Fwd: speech-dispatcher beta 1, no speech

Fwd: speech-dispatcher beta 1, no speech

[Guy Schlosser]

I forgot to mention in my previous post that I'm running Ubuntu 7.04 
with Espeak 1.25.  Again, thanks in advance for the help.


Guy

>Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:12:42 -0400
>To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca
>From: Guy Schlosser <guyster@buckeye-express.com>
>Subject: speech-dispatcher beta 1, no speech
>
>Hi all, I installed the speech-dispatcher 0.6.4 beta 1 today, and 
>have a few problems.  Not sure if they are a problem with the beta 
>or something on my system, but if someone could help me sort it out, 
>it would be greatly appreciated.  When I rebooted my computer after 
>install, and recompiling the python bindings, I get no speech.  I 
>then got orca back to a speakable state, and found the following 
>problems when I examined /var/log/speechd.log, I see the message 
>"bad syntax from module Espeak.  I also see some problems with 
>module ibmtts.  The messages are: Broken pipe to module and library 
>not compiled with alsa support.  Anyone have any suggestions?  As 
>always, any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks much in advance,
>
>
>Guy

Re: Fwd: speech-dispatcher beta 1, no speech

[Gregory Nowak]

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I seem to recall someone saying that in order to use the new speech
dispatcher beta, you need espeak 1.28.

Greg


On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 10:38:11AM -0400, Guy Schlosser wrote:
> I forgot to mention in my previous post that I'm running Ubuntu 7.04 
> with Espeak 1.25.  Again, thanks in advance for the help.
> 
> 
> Guy
> 

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Re: speech-dispatcher beta 1, no speech

[Michael Whapples]

If you want alsa support, you will need the dev alsa packages as well 
(probably something like libasound2-dev).

Also you may want to install the latest version of espeak if you are using 
the espeak specific module (the module called espeak, not espeak-generic) as 
earlier versions don't support changing the espeak voice through 
speech-dispatcher.

Also try disabling any modules you don't actually want, while it doesn't 
solve the problem being there in speech-dispatcher, it removes it for you.

So if you still get errors with modules you need, say which ones you are 
using (I suggest using the speech-dispatcher names as there the two espeak 
modules, espeak and espeak-generic, and things are different for these two 
modules).

From
Michael Whapples
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Guy Schlosser" <guyster@buckeye-express.com>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 3:38 PM
Subject: Fwd: speech-dispatcher beta 1, no speech


>I forgot to mention in my previous post that I'm running Ubuntu 7.04 with 
>Espeak 1.25.  Again, thanks in advance for the help.
>
>
>
> Guy
>
>>Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:12:42 -0400
>>To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca
>>From: Guy Schlosser <guyster@buckeye-express.com>
>>Subject: speech-dispatcher beta 1, no speech
>>
>>Hi all, I installed the speech-dispatcher 0.6.4 beta 1 today, and have a 
>>few problems.  Not sure if they are a problem with the beta or something 
>>on my system, but if someone could help me sort it out, it would be 
>>greatly appreciated.  When I rebooted my computer after install, and 
>>recompiling the python bindings, I get no speech.  I then got orca back to 
>>a speakable state, and found the following problems when I examined 
>>/var/log/speechd.log, I see the message "bad syntax from module Espeak.  I 
>>also see some problems with module ibmtts.  The messages are: Broken pipe 
>>to module and library not compiled with alsa support.  Anyone have any 
>>suggestions?  As always, any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>Thanks much in advance,
>>
>>
>>Guy
>
>
>
>
> 

Re: speech-dispatcher beta 1, no speech

[Guy Schlosser]

Hey there Michael, and thanks for the quick reply.  What is the 
easiest way to install the newest espeak under ubuntu 7.04?  Do I 
just download the zip file from sourceforge and compile the 
source?  Do I need libportaudio or anything like that?  I have 
disabled every module except for the two that I'm trying to get 
working.  The modules I'm using are espeak (not espeak-generic), and 
ibmtts.  Again, thanks in advance for the help.


Guy


At 12:49 PM 7/16/2007, you wrote:
>If you want alsa support, you will need the dev alsa packages as well
>(probably something like libasound2-dev).
>
>Also you may want to install the latest version of espeak if you are using
>the espeak specific module (the module called espeak, not espeak-generic) as
>earlier versions don't support changing the espeak voice through
>speech-dispatcher.
>
>Also try disabling any modules you don't actually want, while it doesn't
>solve the problem being there in speech-dispatcher, it removes it for you.
>
>So if you still get errors with modules you need, say which ones you are
>using (I suggest using the speech-dispatcher names as there the two espeak
>modules, espeak and espeak-generic, and things are different for these two
>modules).
>
>From
>Michael Whapples
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Guy Schlosser" <guyster@buckeye-express.com>
>To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
>Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 3:38 PM
>Subject: Fwd: speech-dispatcher beta 1, no speech
>
>
> >I forgot to mention in my previous post that I'm running Ubuntu 7.04 with
> >Espeak 1.25.  Again, thanks in advance for the help.
> >
> >
> >
> > Guy
> >
> >>Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:12:42 -0400
> >>To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> >>From: Guy Schlosser <guyster@buckeye-express.com>
> >>Subject: speech-dispatcher beta 1, no speech
> >>
> >>Hi all, I installed the speech-dispatcher 0.6.4 beta 1 today, and have a
> >>few problems.  Not sure if they are a problem with the beta or something
> >>on my system, but if someone could help me sort it out, it would be
> >>greatly appreciated.  When I rebooted my computer after install, and
> >>recompiling the python bindings, I get no speech.  I then got orca back to
> >>a speakable state, and found the following problems when I examined
> >>/var/log/speechd.log, I see the message "bad syntax from module Espeak.  I
> >>also see some problems with module ibmtts.  The messages are: Broken pipe
> >>to module and library not compiled with alsa support.  Anyone have any
> >>suggestions?  As always, any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >>
> >>Thanks much in advance,
> >>
> >>
> >>Guy
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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Re: speech-dispatcher beta 1, no speech

[Jonathan Duddington]

On 16 Jul, Guy Schlosser <guyster@buckeye-express.com> wrote:
> Hey there Michael, and thanks for the quick reply.  What is the 
> easiest way to install the newest espeak under ubuntu 7.04?  Do I 
> just download the zip file from sourceforge and compile the 
> source?  Do I need libportaudio or anything like that?

libportaudio (version 18) is already installed in ubuntu 7.04.

The compiled eSpeak download,  espeak-1.27-linux.zip (or the latest
development version at http://espeak.sf.net/test/latest.html ) should
run OK with ubuntu without the need for you to re-compile it.

I'm just about to release the latest version as eSpeak 1.28.