Re: [orca-list] How do I....(installing new synths/voices)

[Christopher Gilland <clgilland07 gmail com>]

Yasas Jake.


You need to edit your speech-dispatcher configuration file.


/etc/speech-dispatcher/speechd.conf


File the line talking about adding modules for this particular voice, 
and uncomment the line.


Then save the file.


Now, restart speech-dispatcher. This could vary by command depending on 
the version distro of Linux you're running. For example, in 
Debian/Ubuntu flavors, it's:


sudo /etc/init.d/speech-dispatcher restart


Then, quit and relaunch Orca.


Then go look in your list of voices, and it should show up. Be mindful 
though of one thing before doing this.


Some voices I've seen rely on a back end server or some other package to 
be able to run. In other words, if you don't start that service before 
switching to the voice, you'll wind up having no speech when you do so, 
which could be a nightmare to fix.


If worst comes to worst, quit Orca, then open a terminal, and type:


sudo rm -R ~/.local/share/orca


Then restart Orca. Don't do this though unless you break speech, and 
only! do it as a very very very last resort.

Beware, if you do, literally, all your Orca settings will be removed, 
and you'll be starting fresh with a new copy of Orca. So, if you've done 
a lot of reconfiguring, this definitely wouldn't be at all a smart move 
if you at all could prevent it.

I just wanted though to give it to you as a last resort, so that if you 
break something in trying to do this, you won't totally be up the creak 
without a paddle.

Chris.
On 02/13/2019 10:16 AM, Jace Kattalakis via orca-list wrote:
> Hey list, so I decided to try out more voices than just espeak NG.
>
> So.....I've built the voice. Now.....the noob question.
>
> What next, or....how do I get it to show up?
>
> The voice in question is RHVoice, I've been trying to get that to show 
> up in Orca with no luck, so......having solely built it, what am I 
> doing wrong given I've not edited any files yet
>
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