Have you run spd-conf and selected espeak-ng as your synthesizer for speech-dispatcher? On Fri, 21 May 2021, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Hello there, > > > removing espeak doesn't fix it, the same problem still persists. > > Best regards. > > Francisco. > > > On 5/21/21 12:36 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > > Howdy > > > >> I have espeak, sox, and xclip installed, plus pulseaudio, pulseaudio-alsa, > >> alsa-utils and plugins. > > espeak-ng is used by default instead of espeak. espeak-ng is the successor > > of espeak. do take care to not install espeak but espeak-ng and give another > > shot :). > > > > > > Am 21.05.21 um 11:47 schrieb Linux for blind general discussion: > >> Hello there, > >> > >> > >> Just for the heck of it, I redid a clean install of arch with pulseaudio > >> this time, and I configured everything I needed running the sh script you > >> indicated. > >> > >> It half works, and half doesn't. > >> > >> What I mean by that is that when I restarted the machine, just a few > >> seconds ago and ran fenrir as sudoer, it played the sound icon, thing that > >> with pipewire didn't happen, but gave me no speech at all. > >> > >> I have espeak, sox, and xclip installed, plus pulseaudio, pulseaudio-alsa, > >> alsa-utils and plugins. > >> > >> Any suggestions? > >> > >> Thanks again. > >> > >> Best regards. > >> > >> Francisco. > >> > >> On 5/18/21 5:06 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > >>> Howdy, > >>> > >>> do you have the requirements for the generic sound / voice drivers > >>> installed? > >>> To get sure, reinstall it execute: > >>> sudo pacman -S sox espeak-ng xclip > >>> > >>> sox is used for play sound, espeak for voice output in the default > >>> configuration, xclip is a funny toy to let fenrir share the clipboard > >>> between your GUI and Terminal. > >>> > >>> start fenrir for testing in foreground - you can stop it using CTRL + C > >>> sudo fenrir > >>> > >>> did you hear the startup sound? fenrir plays a little soundicon at > >>> startup. > >>> > >>> if not, then pulseaudio is not configured. > >>> short story execute: > >>> # configure user > >>> /usr/share/fenrirscreenreader/tools/configure_pulse.sh > >>> # configure root > >>> sudo /usr/share/fenrirscreenreader/tools/configure_pulse.sh > >>> > >>> # need to restart that the configuration for both get active > >>> > >>> restart > >>> > >>> then retry > >>> > >>> sudo fenrir > >>> > >>> long storry: fenrir needs by default to run as root to collect the data on > >>> your screen or caputre the input devices. if fenrir speaks or creates > >>> sound, it does this as root user. you wont hear sound of an other user by > >>> pulseaudio (sound server) design. We need to transport the sound created > >>> as root to the sound server you have running as user to finally hear the > >>> sound. > >>> > >>> fenrir provides 2 scripts (see above) to configure the root puse audio to > >>> send the data to your user and configure user pulse audio to listen to the > >>> sound sent by root and play it. > >>> > >>> cheers chrys > >>> > >>> > >>> 18.05.21 um 14:46 schrieb Linux for blind general discussion: > >>> > >>>> Hello there, > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Thanks so much, now, that part of the problem is solved! > >>>> > >>>> The other part, how ever, that is not solved, is that fenrir doesn't > >>>> speak with espeak, or espeak-ng. > >>>> > >>>> Do I have to set something somewhere for that to happen? > >>>> > >>>> Thanks again. > >>>> > >>>> Best regards. > >>>> > >>>> Francisco. > >>>> > >>>> On 5/18/21 10:24 AM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > >>>>> Howdy Francisco, > >>>>> > >>>>> i dont know why those libs are not an dependency by python-pyenchant if > >>>>> those are spread warnings. Maybe this should be reported to the package > >>>>> maintainer. But anyway. > >>>>> > >>>>> you can ask pacman what package contains the specific file you need by > >>>>> "sudo pacman -Fy filename". here i did this for for example in > >>>>> libvokko.so: > >>>>> > >>>>> 10:14 [chrys@blackbeast ~] :) $ sudo pacman -Fy libvoikko.so > >>>>> [sudo] Passwort f?r chrys: > >>>>> :: Synchronisiere Paketdatenbanken... > >>>>> core 903,5 KiB 6,17 MiB/s 00:00 > >>>>> [#########################################################################] > >>>>> 100% > >>>>> extra 9,3 MiB 26,9 MiB/s 00:00 > >>>>> [#########################################################################] > >>>>> 100% > >>>>> community 22,8 MiB 29,6 MiB/s 00:01 > >>>>> [#########################################################################] > >>>>> 100% > >>>>> multilib 222,5 KiB 12,8 MiB/s 00:00 > >>>>> [#########################################################################] > >>>>> 100% > >>>>> extra/libvoikko 4.3.1-1 > >>>>> usr/lib/libvoikko.so > >>>>> 10:15 [chrys@blackbeast ~] :) $ > >>>>> > >>>>> so the package you need for libvokko.so is "libvoikko" > >>>>> to silence out all the warnings do this: > >>>>> sudo pacman -S libvoikko nuspell hspell > >>>>> > >>>>> this install all 3 (IMO optional dependency's, what should not create a > >>>>> warning, but well, it is like it is) > >>>>> > >>>>> i use irssi as IRC (commandline) client. there is also Pidgin (as > >>>>> graphical client). both are very nice. > >>>>> > >>>>> looking forward to see you in IRC :). > >>>>> > >>>>> cheers chrys > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Am 18.05.21 um 08:57 schrieb Linux for blind general discussion: > >>>>>> Hello there, > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I managed to install one of the libraries, but not the other two, so > >>>>>> thanks for that. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Also, thanks for suggesting to use yay, I just installed it, I didn't > >>>>>> know yaourt was deprecated. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> My question now is, and this'll be dum, what are recommended IRC > >>>>>> clients? how do I get them working? what should I know before joining > >>>>>> an IRC channel, what ever it might be? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Thanks again. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Best regards. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Francisco. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On 5/17/21 9:19 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > >>>>>>> Hi, I just posted a link to this message intended to chrys (Fenrir > >>>>>>> author) on the #a11y channel of irc.linux-a11y.org. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Maybe join him there? > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Didier > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Le 17/05/2021 ? 20:15, Linux for blind general discussion a ?crit : > >>>>>>>> Hello everyone, > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> I just downloaded fenrir-git from the AUR using yaourt. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> When I try to run fenrir with the command > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> fenrir > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> in a terminal, how ever, i get fenrir's startup sound, and this: > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> [francisco@Blueblink ~]$ fenrir > >>>>>>>> ** (process:7008): WARNING **: 20:12:45.374: Error loading plugin: > >>>>>>>> libhspell.so. > >>>>>>>> 0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory > >>>>>>>> ** (process:7008): WARNING **: 20:12:45.374: Error loading plugin: > >>>>>>>> libvoikko.so. > >>>>>>>> 1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory > >>>>>>>> ** (process:7008): WARNING **: 20:12:45.377: Error loading plugin: > >>>>>>>> libnuspell.so > >>>>>>>> .4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Any ideas on how to fix it, and no speech either. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Thank you for any answer. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Best regards. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Francisco. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>>>> Blinux-list mailing list > >>>>>>>> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>>>>>>> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>>> Blinux-list mailing list > >>>>>>> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>>>>>> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >>>>>> > >>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>> Blinux-list mailing list > >>>>>> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>>>>> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> Blinux-list mailing list > >>>>> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>>>> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Blinux-list mailing list > >>>> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>>> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Blinux-list mailing list > >>> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Blinux-list mailing list > >> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list mailing list > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list