|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| gnome-speech: gnome-speech gnome-speech: gnome-speech: GNOME Speech aims to be a general interface to various text-to-speech gnome-speech: engines for the GNOME desktop. It allows the simple speaking of text, gnome-speech: as well as control over various speech parameters such as speech gnome-speech: pitch, rate, and volume. gnome-speech: gnome-speech: gnome-speech: gnome-speech: gnome-speech: