The odd thing is, that in Mate, Orca has the voices. Glenn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jude DaShiell" <jdashiel@xxxxxxxxx> To: "K0LNY_Glenn" <glenn@ervin.email>; <speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Didier Spaier" <didier@xxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2022 4:58 PM Subject: Re: change eSpeak Default Voice Apparently you got no extra voices with debian version of espeak-ng and will need to download them and compile them yourself. Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) . On Mon, 5 Dec 2022, K0LNY_Glenn wrote: > After the 1.5, it also listed the word data, but not a path. > Glenn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jude DaShiell" <jdashiel@xxxxxxxxx> > To: "K0LNY_Glenn" <glenn@ervin.email>; <speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; > "Didier > Spaier" <didier@xxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, December 05, 2022 4:53 PM > Subject: Re: change eSpeak Default Voice > > > On slint, I got espeak-ng version 1.51 and a pointer to > /usr/share/espeak-ng-data/ which has all of the voice stuff in it in > subdirectories. The next directory below that is mb and below mb are > other directories. Voices may have to be compiled in order to use them > that is one of the options on espeak-ng. I do not know how to compile a > voice and set it as default though. The United states has mb-us1 mb-us2 > and mb-us3 in that mb directory. > > > > Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in > defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) > > . > > On Mon, 5 Dec 2022, K0LNY_Glenn wrote: > > > Jude, > > I just installed espeak-ng and the version is 1.50. > > Debian 11.5 > > > > Glenn > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jude DaShiell" <jdashiel@xxxxxxxxx> > > To: "K0LNY_Glenn" <glenn@ervin.email>; <speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; > > "Didier > > Spaier" <didier@xxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Monday, December 05, 2022 3:07 PM > > Subject: Re: change eSpeak Default Voice > > > > > > No, not really. It's all dependent on what packages the distribution > > builders decide to put in their distributions. Even today not all linux > > distributions use systemd that's a distribution builder choice. > > Preferable system for gentoo is openrc which I've never used. > > > > > > Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> > > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > > -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) > > > > . > > > > On Mon, 5 Dec 2022, K0LNY_Glenn wrote: > > > > > Odd that it came with 11.5 Bullseye. > > > Glenn > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Jude DaShiell" <jdashiel@xxxxxxxxx> > > > To: "K0LNY_Glenn" <glenn@ervin.email>; <speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; > > > "Didier > > > Spaier" <didier@xxxxxxxx> > > > Sent: Monday, December 05, 2022 2:44 PM > > > Subject: Re: change eSpeak Default Voice > > > > > > > > > Hi Glen, > > > > > > I'm not sure that version of espeak can change voices. That's an old > > > version of espeak. > > > > > > > > > > > > Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in > > > defense of liberty: > > > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > > > -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) > > > > > > . > > > > > > On Mon, 5 Dec 2022, K0LNY_Glenn wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Jude, > > > > espeak-ng --version says something like bad command or filename > > > > and just espeak says: > > > > 1.48.15 > > > > Glenn > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Jude DaShiell" <jdashiel@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > To: "K0LNY_Glenn" <glenn@ervin.email>; <speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; > > > > "Didier > > > > Spaier" <didier@xxxxxxxx> > > > > Sent: Monday, December 05, 2022 1:58 PM > > > > Subject: Re: change eSpeak Default Voice > > > > > > > > > > > > Try espeak --version and also try espeak-ng --version. On slint, > > > > when > > > > you > > > > do that espeak-ng comes up both times as the actual software in use. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in > > > > defense of liberty: > > > > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > > > > -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) > > > > > > > > . > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
