Text to MP3 using pyTTS - Non-programmer question

[Marc Shapiro]

seyeRMReyes at gmail.com wrote:
> I'm not a programmer, but I'd like to make a program that will open and
> read a txt file and output to a mp3 file. I don't need to ever hear the
> voice, but I'd like the program to direct
> 
> I've been google'ing around and have found a few tutorials about
> converting pdfs to mp3 and  converting typed text (in the source file)
> to wave, but I'm looking for the ability to directly convert from txt
> to mp3/ogg/wma.
> 
> Currently I'm running on WinXP, but I also have access to a Linux box.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
 From what I've seen, pyTTS is Windows only.  Is there a package that 
runs on linux that provides similar functionality.  I have festival and 
festlite, but I would prefer a Python solution.