Re: [orca-list] Speech-dispatcher in Ubuntu 8:10

[Jon <j orcauser googlemail com>]

Hi,

edit /etc/defaults/speech-dispatcher so that speech dispatcher starts as 
a service.
then restart, afterwards, typing spd-say hello  should work.

Good luck.


-Jon
On Fri 14/11/2008 at 10:47:27, Ignasi Cambra wrote:
> Hello all,
> I finally decided to go ahead and try Speech-dispatcher, given that it seems it might be able to solve the 
> problems I'm having.
> I am using Ubuntu 8:10. I installed Speech-dispatcher and the python-speechd package using aptitude 
> (apt-get etc...) and followed the rest of the instructions on the Orca wiki. Speech-dispatcher doesn't 
> work. When I type "spd-say something" it says that SD wasn't able to open. What could I do? I 
> double-checked everything and I think I configured everything correctly...
> If I type "speech-dispatcher" on a terminal window, it tells me that it's unable to start because it can't 
> find a configuration file, which is supposed to be in a subdirectory of /home/username/.speech-dispacher. 
> The file actually doesn't exist, so I don't know...
> Any suggestions?
> Thanks!
>
> Ignasi
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