[ruuk]

The code I tried before I just dropped into one of my current addons because it already had a service component so it was an easy place for me to do some tests. I intend to make a proper addon and see how well I can a access all the text elements of a skin. I have several ideas on different methods to achieve this, but I'm pretty confident it can be done. I was planning on creating a TTS base class and sub classing this with one that handles Festival because I'm familiar with it. The idea is that any number of other speech engines could be dropped in with their own sub class where possible and as needed per platform.
I will then post the addon to my repository so people can try it and give me feedback.
The code will also be on GitHub.
At the moment I am on vacation, so it will be a couple of days till I do anything, plus I have a couple of coding things I'm in the middle of. I'll try to have something available within a week to two weeks.