Re: gnopernicus startup error

["Padraig O'Briain" <Padraig Obriain sun com>]

Adi,

Thanks. That works well. 

Unfortunately it draws a crowd to my terminal!

Padraig


> To: "Padraig O'Briain" <Padraig Obriain sun com>, 
christopher h moore verizon net, gnome-accessibility-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: gnopernicus startup error
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> Hi Padraig, all,
> 
> Gnopernicus uses procents for spech parameters.
> For rate parameter the default is 80%. The problem is that 80% implies 
> diffrent behaviours with diffrent TTS drivers (for viavoice and festival 80% 
> rate makes the voice sound well, but FreeTTS has rate parameter between 0 and 
> 1000, and 80% is really much )
> 
> So what you have to do is :
> 1. go to  Voice settings from gnopernicus GUI (see the folloeing GUI path):
> 2.Input/Output settings [I / O settings] /1.Speech settings [Speech settings] 
> / Voices [Voices settings ]
> 2. select each FreeTTS voice and modify the rate of it to 20%. (This is the 
> only way for the moment; we are working on modifying parameters globaly from 
> GUI). After modufing it you could test it with the "Test" pushbutton.
> You could modify the parameters for gnopernicus voices in gconf directly 
> using gconf-editor. (apps/gnopernicus/speech/voice_parameters) OR editing 
> your gconf files from your home. Note : the second parameter is the rate.
> 
> HTH && Best regards,
> Adi
> 
> On Monday 12 May 2003 12:19, Padraig O'Briain wrote:
> > Adi,
> >
> > The test with test-speech works well for me with FreeTTS but when I start
> > GNOME the speech is so fast I cannot understand it.
> >
> > Can I do anything about that?
> >
> > Padraig
> >
> > > Hi Chris,
> > >
> > > You don't have to start the server.
> > >
> > > What you have to do is follow the next 4 steps:
> > > 1. Make sure you have FreeTTS installed on your machine.
> > > 1.1.If you don't OR you have it from the FreeTTS download page I
> > > recommend you to get it from their CVS (SourceForge) anonymously:
> > >
> > > $ cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous cvs sourceforge net:/cvsroot/freetts co
> > > FreeTTS (There is no password, so just press "Return".)
> > >
> > > More instructions on how to do this is at:
> > > http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=42080
> > >
> > > 1.2 If you have FreeTTS installed on your system jump to step 3.
> > >
> > > 2. Build FreeTTs
> > > 2.1. copy speech.properties from source-dir of FreeTTS to your home
> > > directory 2.2. in the source-dir run "make"
> > > 2.3. in the source-dir run "make jars"
> > >
> > > 3. get gnome-speech from gnome's CVS:
> > > $ export CVSROOT=:pserver:anonymous anoncvs gnome org:/cvs/gnome
> > > $ cvs login
> > > (There is no password, so just press "Return".) You only need to run this
> > > command once , not every time you access CVS.
> > >
> > > $ cvs -z3 co gnome-speech
> > >
> > > 4. Build, compile and install gnome-speech with FreeTTS support:
> > > 4.1. Configure
> > > $ ./autogen.sh --prefix=dir_where_gnome_stack_is
> > > --with-freetts-dir=dir_which_contains_FreeTTS'_jar_files
> > > (eg:
> > > ./autogen.sh --prefix=/opt/gnome-2.2 --with-freetts-dir=/FreeTTS/lib)
> > > 4.2. Compile
> > > $ make
> > > 4.3 Uninstall old drivers
> > > $ make uninstall
> > > 4.4. Install new drivers you've just built
> > > $ make install
> > > 4.5. Test gnome-speech
> > > $ test-speech
> > >
> > > If this test of gnome-speech is working with FreeTTS driver there should
> > > be NO problem running gnopernicus with FreeTTS.
> > >
> > > > I'm using freetts but don't know if I have to start a speech server
> > > > first as they do for festival.
> > >
> > > For festival you don't have to start the speech server either, but have
> > > "festival" binary somewhere in your PATH (so it can be found)
> > > Test if you have it somewhere "accessibile" by typing "festival in the
> > > command line:
> > >
> > > $ festival
> > >
> > > If festival is running this way ( if (SayText "testing festival") works
> > > fine) than you will have no problem using festival driver with
> > > gnopernicus.
> > >
> > > > Thanks for any suggestions.
> > > > Chris
> > >
> > > HTH && Best regards,
> > > Adi Dascal
> > > BAUM Engineering
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