Hi did you tell speech-dispatcher to use espeak-ng?. You can change this in etc/speech-dispatcher/speechddccf. Speechddccf HTH. Matthew -----Original Message----- From: blinux-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx <blinux-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Linux for blind general discussion Sent: Friday, May 21, 2021 7:39 AM To: blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: A question about Fenrir on Arch linux 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 für 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 à 20:15, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit : >>>>>>>> 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