Blocking could indeed be a problem, especially since it is no official API.
Ah well, maybe I can try to figure how I can turn espeak or festival into a beautiful (Or at least better) voice
<r>Hi,<br/> <br/> Still new to ShoutIRC and playing around with the options and plugins, and I really love it. Great job!<br/> <br/> One request which would be really nice, if you can manage to add Google Translate text-to-speech as an alternative to eSpeak and festival. Hopefully I don't insult any...