Hi
Discovered that TC's sed [used to clean the text] is problematic.
Sorry if we gave you that impression.
If interested here is a blunter way of resolving the alleged sed problem
1) download sed.tcz as " onboot"......which is the default download if you use the GUI Apps.
Reboot your computer will load sed and then
2) modify your sed line
cat $1 |sed 's/\xc2\x80/\x22/g' |...text2wave...
so it might read as cat $1 |/usr/local/bin/sed 's/\xc2\x80/\x22/g' |...text2wave...
3) real coders might offer even better alternatives. But IMHO obstracles help our learning curves.
I admit to be a slow learner but happy to build for 64 bit (if I am able to) any of the packages you found usable in the first 3 sound tests you have already spent time trying out.
cheers