speechd-up not working on text console

[John Covici]

Well, my setup was speech-dispatcher as a system rather than a user
service and pulse audio was not involved -- see if that combination
works for you.

On Mon, 14 Aug 2017 13:40:17 -0400,
Okash Khawaja wrote:
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> Hi, 
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> Speech dispatcher is installed per user under /usr /local /... So is speechd-up. Yes I'm using pulse audio. 
> 
> Thanks, 
> Okash
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> On 14 Aug 2017 9:28 am, "John Covici" <covici at ccs.covici.com> wrote:
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>  Is speech dispatcher system wide or for each user? Also, are you
>  using pulse audio?
> 
>  On Mon, 14 Aug 2017 03:00:05 -0400,
>  Okash Khawaja wrote:
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>  > Hi,
>  >
>  > Sorry about the delay.
>  >
>  > > So you can start speechd-up in the GUI and it will work?
>  > > But if you start it in the text console, it won't?
>  > Exactly
>  >
>  > spd-say works from text console, as does festival and espeak.
>  >
>  > Thanks,
>  > Okash
>  >
>  > On 13 Aug 2017 7:00 pm, "John Covici" <covici at ccs.covici.com> wrote:
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>  > I wonder if its an audio problem. In a text console if you have
>  > espeak installed, does spdsay do anything?
>  >
>  > On Sun, 13 Aug 2017 13:17:16 -0400,
>  > Chris Brannon wrote:
>  > >
>  > > Okash Khawaja <okash.khawaja at gmail.com> writes:
>  > >
>  > > > Thanks that worked! But still no sound when run from text console. Works fine from inside GUI.
>  > >
>  > > So you can start speechd-up in the GUI and it will work?
>  > > But if you start it in the text console, it won't?
>  > > Does spd-say work from a text console at all?
>  > >
>  > > -- Chris
>  >
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