Well, I tried espeakup, and ubuntu mate didnt' like it, so I'm back to speechd-up Mark Peveto Registered Linux user number 600552 Everything happens after coffee! On Sun, 7 May 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Tony Baechler here, reply below. > > On 5/6/2017 8:40 AM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > > With standard espeak, you could switch to /usr/lib/espeak-data/voices, and > > cp en-us to en, and you were golden. The espeak-data/voices directory is > > now in a slightly different directory, and is now called > > espeak-ng-data/voices, but the en and en-us files do not exist for me to > > copy around. > > This is a bad idea anyway. This should be set in the configuration. If you > randomly copy files around, they get overwritten on package upgrade. > > > How does one get the US-english voice in espeak-ng now? I'd really like to > > change it if I can. It's easier for me to understand. > > I compiled it, but I haven't played much with it, so I don't know. > > > This is with espeak-ng and speechd-up. I thought about pulling speechd-up > > and installing espeakup. Maybe it'd be easier to get the US english voice > > that way, but I wanted to see if there was another solution before I sarted > > uninstalling things and installing others, and possibly making a mess. > > > Just install espeakup. It's more responsive, takes less memory and is easier > to configure. You can edit /etc/default/espeakup to set the language. > > _______________________________________________ > 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