Many of us have this kind of feeling. That’s why there are: Small web, inidie web, Gemini… Without being extremist with noJS websites (even if it’s not a bad idea), let’s create content outside platforms. I hope a day blogs will come back and RSS reader became back a trend. So we’ll take back control of a (small) part of the Internet.
I have the same feeling than panos. I'm concerned by the Meta thing. But I'm more and more worry about Fediverse when I see people what instance admin should block or not. What is good or bad for the Fediverse. Maybe an idea to fight against big tech to take control over the fediverse could be to hard limit number of people on each instance. Let's say 5000 for example. It could promote smallest instances rather than the biggest. Because maybe the issue behind this huge instances in fediverse.
Apparently there was a secret meeting between admins of big Fedi instances and Meta, closed under an NDA, and of course they're not saying anything....
If we look at the positive aspect of this: it means Meta looks at Fediverse as a competitor and tries to do something around it. Unfortunately things could only be ugly. Meta running an instance won't appear I think because it could be blocked. But taking control of big instances thanks its money might happened. And maybe has already happened and we don't know it. Meta or another big tech company.
A bit paradoxal but it looks that all central (twitter, reddit, facebook...) are helping the spread of Fediverse. Recently we saw the impact with Twitter on Mastodon, myself I've discovered Lemmy even if I wasn't a reddit user. And before that Facebook first spread friendica and diaspora. It looks next step will be around...
The Bullet Journal method is a flexible and analog system on a paper notebook designed to help individuals organize their lives and track their tasks, goals, and habits. It involves using a simple system of bullet points, signifiers, and collections to log information, make plans, and reflect on progress....
Text-to-speech options?
I’m setting up a laptop with Mint (Cinnamon) for a person who needs text-to-speech software. It seems like most of the nice-sounding ones are proprietary. Any recommendations for FOSS alternatives? And any ideas why this is an underdeveloped area for open source?
A.I. Brings the Robot Wingman to Aerial Combat (www.nytimes.com)
NYT gift article expires in 30 days....
What are good books about the philosophy of programming?
As a programming student i feel sometimes we go a bit too technical and we lose the philosophy and the main point of what we are doing....
The internet has become soulless and i hate it (tim.kicker.dev)
Searching a Mind Map FOSS software
Hi, I need a Mind Map software for building a network of people that I know. Can you suggest me something FOSS please?
What a week, huh? (framapiaf.org)
A sketch from David Revoy about recent Lemmy users incoming.
Is there any Linux tablet similar to a surface
Looking to draw with a pen straight on the screen, and being able to run kubuntu for example so that I can install aseprite for instance
@panos@calckey.social on the Fediverse & Meta's Threads (calckey.social)
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Rumors of a secret meeting under NDA between big Fediverse instance admins and Meta
Apparently there was a secret meeting between admins of big Fedi instances and Meta, closed under an NDA, and of course they're not saying anything....
Massive centralization is helping Fediverse
A bit paradoxal but it looks that all central (twitter, reddit, facebook...) are helping the spread of Fediverse. Recently we saw the impact with Twitter on Mastodon, myself I've discovered Lemmy even if I wasn't a reddit user. And before that Facebook first spread friendica and diaspora. It looks next step will be around...
Summary of the basic Bullet Journal process
The Bullet Journal method is a flexible and analog system on a paper notebook designed to help individuals organize their lives and track their tasks, goals, and habits. It involves using a simple system of bullet points, signifiers, and collections to log information, make plans, and reflect on progress....
Windows 11 is becoming self aware (lemmy.ml)