Re: change eSpeak Default Voice

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I have wondered if screenreaders are using the NG one or not, such as Orca.
Orca just calls it eSpeak.
Glenn
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jude DaShiell" <jdashiel@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "K0LNY_Glenn" <glenn@ervin.email>; <speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Didier 
Spaier" <didier@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2022 7:31 PM
Subject: Re: change eSpeak Default Voice


espeak-ng is a fork off espeak and intended to be a more modern
replacement for espeak.
So which one is run is important.



Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com>
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On Sun, 4 Dec 2022, K0LNY_Glenn wrote:

> Well espeak is espeak, no matter what flavor of Linux it's on, Linux is
> Linux.
> I imagined the only differences between distros would be it's location.
> And I do appreciate it when people give a real answer, rather than just
> directing me where to look it up.
> Or is help only reserved for those who strive to make Linux their main
> source of computing?
> Glenn
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Didier Spaier" <didier@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2022 3:23 AM
> Subject: Re: change eSpeak Default Voice
>
>
> Hello,
>
> answer in line.
>
> Le 04/12/2022 ? 06:14, K0LNY_Glenn a ?crit :
> > Well Linux is not my main operating system, and I think it's a fair
> > question
> > to an email  list.
>
> It would have been a fair question if asked in the right list, BUT this 
> one
> if
> primarily about the speakup kernel driver, rather than software that make
> use of
> it, like speakup or speechd-up.
>
> Further you should have stated which distribution you are using and if you
> were
> using espeakup or speechd-up, which would have allowed to give you an
> adapted
> answer.
>
> You can learn how to ask questions the smart way reading this:
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
> > That is the biggest problem with Linux users, they think they are above
> > helping people who aren't into that operating system as much as they 
> > are.
>
> Is that how grateful you are for people who spend their time, of which 
> they
> have
> already not enough to do all they need to, to try to help you?
>
> > In my opinion, the only question that shouldn't be asked about on a list
> > like this, is one that is repeatedly asked, as folks should save useful
> > information that comes in through these lists, like I do, for later
> > looking
> > up the information already saved.
>
> Again, only if the question is properly asked and in the right channel, 
> see
> above.
>
> > But there is so little traffic on these Linux lists, that I can only
> > imagine
> > that people have given up asking for guidance.
>
> > And the suggestion to a list member to google something, rather than
> > helping,  is ludicrous, because the information you get from Google
> > searches, is provided by lists like this, where people have asked the
> > question before, and therefore, if questions don't get answered on these
> > lists, then Google won't find answers for people searching on-line.
>
> What? Nobody suggested you google anything, just to read the documentation
> provided with your software, in this case at least using the "man" utility
> installed in your system.
>
> > I have gotten some help here, but I don't understand why people bother 
> > to
> > reply, or even be on a list if they don't want to help others.
>
> This very unfair statement convince me that we were wrong wasting our time
> trying to help you. I won't do this mistake again.
>
> Good luck,
> Didier
>
>
> 





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