Hello: I have managed to increase the volume in Speech-dispatcher and Espeak with the normalize program in Slackware Linux. The file /etc/speech-dispatcher/modules/espeak-generic.conf contained these lines: GenericExecuteSynth \ "echo \"$DATA\" | speak -w /tmp/espeak.wav -v $VOICE -s $RATE -a $VOLUME -p $PITCH --stdin && aplay /tmp/espeak.wav" These lines can be modified to include normalize to add 10db of gain as follows: GenericExecuteSynth \ "echo \"$DATA\" | speak -w /tmp/espeak.wav -v $VOICE -s $RATE -a $VOLUME -p $PITCH --stdin && \ /usr/bin/normalize -q -g 10db /tmp/espeak.wav ; /usr/bin/aplay /tmp/espeak.wav" Edit carefully--the version of Speech Dispatcher you are running might be different from the one I am running. HTH, and have a great day. On Sun, Aug 12, 2007 at 11:52:39PM -0700, Zachary Kline wrote: > Hiya, > I've noticed that with speakup and Speech-dispatcher, my speech volume is quite low with Espeak to the point where I can only hear it if I strain my ears. This is a little frustrating, but at least I've confirmed that the system works as intended for the most part. I can modprobe speakup_sftsyn anyway. > Any answers on why the volume is so low? Orca's isn't... > Thanks, > Zack. -- Ralph. N6BNO. Wisdom comes from central processing, not from I/O. rreid at sunset.net http://personalweb.sunset.net/~rreid ...passing through The City of Internet at the speed of light... CIRCLE AREA = _pi * r ^ 2
