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

[Alex Midence <alex midence gmail com>]

No, you are right.  I was wrong or, rather my information turns out to be
obsolete.  I can't figure out how to enable it in Linux anymore since the
line I used to use in the Makefile to make it happen isn't there anymore.
Most unfortunate.  It seems it was hardwired in and then someone forgot to
include a simple command to enable it.  There's probably a config file that
needs one character modified in it or something.  
It's either that or an impossible long and arcane incatation on the cli that
must be performed by moonline while scratching one's back side and singing
ring around the rosy in Classical Greek and standing on one foot.  In
Windows, apparently, all you have to do is click a checkbox in a dialog.
I'm so hatin'.  

Alex M

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Vágner [mailto:pvdeejay gmail com] 
Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 10:04 AM
To: Alex Midence
Cc: 'Daniel Barich'; 'orca-list'
Subject: Re: [orca-list] Espeak low fidelity on Linux?

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
> 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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