From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix, from userid 65534) id 13475380930; Sun, 3 Apr 2022 15:43:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtprelay.b.hostedemail.com (smtprelay0083.b.hostedemail.com [64.98.42.83]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ED24A380909 for ; Sun, 3 Apr 2022 15:43:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: from omf08.b.hostedemail.com (10.5.19.248.rfc1918.com [10.5.19.248]) by smtprelay04.b.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 477D6100E4835; Sun, 3 Apr 2022 19:43:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [HIDDEN] (Authenticated sender: glenn@ervin.email) by omf08.b.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id B2EF0185953FE; Sun, 3 Apr 2022 19:43:18 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <08f901d84793$1128a2b0$81ffa8c0@WIN40RPKAT965G> Reply-To: "K0LNY_Glenn" From: "K0LNY_Glenn" To: "Chime Hart" , References: <1dc619bf-ba8a-47b3-2c85-7dff6e27086@hubert-humphrey.com> Subject: Re: How Can I Switch Synthesizers on the Fly? Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2022 14:43:16 -0500 Organization: Home X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org Precedence: list List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: B2EF0185953FE X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.21 X-Stat-Signature: wymjpn3tfbduaxdqie7hp68kijhwjeap X-Rspamd-Server: rspamout01 X-Session-Marker: 676C656E6E40657276696E2E656D61696C X-Session-ID: U2FsdGVkX1/XZZVA+MwDFKVYzYwC4l9VgenHJBqAaRM= X-HE-Tag: 1649014998-321792 X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.5 I sure would like to get speakup using the Oralux Voxin Evan or Nathan as well One suggestion I had was to install voxinup, but that may be an old unmaintained package. Glenn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chime Hart" To: Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2022 2:36 PM Subject: How Can I Switch Synthesizers on the Fly? Hi All: I've asked others in other forums such as Slint-and-Debian Accessibility, but so far I am striking out. I have a DecTalk U S B, but last year I purchased some hi quality voices from Oralux, which are software speech. When I have Allison installed, I can send her text through spd-say. Making matters more complex, speech-dispatcher will not seem to install on this Debian Sid machine. Guidance I've received from 2 sources, says I must install and have espeak talking before I can switch to Allison, which is an embedded voice. When I was running Slint on a laptop, Didier had created a talk-with command to easily switch synths, but his script would need to be re written for Debian. In addition, if I unload the DecTalk module, I won't have speech, or would their be a way of having both DecTalk and software speech at the same time? So, can some1 please provide exact commands I can switch synths on the fly? I ran a locate for softsynth but nothing found. Thanks so much in advance Chime