Low Speakup volume in Ubuntu?

Low Speakup volume in Ubuntu?

[Zachary Kline]

Hiya,
    I've noticed that with speakup and Speech-dispatcher, my speech volume is quite low with Espeak to the point where I can only hear it if I strain my ears.  This is a little frustrating, but at least I've confirmed that the system works as intended for the most part.  I can modprobe speakup_sftsyn anyway.
Any answers on why the volume is so low?  Orca's isn't...
Thanks,
Zack.

Re: Low Speakup volume in Ubuntu?

[Ralph W. Reid]

Hello:

I have managed to increase the volume in Speech-dispatcher and Espeak
with the normalize program in Slackware Linux.  The file
/etc/speech-dispatcher/modules/espeak-generic.conf contained these lines:

GenericExecuteSynth \
"echo \"$DATA\" | speak -w /tmp/espeak.wav -v $VOICE -s $RATE -a $VOLUME -p $PITCH --stdin && aplay /tmp/espeak.wav"

These lines can be modified to include normalize to add 10db of gain as follows:

GenericExecuteSynth \
"echo \"$DATA\" | speak -w /tmp/espeak.wav -v $VOICE -s $RATE -a $VOLUME -p $PITCH --stdin && \
/usr/bin/normalize -q -g 10db /tmp/espeak.wav ; /usr/bin/aplay /tmp/espeak.wav"

Edit carefully--the version of Speech Dispatcher you are running might be different from the one I am running.

HTH, and have a great day.

On Sun, Aug 12, 2007 at 11:52:39PM -0700, Zachary Kline wrote:
> Hiya,
>     I've noticed that with speakup and Speech-dispatcher, my speech volume is quite low with Espeak to the point where I can only hear it if I strain my ears.  This is a little frustrating, but at least I've confirmed that the system works as intended for the most part.  I can modprobe speakup_sftsyn anyway.
> Any answers on why the volume is so low?  Orca's isn't...
> Thanks,
> Zack.

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Re: Low Speakup volume in Ubuntu?

[Gregory Nowak]

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Have a look at

/etc/speech-dispatcher/modules/espeak-generic.conf

In there, find the line that says:

GenericVolumeAdd        10

and change it to read

GenericVolumeAdd        100

Then, save the file, and restart speech-dispatcher/speechd-up for good
measure, though I don't remember if I did that or not. Also, I don't
remember if gnome-speech talks to espeak directly, or through
speech-dispatcher. If it does talk to espeak via speech-dispatcher,
then this will of course effect your speech in orca as well. Hth.

Greg



On Sun, Aug 12, 2007 at 11:52:39PM -0700, Zachary Kline wrote:
> Hiya,
>     I've noticed that with speakup and Speech-dispatcher, my speech volume is quite low with Espeak to the point where I can only hear it if I strain my ears.  This is a little frustrating, but at least I've confirmed that the system works as intended for the most part.  I can modprobe speakup_sftsyn anyway.
> Any answers on why the volume is so low?  Orca's isn't...
> Thanks,
> Zack.
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

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Re: Low Speakup volume in Ubuntu?

[Zachary Kline]

Hi,
    Thanks, Greg.  This seemed to do the trick.
    However, I'm having a Speakup punctuation problem which I believe I 
remember seeing mentioned on this list before.
    I can't find info on how to fix this in the archives...
Any clue?
Thanks,
Zack.

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From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg@romuald.net.eu.org>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 9:58 AM
Subject: Re: Low Speakup volume in Ubuntu?


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> Have a look at
>
> /etc/speech-dispatcher/modules/espeak-generic.conf
>
> In there, find the line that says:
>
> GenericVolumeAdd        10
>
> and change it to read
>
> GenericVolumeAdd        100
>
> Then, save the file, and restart speech-dispatcher/speechd-up for good
> measure, though I don't remember if I did that or not. Also, I don't
> remember if gnome-speech talks to espeak directly, or through
> speech-dispatcher. If it does talk to espeak via speech-dispatcher,
> then this will of course effect your speech in orca as well. Hth.
>
> Greg
>
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 12, 2007 at 11:52:39PM -0700, Zachary Kline wrote:
>> Hiya,
>>     I've noticed that with speakup and Speech-dispatcher, my speech 
>> volume is quite low with Espeak to the point where I can only hear it if 
>> I strain my ears.  This is a little frustrating, but at least I've 
>> confirmed that the system works as intended for the most part.  I can 
>> modprobe speakup_sftsyn anyway.
>> Any answers on why the volume is so low?  Orca's isn't...
>> Thanks,
>> Zack.
>> _______________________________________________
>> Speakup mailing list
>> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>
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Re: Low Speakup volume in Ubuntu?

[Gregory Nowak]

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Zack, you need to invoke speechd-up with the -t flag. Hth.

Greg


On Mon, Aug 13, 2007 at 10:10:27AM -0700, Zachary Kline wrote:
> Hi,
>     Thanks, Greg.  This seemed to do the trick.
>     However, I'm having a Speakup punctuation problem which I believe I 
> remember seeing mentioned on this list before.
>     I can't find info on how to fix this in the archives...
> Any clue?
> Thanks,
> Zack.
> 


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Re: Low Speakup volume in Ubuntu?

[Zachary Kline]

Hi Greg,
    I can't find from where speechd-up is envoked so I can do this 
automatically.  I know that there is, in Gentoo, a /etc/init.d/speechd-up 
file, but there isn't one in Ubuntu that I can find.
    Is there some other place I should look?
Thanks,
Zack.

