speech-dispatcher problem

Tue Sep 18 08:22:12 EDT 2012

Well, I don't use pulse audio, but it works fine with alsa on gentoo --
I have a vm which works with speech dispatcher and espeak.  I am using
that because it has a driver and I am not sure of anything else that
does except festival.

Cleverson Casarin Uliana <clcaul at gmail.com> wrote:

> Wow, please Bohdan release it as soon as possible!
> 
> In the meantime, indeed I'd like to test the current Speechd-up on
> Gentoo. For those who got it to work under Debian and Ubuntu, does it
> work with Alsa or PulseAudio only? Also, is it enough to git clone the
> current version and run it, or some undocumented steps are required?
> 
> Thanks,
> Cleverson
> 
> 2012/9/18, Bohdan R. Rau <ethanak at polip.com>:
> >  On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 01:52:39 -0400, covici at ccs.covici.com wrote:
> >> I have a working version of speechd-up, I think I got it from
> >> git://github.com/williamh/speechd-up.git  -- I don't know if its the
> >> latest version, but it works fine -- even does indexing.  You can use
> >> any voice, but it works better if the module has a speech dispatcher
> >> driver.
> >
> >  Some months ago I started with my private replacement for speechd-up.
> >  Program is not finished yet, but  has some important differences:
> >
> >  1) does not use configuration file (all parameters may be given in
> >  command line)
> >  2) can change voice (module, synthesis voice or even language) on the
> >  fly. Small script adds two new keys (Spk-a and spk-s) to switch voices
> >  (up to 8 predefined voices)
> >  3) automatically corrects speakup character tables for use in given
> >  encoding/language
> >  4) automatically loads translated speakup tables
> >  5) starts as root and drops privileges to predefined user, so
> >  speech-dispacher never starts as root.
> >  6) keeps correct parameters (rate, pitch, volume etc.) when reconnect
> >  to speech dispatcher.
> >
> >  The only unimplemented feature is indexing (I don't know how to test
> >  it).
> >
> >  I personally use it on my netbook (I'm sight
> >
> >>
> >> Cleverson Casarin Uliana <clever92000 at yahoo.com.br> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi, I'm also interested in this question. AFAIC, to be able to use
> >>> other voices than ESpeak, you need a piece of software called
> >>> Speechd-up. However, last year (2011) when I asked whether it was
> >>> available for Gentoo users, it got an answer that it was broken. I
> >>> asked recently whether it's still broken, with no answer til now.
> >>> I'd
> >>> also like to use it, in case it's functional.
> >>>
> >>> Cheers
> >>> Cleverson
> >>>
> >>> Em 16/09/2012 16:34, Rob Hudson escreveu:
> >>> > I'm trying to get speakup working with speech-dispatcehr and
> >>> voxin. However it won't connect and, in speechd.log, I see this:
> >>> > I am running speech-dispatcher 0.7.1 and Debian Squeeze, with
> >>> Voxin-0.42.
> >>> >
> >>> >> From /var/log/speech-dispatcher/speech-dispatcehr.log
> >>> > [Sat Sep 15 04:14:50 2012 : 525783] speechd: Speech Dispatcher
> >>> Logging to
> >>> > file /var/log/speech-dispatcher//speech-dispatcher.log
> >>> > [Sat Sep 15 04:14:50 2012 : 525903] speechd: Initializing output
> >>> module
> >>> > ibmtts with binary /usr/lib/speech-dispatcher-modules/sd_ibmtts
> >>> and
> >>> > configuration /etc/speech-dispatcher/modules//ibmtts.conf
> >>> > [Sat Sep 15 04:14:50 2012 : 525916] speechd: Output module is
> >>> logging to
> >>> > file /var/log/speech-dispatcher//ibmtts.log
> >>> > [Sat Sep 15 04:14:50 2012 : 526228] speechd: Module ibmtts loaded.
> >>> > [Sat Sep 15 04:14:50 2012 : 526393] speechd: ERROR: Bad syntax
> >>> from output
> >>> > module ibmtts 1
> >>> > [Sat Sep 15 04:14:50 2012 : 526466] speechd: Initializing output
> >>> module
> >>> > dummy with binary /usr/lib/speech-dispatcher-modules/sd_dummy and
> >>> > configuration (null)
> >>> > [Sat Sep 15 04:14:50 2012 : 526480] speechd: Output module is
> >>> logging to
> >>> > file /var/log/speech-dispatcher//dummy.log
> >>> > [Sat Sep 15 04:14:50 2012 : 526744] speechd: Module dummy loaded.
> >>> > [Sat Sep 15 04:14:50 2012 : 531115] speechd: LINE here:|304 CANT
> >>> LIST
> >>> > VOICES|
> >>> > [Sat Sep 15 04:14:50 2012 : 531140] speechd: Module dummy started
> >>> > sucessfully with message:
> >>> > ---------------
> >>> > Everything ok so far.
> >>> > ---------------
> >>> > [Sat Sep 15 04:14:50 2012 : 531408] speechd: Configuration has
> >>> been read
> >>> > from "/etc/speech-dispatcher/speechd.conf"
> >>> > [Sat Sep 15 04:14:50 2012 : 531436] speechd: Speech Dispatcher
> >>> Logging to
> >>> > file /var/log/speech-dispatcher//speech-dispatcher.log
> >>> > [Sat Sep 15 04:14:50 2012 : 531458] speechd: Speech Dispatcher
> >>> will use
> >>> > local unix socket:
> >>> > /var/run/speech-dispatcher/.speech-dispatcher/speechd.sock
> >>> > [Sat Sep 15 04:14:50 2012 : 533528] speechd: Speech Dispatcher
> >>> started and
> >>> > waiting for clients ...
> >>> > Any idea what's happening here? I also noticed that, using the say
> >>> tool in voxin's source tree, I have to do aoss ./say in order for the
> >>> "hello world" message to be spoken. Could this be the problem?
> >>> > _______________________________________________
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> >>> > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> >>> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> >>> >
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