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List:       kde-accessibility
Subject:    Re: How to configure Qtspeech - actually configuring speech-dispatcher
From:       Gustav Degreef <gustav97 () gmail ! com>
Date:       2019-09-27 1:25:01
Message-ID: 87f358f7-d6a6-2276-f3d8-9156425f6fda () gmail ! com
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Hello folks,

I edited this thread some to make it easier to follow my current post.
It is not directed at Simion, though his comments are helpful to make my
post clearer. 
As a result of these discussions I have more clearly understood the role
of speech-dispatcher.  Since will be used with Qtspeech, it makes sense
to work with it.   So,  Perching with google  I understood how central
speech-dispatcher is to linux TTS.  I tried again to configure Festival
with speech-dispatcher.  I want to try and configure a different voice. 
I wan to try and experiment with different voices.  Espeak is OK, but I
feel I have to move forward.  But again I am stuck.  Here is where I am at.

I could never get speech output even on the CLI.

The error I would get was -festival: can't open /dev/dsp

It is due to a bug.   The workaround is:
Create ~/.festivalrc with the following content

;use ALSA
(Parameter.set 'Audio_Method 'Audio_Command)
(Parameter.set 'Audio_Command "aplay -q -c 1 -t raw -f s16 -r $SR $FILE")


I then needed to configure speech-dispatcher, so I ran:

spd-conf

as a regular user.  It creates the speech-dispatcher global server
configuration file:

in ~/.config/speech-dispatcher/|speechd.conf|

This configures speech-dispatcher (interactively) with a number of
variables, the default voice is espeak.

I then edit speechd.conf, which allows for many different voices.  I change:

> #AddModule "espeak" "sd_espeak" "espeak.conf"||
> 
> AddModule "festival" "sd_festival" "festival.conf"|
> 
> 
> and|
> > > > 

> #DefaultModule espeak |

> DefaultModule festival The next step I do not understand: "|We need to run \
> |festival| as a server in order to make |speech-dispatcher| use it as default. We \
> can do that by adding the following line at the end of the file that's open when we \
> use the 
command: |sudo crontab -e|:

> @reboot /usr/bin/festival --server"|

> > > I can't understand the last step.  I've never used crontab fore, any
help would be appreciated, Gustav.|
> > 

> > 



On 9/22/19 9:29 AM, Simion wrote:


snip

> As I said I suggest to get used of using faster and faster voices,
> your family will understand and you will read same texts 2 times
> faster so you gain time, at that speed any voice will sound robotic,
> this would not work if you want other to listen with you (but you can
> have a normal speed and a fast speed talker in jovie)
> 
> 
> On 9/22/19 2:54 PM, Gustav Degreef wrote:
> > 
> > snip
> > 
> > From what you and others are saying and from what I've read, I think I
> > understand better.   Correct me if I am wrong, but don't you have
> > to tell
> > speech-dispatcher which voice (e-speak, festival, etc.) to use?   If I
> > can figure out how to tell speech-dispatcher which voice to use then
> > Jovie (or Qtspeech) will then output my choice?   I have looked
> > into it,
> > and there are several (about 6 different) voices I can use in Linux.
> > 
> > 
> > 


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