Hi, Changing from pulse to alsa worked. Thanks all very much for help! Still wonder why spd-say can do spd_open while speechd-up fails. May be something check later. Okash On 15 Aug 2017 7:49 am, "Okash Khawaja" <okash.khawaja@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Okay I'll give it a go. > > Thanks , > Okash > > On 14 Aug 2017 8:03 pm, "John Covici" <covici@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Well, my setup was speech-dispatcher as a system rather than a user > service and pulse audio was not involved -- see if that combination > works for you. > > On Mon, 14 Aug 2017 13:40:17 -0400, > Okash Khawaja wrote: > > > > [1 <text/plain; UTF-8 (7bit)>] > > [2 <text/html; UTF-8 (quoted-printable)>] > > Hi, > > > > Speech dispatcher is installed per user under /usr /local /... So is > speechd-up. Yes I'm using pulse audio. > > > > Thanks, > > Okash > > > > On 14 Aug 2017 9:28 am, "John Covici" <covici@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Is speech dispatcher system wide or for each user? Also, are you > > using pulse audio? > > > > On Mon, 14 Aug 2017 03:00:05 -0400, > > Okash Khawaja wrote: > > > > > > [1 <text/plain; UTF-8 (7bit)>] > > > [2 <text/html; UTF-8 (quoted-printable)>] > > > Hi, > > > > > > Sorry about the delay. > > > > > > > So you can start speechd-up in the GUI and it will work? > > > > But if you start it in the text console, it won't? > > > Exactly > > > > > > spd-say works from text console, as does festival and espeak. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Okash > > > > > > On 13 Aug 2017 7:00 pm, "John Covici" <covici@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > I wonder if its an audio problem. In a text console if you have > > > espeak installed, does spdsay do anything? > > > > > > On Sun, 13 Aug 2017 13:17:16 -0400, > > > Chris Brannon wrote: > > > > > > > > Okash Khawaja <okash.khawaja@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > > > > > > > Thanks that worked! But still no sound when run from text > console. Works fine from inside GUI. > > > > > > > > So you can start speechd-up in the GUI and it will work? > > > > But if you start it in the text console, it won't? > > > > Does spd-say work from a text console at all? > > > > > > > > -- Chris > > > > > > -- > > > Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: > > > How do > > > you spend it? > > > > > > John Covici > > > covici@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > -- > > Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: > > How do > > you spend it? > > > > John Covici > > covici@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > -- > Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: > How do > you spend it? > > John Covici > covici@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
