Re: [orca-list] Espeak low fidelity on Linux?

[Alex Midence <alex midence gmail com>]

If you want clarity at higher speeds, you need to make sure the sonic
libraries are present in your installation of Linux.  Then, you need to
recompile E-speak to take advantage of them by modifying the Makefile
accordingly.  Once you do that, you can crank it up to speeds like 7 00wpm
and 800 wpm and actually experience a clearer experience than at some lower
speeds.  


HTH,
Alex M

-----Original Message-----
From: orca-list [mailto:orca-list-bounces gnome org] On Behalf Of Daniel
Barich
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 2:15 PM
To: orca-list
Subject: [orca-list] Espeak low fidelity on Linux?

Hello,

I've been using espeak (English default voice) with NVDA on Windows for
years.  Over the past couple years I've tried several Linux distributions,
but in all of them espeak's speech output (from Orca or with the 'espeak'
command line utility) is not nearly as clear as it is in NVDA.  It seems to
be lower fidelity and makes it harder to understand, especially at higher
speeds.  Any ideas on how I could improve the quality?  Other sounds such as
music in Linux sound similar to Windows, and I've tried on more than one
computer.

Thanks.

Daniel
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