Hi,
I think the problem is that you have configured the espeak module to
use alsa, but your speech-dispatcher was not compiled with alsa
support. Make sure you pass the "--with-alsa" option to the
speech-dispatcher configure script.
Best regards, Lukas
Zachary Kline writes ("Speech Dispatcher espeak module error"):
> Hi,
> In trying to use the espeak module of speech-dispatcher today, I noticed
> an error which seemed a little nonsensicle.
> The module apparently failed to load because the library wasn't compiled
> with alsa support. The exact error text is:
> Opening sound device failed. Reason: the sound library wasn't compiled with
> Alsa support.
> I find this strange: I can run espeak from the command line without any
> trouble.
> The espeak-generic module is exhibiting some clipped sounds, which makes
> it rather difficult to use as a substitute.
> I'm using Gentoo--which I just installed again after a fairly
> substantial absence.
> Any tips for this?
> Thanks,
> Zack.
>
>
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