I have a working version of speechd-up, I think I got it from git://github.com/williamh/speechd-up.git -- I don't know if its the latest version, but it works fine -- even does indexing. You can use any voice, but it works better if the module has a speech dispatcher driver. Cleverson Casarin Uliana <clever92000 at yahoo.com.br> wrote: > Hi, I'm also interested in this question. AFAIC, to be able to use > other voices than ESpeak, you need a piece of software called > Speechd-up. However, last year (2011) when I asked whether it was > available for Gentoo users, it got an answer that it was broken. I > asked recently whether it's still broken, with no answer til now. I'd > also like to use it, in case it's functional. > > Cheers > Cleverson > > Em 16/09/2012 16:34, Rob Hudson escreveu: > > I'm trying to get speakup working with speech-dispatcehr and voxin. However it won't connect and, in speechd.log, I see this: > > I am running speech-dispatcher 0.7.1 and Debian Squeeze, with Voxin-0.42. > > > >> From /var/log/speech-dispatcher/speech-dispatcehr.log > > [Sat Sep 15 04:14:50 2012 : 525783] speechd: Speech Dispatcher Logging to > > file /var/log/speech-dispatcher//speech-dispatcher.log > > [Sat Sep 15 04:14:50 2012 : 525903] speechd: Initializing output module > > ibmtts with binary /usr/lib/speech-dispatcher-modules/sd_ibmtts and > > configuration /etc/speech-dispatcher/modules//ibmtts.conf > > [Sat Sep 15 04:14:50 2012 : 525916] speechd: Output module is logging to > > file /var/log/speech-dispatcher//ibmtts.log > > [Sat Sep 15 04:14:50 2012 : 526228] speechd: Module ibmtts loaded. > > [Sat Sep 15 04:14:50 2012 : 526393] speechd: ERROR: Bad syntax from output > > module ibmtts 1 > > [Sat Sep 15 04:14:50 2012 : 526466] speechd: Initializing output module > > dummy with binary /usr/lib/speech-dispatcher-modules/sd_dummy and > > configuration (null) > > [Sat Sep 15 04:14:50 2012 : 526480] speechd: Output module is logging to > > file /var/log/speech-dispatcher//dummy.log > > [Sat Sep 15 04:14:50 2012 : 526744] speechd: Module dummy loaded. > > [Sat Sep 15 04:14:50 2012 : 531115] speechd: LINE here:|304 CANT LIST > > VOICES| > > [Sat Sep 15 04:14:50 2012 : 531140] speechd: Module dummy started > > sucessfully with message: > > --------------- > > Everything ok so far. > > --------------- > > [Sat Sep 15 04:14:50 2012 : 531408] speechd: Configuration has been read > > from "/etc/speech-dispatcher/speechd.conf" > > [Sat Sep 15 04:14:50 2012 : 531436] speechd: Speech Dispatcher Logging to > > file /var/log/speech-dispatcher//speech-dispatcher.log > > [Sat Sep 15 04:14:50 2012 : 531458] speechd: Speech Dispatcher will use > > local unix socket: > > /var/run/speech-dispatcher/.speech-dispatcher/speechd.sock > > [Sat Sep 15 04:14:50 2012 : 533528] speechd: Speech Dispatcher started and > > waiting for clients ... > > Any idea what's happening here? I also noticed that, using the say tool in voxin's source tree, I have to do aoss ./say in order for the "hello world" message to be spoken. Could this be the problem? > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici at ccs.covici.com
