Have been googling for voice synthesis and text to voice, there are a 
few chips out there,

 From Eoin Ross' post on the telephone kit: I think I would just go to 
the DTMF chip, and a PIC to control it instead of the kit. I think I can 
handle that, but need more research. Once I have dialed and connected, 
then need voice synthesis. The little I have read and listened so far 
seems that the synthesis requires programming in allophones which 
appears to be an "art" in itself. Some of these chips get expensive. 
Then a while back I saw some chips that would record the voice and play 
back a choice of several messages. I was hoping to stay away from those, 
since if there was a new/changed message, the whole chip had to be 
reprogrammed, where I was hoping to stay with just programming the PLC 
in text. For long term maintenance this would be better.

Richard Prosser wrote:
> Carl.
> I might be missing the point here but how about getting the PLC to
> dial in to a receive modem set up at your home site. This could be
> monitored by a PC which could then be configured to send the
> emails/voicemails/instant messaging etc as required.
>   
If I'm going to have a PC powered up, it just as well be the new Intel 
DP965-LT motherboard which is very low power when idle. Then it can just 
send the E-mail out over the DSL. I haven't tried it yet, but the PLC 
manual seems straight forward of sending an E-mail via the PC and DSL. 
Will try that hopefully this evening. Just didn't want to keep the PC 
and DSL powered up while vacation.

> I haven't actually tried to set up an incoming modem but I used to use
> a software fax and that seemed to be able to work OK on direct
> incoming calls.
>
> I guess you'll need to allocate a dedicated line on incoming phone
> connection but if your PABX supports direct dial to  extensions tis
> shouldn't be a problem.
>   
This is a house with 1 phone with DSL landline. No PABX.
> And any old PC should handle the  data requirements OK - as well as
> providing a logging facility.
>
> RP
>   
>
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