Well, I don't use pulse audio, but it works fine with alsa on gentoo -- I have a vm which works with speech dispatcher and espeak. I am using that because it has a driver and I am not sure of anything else that does except festival. Cleverson Casarin Uliana <clcaul at gmail.com> wrote: > Wow, please Bohdan release it as soon as possible! > > In the meantime, indeed I'd like to test the current Speechd-up on > Gentoo. For those who got it to work under Debian and Ubuntu, does it > work with Alsa or PulseAudio only? Also, is it enough to git clone the > current version and run it, or some undocumented steps are required? > > Thanks, > Cleverson > > 2012/9/18, Bohdan R. Rau <ethanak at polip.com>: > > On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 01:52:39 -0400, covici at ccs.covici.com wrote: > >> 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. > > > > Some months ago I started with my private replacement for speechd-up. > > Program is not finished yet, but has some important differences: > > > > 1) does not use configuration file (all parameters may be given in > > command line) > > 2) can change voice (module, synthesis voice or even language) on the > > fly. Small script adds two new keys (Spk-a and spk-s) to switch voices > > (up to 8 predefined voices) > > 3) automatically corrects speakup character tables for use in given > > encoding/language > > 4) automatically loads translated speakup tables > > 5) starts as root and drops privileges to predefined user, so > > speech-dispacher never starts as root. > > 6) keeps correct parameters (rate, pitch, volume etc.) when reconnect > > to speech dispatcher. > > > > The only unimplemented feature is indexing (I don't know how to test > > it). > > > > I personally use it on my netbook (I'm sight > > > >> > >> 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 > > > > -- > > http://milena.polip.com/ - Pa pa, Ivonko! > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. 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