[orca-list] Need help getting Mbrola voices to work

[Didier Spaier <didier slint fr>]

Hello Christopher,

Try this:
1) edit again /etc/speech-dispatcher/speechd.conf, writing:
DefaultModule espeak-ng-mbrola-generic
2) edit /etc/speech-dispatcher/modules/espeak-ng-mbrola-generic.conf
and replace line 21 the last word and only the last word which is:
$PLAY_COMMAND
by the whole text in the next line (that ends with a dash)
play -q -t au -
I had also success using one of the following alternatives:
play -q -t raw -e signed-integer -r 16000 -b 16 -
aplay -q -r16000 -f S16_BE -

This works in Slint, I assume it works as well in Debian.

I am using a fairly recent speech-dispatcher from git,
but that probably doesn't matter.

Best regards,

Didier

Le 15/07/2018 à 04:29, christopher Gilland via orca-list a écrit :
> Guys,
>
>
> I hear that people like Kyle, and a few others of you on here have gotten the Mbrola voices working with 
> Speech-Dispatcher and Orca. I'm attemtping to get them working but undoubtedly am doing something wrong. I 
> have a theory what, but I'm not entirely sure.
>
>
> So far, what I've done with Ubuntu 18.04 is:
>
>
> 1. Made sure my system totally was up to date with:
>
>
> sudo apt-get update
>
>
> sudo apt-get upgrade
>
>
> 2. I installed Mbrola
>
>
> sudo apt-get install mbrola
>
>
> Then, I installed the female US voice, and both the male voices
>
>
> sudo apt-get install mbrola-us1
>
>
> sudo apt-get install mbrola-us2
>
>
> sudo apt-get install mbrola-us3
>
>
> Then, I opened up speechd.conf
>
>
> sudo gedit /etc/speech-dispatcher/speechd.conf
>
>
> I did a find for mbrola, and found the line that says
>
>
> #AddModule "espeak-mbrola-generic" "sd_generic" "espeak-mbrola-generic.conf"
>
>
> I removed the number sign at the beginning of that line to uncomment things. I then saved the file, and 
> exited gedit.
>
>
> I then typed,
>
> sudo reboot
>
>
> I know I could have easily enough just restarted Speech-Dispatcher, but for some reason, I'm having a brain 
> fart, and can't remember how to, so rather than breaking things, I figured, just reboot, and be safe.
>
>
> Once rebooted, I opened Orca preferences, went to the voice page, and under speech synthecizer, I set it to 
> Mbrola generic.
>
>
> I then went to apply, hit space bar on the apply button, and then lost speech entirely.
>
>
> I suspect that this is because I first need to start the Mbrola service. I'm a little unsure how to do that 
> though, or if this is even the issue to start with.
>
>
> Can someone please explain to me where I went wrong, and exactly what commands in Terminal need to be 
> executed to make this work?
>
>
> Chris.
>
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