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From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg@romuald.net.eu.org>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 10:30 AM
Subject: Re: Low Speakup volume in Ubuntu?


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> Zack, you need to invoke speechd-up with the -t flag. Hth.
>
> Greg
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 13, 2007 at 10:10:27AM -0700, Zachary Kline wrote:
>> Hi,
>>     Thanks, Greg.  This seemed to do the trick.
>>     However, I'm having a Speakup punctuation problem which I believe I
>> remember seeing mentioned on this list before.
>>     I can't find info on how to fix this in the archives...
>> Any clue?
>> Thanks,
>> Zack.
>>
>
>
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Re: Low Speakup volume in Ubuntu?

[Kenny Hitt]

Hi.

speechd-up in Ubuntu is loaded by a udev rule, and not an init script.

          Kenny

Re: Low Speakup volume in Ubuntu?

[Gregory Nowak]

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On Mon, Aug 13, 2007 at 01:46:38PM -0500, Kenny Hitt wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> speechd-up in Ubuntu is loaded by a udev rule, and not an init script.

Yes, and it looks like that's done in

/etc/udev/rules.d/80-speechd-up.rules

Hth.

Greg


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No speach with Orca

[Charlie Young]

Hi...
  I just installed Ubuntu on my computer and activated Orca but it won't work. When I turn on my computer the Orca dialog box is on the desk top so I know Orca is running but there's no speach. Does anyone have any idea what is wrong. Thanks.
  Charlie

       
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Re: No speach with Orca

[Kenny Hitt]

Hi.

Did you get sound during login?  If not, you probably have sound card issues.
Since you didn't give much information, that's the best answer I can give for now.

          Kenny

Re: No speach with Orca

[Chris Norman]

This is one for the orca lise
(mailto:orca-list-request@gnome.org?subject=subscribe).

On Tue, 2007-08-28 at 22:27 -0700, Charlie Young wrote:
> Hi...
>   I just installed Ubuntu on my computer and activated Orca but it won't work. When I turn on my computer the Orca dialog box is on the desk top so I know Orca is running but there's no speach. Does anyone have any idea what is wrong. Thanks.
>   Charlie
> 
>        
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Which messenger for Linux would be best for a blind person to use?

[Charlie Young]

Hi...
  I was wondering which messenger for Linux would be best for a blind person to use. I recently switched to Ubuntu. When I was using Windows I used a plugin for Windows Messenger that automaticly read incoming messeges. Any ideas? Thanks.
  Charlie

       
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Re: Which messenger for Linux would be best for a blind person to use?

[Parham]

People use GAim there on Linux Ubuntu.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charlie Young" <cy41169@yahoo.com>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 9:18 AM
Subject: Which messenger for Linux would be best for a blind person to use?


> Hi...
>  I was wondering which messenger for Linux would be best for a blind 
> person to use. I recently switched to Ubuntu. When I was using Windows I 
> used a plugin for Windows Messenger that automaticly read incoming 
> messeges. Any ideas? Thanks.
>  Charlie
>
>
> ---------------------------------
> Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who 
> knows.
> Yahoo! Answers - Check it out.
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup 

Re: Which messenger for Linux would be best for a blind person to use?

[Chris Norman]

Or there is pebrot, come to think of it, for working in the console
(very nice), written in python.
 HTH.

On Mon, 2007-09-03 at 12:43 +0330, Parham wrote:
> People use GAim there on Linux Ubuntu.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Charlie Young" <cy41169@yahoo.com>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 9:18 AM
> Subject: Which messenger for Linux would be best for a blind person to use?
> 
> 
> > Hi...
> >  I was wondering which messenger for Linux would be best for a blind 
> > person to use. I recently switched to Ubuntu. When I was using Windows I 
> > used a plugin for Windows Messenger that automaticly read incoming 
> > messeges. Any ideas? Thanks.
> >  Charlie
> >
> >
> > ---------------------------------
> > Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who 
> > knows.
> > Yahoo! Answers - Check it out.
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup 
> 
> 
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Re: Which messenger for Linux would be best for a blind person to use?

[dan Murphy]

Actually I have found pebrot to be very good when working in the console 
with speekup.
On Mon, 3 Sep 2007, Chris Norman wrote:

> Or there is pebrot, come to think of it, for working in the console
> (very nice), written in python.
> HTH.
>
> On Mon, 2007-09-03 at 12:43 +0330, Parham wrote:
>> People use GAim there on Linux Ubuntu.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Charlie Young" <cy41169@yahoo.com>
>> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
>> Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 9:18 AM
>> Subject: Which messenger for Linux would be best for a blind person to use?
>>
>>
>>> Hi...
>>>  I was wondering which messenger for Linux would be best for a blind
>>> person to use. I recently switched to Ubuntu. When I was using Windows I
>>> used a plugin for Windows Messenger that automaticly read incoming
>>> messeges. Any ideas? Thanks.
>>>  Charlie
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------------------------------
>>> Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who
>>> knows.
>>> Yahoo! Answers - Check it out.
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Speakup mailing list
>>> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
>>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Speakup mailing list
>> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
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Re: Which messenger for Linux would be best for a blind person to use?

[Chris Norman]

gaim internet messenger is good. It's the one I am using at the minute.

On Sun, 2007-09-02 at 22:48 -0700, Charlie Young wrote:
> Hi...
>   I was wondering which messenger for Linux would be best for a blind person to use. I recently switched to Ubuntu. When I was using Windows I used a plugin for Windows Messenger that automaticly read incoming messeges. Any ideas? Thanks.
>   Charlie
> 
>        
> ---------------------------------
> Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows.
> Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
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