text to speech

[Ellie]

I use the Eye X; it was developed for gaming. It is sold as an SDK - Software Developer's Kit - and one has to download drivers, but that is straightforward.

[Andrewoz]

hi ellie do you know one that is supported .....

[Ellie]

Andrew,

I checked and Optikey does support the Tobii 4C eye tracker.

Also supports: Tobii EyeX, The Eye Tribe and myGaze.

Ellie.

[Andrewoz]

thx ellie my eye trackers on the way just need a laptop now ............... Andrew

[Andrewoz]

got my laptop waiting for eye tracker to arrive . been using optikey, it's good but annoying that you can't save phrases and sentences like you can on the Grid . had a go on click2speak you can save some sentences but it keeps crashing are there any other free programs available . Thanks Andrew

[Guest]

Type in Windows report.com / text to speech apps for Windows 10 , there are quite a few but as I'm autistic I have a very mild learning disability so I can't perceive which one is ideal for you .

[Ellie]

Type in Windows report.com / text to speech apps for Windows 10 , there are quite a few but as I'm autistic I have a very mild learning disability so I can't perceive which one is ideal for you .

They are Read Aloud apps i.e.they enable articles, books etc to be read aloud. They are not for text to speech purposes with an AT onscreen keyboard unfortunately.

[Ellie]

Andrew, can you add phrases to the dictionary, but is it a Grid? No.

Click2Speak is usually stable; any idea why it's crashing? Look at Task Manager when it crashes for clues on background processes.

Ellie.

[Andrewoz]

got my tobii eye tracker 4c but not sure how to use it to operate my laptop . i callibrated it ok, that's as far as I got i thought it would be easy . any advice greatly appreciated Andrew

[Ellie]

It is easy & straightforward to install the eye tracker. Did you download the Tobii software / drivers?

[Andrewoz]

yes i downloaded the software it works on the calibration but can't use optikey . will try again tomorrow

[Ellie]

If this is the first time you have used your eye tracker with OptiKey you will need to tell OptiKey which device you want to use. Open OptiKey's Management Console (with OptiKey focussed press ALT + M) and select the "Pointing & Selecting” tab.


Change the "Source" (under "Pointing”) to your tracking device.

Leave the "Key selection source" and “Point selection source" set to "Fixation" for now.

Click "OK" to save your changes. OptiiKey may need to restart, but your changes will be saved.

Ellie.

[Andrewoz]

thanks ellie been speaking to the guy who made optikey and he put me on the right track . all working good now got my eyegaze back from the repairers as well so i'm spoilt for choice now .. Andrew