Well let's see if I got the path right, going from memory /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/espeak-ng/data/voices/mb/ and in the mb-us1, it only has two lines that I can tell refer to the voice, one says gender female and the other reads name us-mbrola1 But the espeak-ng test sounds just like the default espeak test voice. 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 5:40 PM Subject: Re: change eSpeak Default Voice My suggestion to you then is if you haven't yet installed mlocate or slocate or plocate install one of those then as root run updatedb. Then run locate mb-us1 and see if that file is anywhere on your drive. If it is, where it is maybe will show you the way to all of the other voice files. 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: > 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) > > > > > > > > > > . > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
