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====== Mail2Voice Next Specifications ======

===== Architecture overview =====
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===== General =====
  * free software everywhere
  * multi platform / portable (Win & Linux minimum)
  * widely used languages (C, C++ preferred)
  * minimal dependency tree
  * robust and actively maintained dependencies
  * C/C++ bindings for dependencies
  * modular architecture

===== Back =====
  * all modules are used through wrappers

==== Mail module ====
  * IMAP, POP (optional), SMTP support
  * state of the art protocol support
  * bonus: synchronization support

==== Storage module ====
  * filesystem + SQL database for metadata (like Thundebrird)

==== Audio recorder/player ====
  * MP3 support

==== TTS module ====
  * OS native synth
  * or eSpeak (+MBrola)

===== Core =====
  * well defined public API
  * extensible Public API
  * modular architecture

===== UI =====
  * accessibility
  * internationalization
  * stretchable
  * based on well known toolkit (Qt)