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

[Peter Vágner <pvdeejay gmail com>]

Hello,
Thank you for the hint.
Yes in the file /etc/speech-dispatcher/modules/espeak.conf
there is a line like this:
EspeakMaxRate 390

Edit it to how fastest you would like eSpeak to speak when used via 
speech-dispatcher e.g. I have set mine to 500. After restarting 
speech-dispatcher I can set rate to 100% in the Orca preferences and it 
will speak at 500 WPM.

Greetings

Peter


On 31.08.2013 17:02, Christopher Chaltain wrote:
> I think you just need to go into 
> /etc/speech-dispatcher/modules/espeak.conf and adjust the rate control 
> values.
>
> On 08/31/2013 03:11 AM, Peter Vágner wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I think this is not as difficult as you are pointing out.
> > eSpeak commandline app can be called like this
> > espeak -v en -s 270 "hello world"
> > Change -s 270 to something higher and you will get faster speed.
> > Native eSpeak can speak up to 450 wpm and for faster speech it will
> > automagically use built-in libsonic.
> > I am afraid this is not exposed to speech-dispatcher but I think there
> > is just some constant we need to set to a higher value in order to be
> > able to set higher speed.
> > What NVDA does in Windows is that it really just multiplies the value
> > when the rate boost checkbox is checked.
> >
> > Greetings
> >
> > Peter
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 30.08.2013 23:41, Alex Midence wrote:
> > > 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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