Howdy, Configure speech-dispatcher is not needed. By default fenrir uses the generic speech driver. This does generate speech by suprocessing. So basically same like calling espeak-ng in shell. I dont stay at home currently as i help a friend to knock down a wall in his house (thats fun). Can you send me a debug file of fenrirs initialisation progress to analyze your issue? sudo fenrir -d Then press Ctrl + c You find a file /tmp/fenrir<PID>_<timestamp>.log Where PID is replaced by process ID and timestamp wit current date. /time Still looking forwart to meet you in IRC :D Cheers chrys Von meinem iPhone gesendet > Am 22.05.2021 um 02:04 schrieb Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx>: > > 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 _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list