Thanks for your help with this. I now have speed. I'm also learning to distrust GUIs (they'll only present what the designer thought I should need) and look for conf files instead. Amanda On 10/21/16, Alonzo Cuellar <mariachiac@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Amanda > Depending if your using espeak-ng or espeak you should edit the files > accordingly > /etc/speech-dispatcher/modules/espeak.conf > or > /etc/speech-dipatcher/espeak-ng.conf > Look for this line in either of the files > # Maximum rate (100 in speech-dispatcher) > Below that line you will find > EspeakMaxRate 500 > As you can see mine is set to 500. Therefore that is how fast espeak > will go when Orca is set to 100%. You can change it to what ever you'd > like. I think the default is 390. > > Have a grate day, > Alonzo > > > > > On 10/21/2016 01:27 PM, Amanda Lacy wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I really need to make the switch from Windows to Linux but eSpeak >> under Orca is way too slow. I'm used to NVDA's rate boost option with >> speed set between 40 and 50. At 100%, eSpeak with Orca is maybe half >> that speed - too slow to be productive. I'm aware of Voxin but it >> costs, and I prefer eSpeak. Can someone please tell me how to fix it? >> >> Thanks, >> Amanda >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Blinux-list mailing list >> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list