So near but so far - espeak & speech-dispatcher
Georgina Joyce
gena-j at bulldoghome.com
Wed Aug 29 12:37:57 EDT 2007
Hi
I wondered if someone could suggest the workable configuration for speech-dispatcher with espeak? I got a bit lost in the archives in finding what I need to do to get them working together. Here's what I've done:
I followed a CD remastering HOWTO from the LFS community. Which enabled me to mount the iso file and modify it as I wished. I replaced the 2.6.22 kernel with a 2.6.21.5 kernel that had been patched with speakup. I installed port-audio, espeak, speechd-up, speech-dispatcher and other bits and bobs. I built a initramfs file including the speakup modules and kernel alsa drivers and reconstructed the iso image.
I was surprised that it boots but here's my problems:
I put a script in /etc/rc.d/init.d/software_speakup which isn't being read at boot. I'll check this with the lfs-livecd list. But in this script I call, speech-dispatcher, echo sftsyn to speakup's proc entries, then call speechd-up. I then play a cw "can" through the PC speaker, so I know if the script has been run.
With sighted support I found that:
All alsa controls were muted. So my script may have been run.
The espeak command worked as expected when text was typed on the console.
The speed-say -t male1 command complained and I was confused about these settings.
The speech-dispatcher package was checked out of it's cvs repository and espeak is the 1.28 tar against the port-audio18.
So what file do I need to edit for speech-dispatcher, my software_speakup script or the /etc/speech-dispatcher/speech-dispatcher.conf? What params would be a good starting point? Volume, rate etc?
Any help would be most appreciated. If I succeed I'll make the iso available to the community as it makes a useful disk to have about.
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/livecd
Thanks.
Gena
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