Re: [orca-list] Is this safe to do? I don't wanna break Orca

[Christopher Gilland <clgilland07 gmail com>]

Aa, does it not run just simply by installing it? Sorry for my ignorance.


Chris.


On 07/07/2018 09:47 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> I think somebody forgot to start festival before starting orca.  I don't
> know if orca will start up festival by itself for you.
>
> On Fri, 6 Jul 2018, christopher Gilland via orca-list wrote:
>
> > Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2018 20:17:34
> > From: christopher Gilland via orca-list <orca-list gnome org>
> > Reply-To: christopher Gilland <clgilland07 gmail com>
> > To: orca-list gnome org
> > Subject: [orca-list] Is this safe to do? I don't wanna break Orca
> >
> > So, a while back, I remember trying, through gedit to manually by hand edit
> > the
> >
> >
> > /etc/speech-dispatcher/speechd.conf
> >
> >
> > file, and uncommenting some of the speech modules, then changing the
> > default=espeak to which ever module I wanted to use.
> >
> >
> > Obviously, I made sure I first had the TTS engine installed.
> >
> >
> > I think I tried this with Festival, but don't quote me.
> >
> >
> > Anyway, my point is, I then restarted Speech-Dispatcher's service, all be it
> > maybe not correctly, and loe and behold, I epicly broke Orca. I then had
> > entirely no speech at all.
> >
> >
> > Even after logging out and back in, nothing worked.
> >
> >
> > So, yeah. Whoops? Major! Whoops!
> >
> >
> > So, before I went middle mucking around with that file, and yes, I did copy it
> > elseware, so I do have a backup, I was just curious if it was safe to
> > uncomment some of those synths in the file, or am I still likely to really
> > break Orca if I do this. I'd rather check with you all that're way more
> > experienced users than I currently am before I go doing something which'll
> > prove to be incredibly stupid! Especially since I have a working system which
> > has been configured to the point where I'm thoroughly enjoying it.
> >
> >
> > FYI, I'm using Ubuntu 18.04.
> >
> >
> > Chris.
> >
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