Re: [orca-list] what's the best tts for orca, free or paid?

[Didier Spaier <didier slint fr>]

Hello Scott, answering to the list the email you sent to me only.

Please tell which distribution and version you use
and how you have built and installed Orca.

Also, I am not sure to understand what you mean writing:
"I've built RHvoice and get nothing past the Alan voice"

Do you mean that you have only the Alan voice?

please post output of following commands:
spd-list -O # capital O after -
spd-say -o rhvoice -L #lower case o, and capital L after -

Have a good day,
Didier

Le 18/06/2020 à 18:18, Scott Ibbetson a écrit :
> I've built RHvoice and get nothing past the Alan oice.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> On 18/06/2020, Didier Spaier via orca-list <orca-list gnome org> wrote:
> > Hi Norman,
> >
> > In the output of this command:
> > spd-list -O|grep rhvoice # mind the capital O
> > you should find:
> > rhvoice
> > If not the module is not properly installed.
> > If yes please post the output of:
> > spd-say -o rhvoice -L # mind the lower case o and the capital L
> > At least one voice should be listed.
> >
> > Then you should hear the output of:
> > spd-say -o rhvoice Hello
> >
> > Yuu can also try with another voice or language listed in the output of:
> > spd-say -o rhvoice -L
> >
> > For instance;
> > spd-say -o rhvoice -y Elena Hello
> > spd-say -o rhvoice -l uk Hello
> >
> > To know more, type:
> > spd-say --help
> >
> > If everything is OK you could restart Orca and in the Voices Tab of the
> > Orca Preferences window choose:
> > Synthesizer: rhvoice
> > Language: one of those listed
> > Person: one of the voices listed.
> >
> > A few things you can check to investigate further if need be:
> > Do you have this directory containing the voices?
> > /usr/share/RHVoice/voices/
> >
> > Do you have this configuration file?
> > /etc/speech-dispatcher/modules/rhvoice.conf
> >      
> > Do you have this line in /etc/speech-dispatcher/speechd.conf?
> > #AddModule "rhvoice"                  "sd_rhvoice"   "rhvoice.conf"
> >
> > And check the output of:
> > ls -l /usr/lib/speech-dispatcher/modules/sd_rhvoice
> > file  /usr/lib/speech-dispatcher/modules/sd_rhvoice
> > (maybe /usr/lib64 instead of /usr/lib)
> >
> > Have a good day,
> > Didier
> >
> >
> > Le 18/06/2020 à 16:26, Norman King a écrit :
> > > Would you have a guide to building this?
> > >
> > > I tried and it seems to have worked, i have an rh voice test module, but
> > > i'm not sure how to use it.
> > >
> > > I did simlink it to speech-dispatcher-modules but i can't restart
> > > speech-dispatcher.
> > >
> > > So i rebooted but still no rh voice sinthasizer.
> > >
> > >
> > > Thoughts?
> > >
> > >
> > > On 6/18/2020 2:49 AM, Didier Spaier via orca-list wrote:
> > > > Le 18/06/2020 à 07:17, John Covici a écrit :
> > > > > So, rhvoice is not a package in my gentoo repository, how would I get
> > > > > such a thing?
> > > > Here is the git repository:
> > > > https://github.com/Olga-Yakovleva/RHVoice
> > > >
> > > > The wiki:
> > > > https://github.com/Olga-Yakovleva/RHVoice/wiki
> > > >
> > > > How to build it:
> > > > https://github.com/Olga-Yakovleva/RHVoice/wiki/Building-on-Linux
> > > >
> > > > Best regards,
> > > > Didier