A search on www.google.com for the name of the person in question and 
the word speech turned out this:

http://www.payvand.com/news/02/dec/1049.html

Ms. Nan L. Hawthorne said the following on Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 12:28:52PM -0800:
> I understand that a fellow named Cyrus Habib developed a text-to-speech
> application for Linux.
> 
> If anyone on VICUG-L knows the name of the application, please write to me
> directly at [log in to unmask] ASAP.
> 
> If you also know where I can find info on the application on the web, so
> much the better!
> 
> Thanks a mullion!
> 
> Warm Regards,
> 
> Nan Hawthorne, Content Developer   [log in to unmask] or
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