Re: [orca-list] speech-dispatcher, where else does it get its settings?

["Derek London" <derekedit hotmail com>]

With the exception of my home directory, since I deleted the 
speech-dispatcher directory, the instances of speechd.conf are in:
/etc/speech-dispatcher/speechd.conf
/usr/share/speech-dispatcher/conf/speechd.conf
I don't know if it makes any difference that I'm running ubuntu maverick 
with the vinux scripts, but I wonder if there are some settings in another 
place that I missed. Both these files have the default module listed as 
ibmtts, but neither one has any influence over the settings used on the 
login screen. And when I say most of the settings are commented out, the few 
settings that aren't are things like the default rate, volume, pitch, and, 
of course, the list of modules and which one should be the default. Strange, 
and, imo, harder to figure out and modify than it should be. :P The 
documentation mentions setting a listening port for the server and which 
audio server to use, which are settings that apparently don't apply here 
since that's all commented out.
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From: "Kyle" <kyle4jesus gmail com>
Sent: Wednesday 03 Nov, 2010 09:48
To: <orca-list gnome org>
Subject: Re: [orca-list] speech-dispatcher,where else does it get its 
settings?

> There should at most only be two copies of speechd.conf. The version that 
> is used for Orca is usually ~/.speech-dispatcher/conf/speechd.conf. The 
> version used for Speakup is most likely in 
> /etc/speech-dispatcher/speechd.conf. Try copying your system version into 
> your home folder. This should unify your settings for both.
>
> You can also try running
>
> spd-conf
>
> from a terminal. Set it up to configure the user settings. This is the 
> default. When it asks for the default synthesizer, type ibmtts as your 
> response. This should solve your problem, although I'm not familiar with 
> IBMTTS itself enough to make further recommendations.
>
> If all else fails, set IBMTTS as your speech synthesizer in your Orca 
> preferences. If IBMTTS is listed there you will have no further problems. 
> If not, I'm at a loss. I personally don't use IBMTTS, but my suggestions 
> are generic enough that at least one of them should work for you. But as 
> always, your mileage may vary.
> ~Kyle
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