From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx2.pagosa.net ([206.168.68.165] helo=mail2.fone.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1GTi87-0006Oq-00 for ; Sat, 30 Sep 2006 12:55:59 -0400 Received: from development.gmail.com (ip-206-123-194-13.static.fasttrackcomm.net [206.123.194.13]) by mail2.fone.net (8.13.6+Sun/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k8UGq6XQ021131 for ; Sat, 30 Sep 2006 10:52:07 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <7.0.1.0.0.20060930105342.025ff4b0@gmail.com> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.0.1.0 Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 10:54:00 -0600 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." From: TheCreator Subject: Re: help with espeak? In-Reply-To: <20060930165131.GA8855@localhost.localdomain> References: <7.0.1.0.0.20060930103344.02622b10@gmail.com> <20060930165131.GA8855@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8rc1 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 16:55:59 -0000 What do you mean speach-dispatcher? do I haev to have another prog to? Thanks,At 10:51 AM 9/30/06, you wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >Check the permissions and owner/group on espeak-data, and the files >that are in there. I found that under Debian at least, the permissions >and owner/group that the espeak distribution has set by default were >what was causing espeak not to speak for me. I found that setting the >espeak-data directory permissions to 755, and the permissions of the >files under espeak-data to 644 was what worked for me. I also have >both the directory and the files in it set to owner root, and group >root. Finally, the permissions on the speak binary are also set to >755, and the owner/group are root as well. > >This is on a stand-alone system, which only I use, and which isn't >hooked up to my network frequently, which is separate from the outside >world anyway, so the above setup doesn't bother me in terms of any >possible security wholes in the slightest. > >Also, make sure that speak is in the path. If you're using it via >speech-dispatcher, instead of just having speak in >espeak-generic.conf, you want to supply the full path, >(I.E. /usr/local/bin/speak in my case). > >If espeak still doesn't work, especially by itself without >speech-dispatcher, then given that you had problems you said with >another speech engine failing to speak, I'd get your soundcard/speaker >issue resolved first, before moving forward, since that would seem to >be the main problem here in that case. > >Greg > > >On Sat, Sep 30, 2006 at 10:34:49AM -0600, TheCreator wrote: > > Hello list, > > I'm trying to run espeak. I moved the data dir to /usr/share, and > > when I run it, I don't get any errors, but its not giving me any sound. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >- -- >web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org >gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc >skype: gregn1 >(authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > >- -- >Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) > >iD8DBQFFHqCT7s9z/XlyUyARAsoPAJ4mOuAz/po1ZyicWu2Wzbk6dl6LmACeNCMZ >5YaNeU2MFObFmFdnekbRlcY= >=st4B >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup