From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix, from userid 65534) id F0593380932; Sun, 3 Apr 2022 16:12:08 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtprelay.b.hostedemail.com (smtprelay0054.b.hostedemail.com [64.98.42.54]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DEB963807F4 for ; Sun, 3 Apr 2022 16:12:08 -0400 (EDT) Received: from omf02.b.hostedemail.com (10.5.19.248.rfc1918.com [10.5.19.248]) by smtprelay01.b.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3358D18481BDA; Sun, 3 Apr 2022 20:12:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [HIDDEN] (Authenticated sender: glenn@ervin.email) by omf02.b.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 9BB278526410; Sun, 3 Apr 2022 20:12:07 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <090801d84797$17aac150$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 15:12:05 -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-Spam-Status: No, score=0.11 X-Stat-Signature: 7bmz1cmztqiaqjmhfgmjjezcc1wjnncq X-Rspamd-Server: rspamout04 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 9BB278526410 X-Session-Marker: 676C656E6E40657276696E2E656D61696C X-Session-ID: U2FsdGVkX192XRYQOki4cWImnfZtYJpTqm2SMedVHwI= X-HE-Tag: 1649016727-456828 X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.5 I'm using raspberrypi's latest image on an RPI Zero. I'm looking in: /etc/speech-dispatcher/speechd.conf and the default synth is espeak-ng Above that line, it says you must use one of the names added with AddModule. I don't find any other names even though I ran the Voxin-installer.sh for Evan. Seems like this is how to get it going. spd-say still uses espeak for me. 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