Re: [orca-list] alternative synthesizers with Orca?

[Rob Whyte <fudge thefudge net>]

Hi,
Do you need to change the speech server from speech-dispatcher to
Festival for the new voices to appear?
The last time I tried Festival voices there was echo and delay in the
speech server.

Thanks
Rob

On 21/04/14 11:27, Ryan Mann wrote:
> Hello.  I am running Ubuntu 14.04 on an Intel iMac from 2006.  I would
> like to run an alternative synthesizer such as Festival with Orca. I
> have installed Festival and the US voices for Festival.  I start Orca
> Preferences by hitting modifier+space.  On the Voices tab, there is a
> combo box to select the synthesizer that I want to use.  Festival isn't
> one of the synthesizers listed.  I went into Orca help by pressing
> Modifier+1 and hitting F1 to open the documentation.  I didn't find
> anything about using alternative synthesizers with Orca.  What do I need
> to do to run Festival with Orca?
> Thanks.
>
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