Re: [orca-list] Utilitary TTS for orca

[John G Heim <jheim math wisc edu>]

I tried "killall speech-dispatcher". It didn't work. I have had an alias 
defined for like a decade to do "kill -9 speech-dispatcher". I think the 
dash 9 is necessary. I just couldn't remember the alias last time I lost 
speech or what it did. After rebooting the second time, I took the time 
to go through my bashrc and remind myself of the alias. So I'll try kill 
dash nine next time it happens.

I have both a braille display and a hardware speech synth. So I can do 
stuff in the GUI even if speech fails. And I can switch to a terminal 
window and use speakup even if orca is broken. So I ought to be able to 
pin the problem down if I just take the time to do it.
On 1/21/20 8:53 AM, Devin Prater wrote:
> If speech stops again, try pressing Alt_F2, then typing
>
> Kill all speech-dispatcher
>
> You may have to revise the command, as Ive not had to use it in a while, 
> being on a Mac without speech dispatcher. Next time you perform a 
> command, Orca will revive speech dispatcher.
>
> > On Jan 21, 2020, at 8:50 AM, John G Heim <jheim math wisc edu 
> > <mailto:jheim math wisc edu>> wrote:
> >
> > I just bought the old IBM voice and the Samantha voice by Vocalizer 
> > from Oralux. I am using the IBM voice right now. Its as good as ever. 
> >  I have not even installed Samantha yet. I should do that, I paide 
> > like $30 for it.  But the IBM voice costs less than $5 American. It 
> > was worth it to me to get past the bug in espeak where it does not 
> > honor capitalization style. I cannot code with the TTS saying the word 
> > "capital" before every capital letter.
> >
> > I lost speech twice last week and had to reboot. It seemed to be tied 
> > to me accessing a web page with a ton of widgets. Those tend to give 
> > orca problems. But speech would stop and nothing I have found allowed 
> > me to restart it. I had to reboot. Right now, I suspect 
> > speech-dispatcher, not orca but I'll admit I don't know. The only 
> > other thing is that when reading whole sentences, orca tends to pause 
> > as if there is a comma in the text when there is no comma. Its a 
> > teensy bit disorienting. But the voice is clear and very responsive. I 
> > can type really fast but I cannot get ahead of the speech engine.
> >
> > The voices come with an installer script. after running the installer 
> > script and rebooting, you can go into orca settings and begin using 
> > the voice. I'm not entirely sure rebooting is necessary. The installer 
> > script says to do it. But its really easy to begin using the voices 
> > you buy from Oralux.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 1/21/20 8:25 AM, Krishnakant Mane via orca-list wrote:
> > > Hi Devin,
> > > I have been wanting to try Voxin for quite some time.
> > > But as time and situations had it I could not do so.
> > > I have a couple of questions about this, and the site does not have 
> > > clear answers for my questions.
> > > 1,When I am buying Voxin what all do I exactly buy?  I mean I get a 
> > > list of /voices to purchase from.  Is that all or do I have to also 
> > > get a base Voxin package and then add voices to it?/
> > > /2, If I read correctly, I will need to buy different packages for 
> > > different voices.  So in Orca how does one setup voxin with multiple 
> > > voices?/
> > > /I would be purchasing over the week end so that I have enough time 
> > > to configure and play around./
> > > /I have latest Orca on Ubuntu 18.04./
> > > /That is to say I have compiled latest source release on the said 
> > > distro and not the default Orca that comes with Ubuntu 18.02./
> > > //
> > > On 15/01/20 7:42 pm, Devin Prater via orca-list wrote:
> > > > There is Voxin <https://voxin.oralux.net 
> > > > <https://voxin.oralux.net/>>, which is IBM ViaVoice TTS, which 
> > > > sounds the same as Eloquence.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > On Jan 14, 2020, at 4:23 PM, Tirecias Engineering via orca-list 
> > > > > <orca-list gnome org 
> > > > > <mailto:orca-list gnome org><mailto:orca-list gnome org>> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hello
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I guess orca still using speak ng as its TTS engine, as NVDA for 
> > > > > windows.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I understand speak ng is a very lite tts, but is there some TTS 
> > > > > which can work in orca and that might sound more like Eloquence?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > >
> > > > >
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