Re: [orca-list] Espeak, speech dispatcher, and Orca at faster rates

[Jonathan Duddington <jonsd users sf net>]

On 13 May, Bill Dengler(arch Gnu/Linux) <billkd2008 gmail com> wrote:

> I'm trying to get Espeak with Speech Dispatcher and Orca to speak 
> faster.

Another way to make eSpeak speak faster is to add a "speed" command in
the eSpeak voice file (eg. espeak-data/voices/en-us ) or a voice
variant file.  The value is a percentage multiplier.

For example, adding the line:

speed 150

will increase eSpeak's speaking speed by 50%.