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

[Peter Vágner <pvdeejay gmail com>]

Hello,
I think libsonic is now directly built into eSpeak. At least I think it 
was like this for quite some time. Or has this been changed recently?

Greetings

Peter

On 30.08.2013 16:35, Alex Midence wrote:
> 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
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> 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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