From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix, from userid 65534) id 189971EFF21; Mon, 15 Aug 2016 08:35:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail.ccis.lan (unknown [96.92.117.97]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 004E51EFF1D for ; Mon, 15 Aug 2016 08:35:43 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.ccis.lan (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FFDB39606B6; Mon, 15 Aug 2016 05:35:43 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-2.10.1 (20141025) (Debian) at ccis.lan Received: from mail.ccis.lan ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.ccis.lan [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Dmp2d1FR2Lkw; Mon, 15 Aug 2016 05:35:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from testbox (75-167-209-44.cdrr.qwest.net [75.167.209.44]) by mail.ccis.lan (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 72B333960497; Mon, 15 Aug 2016 05:35:40 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2016 07:35:39 -0500 (CDT) From: Mark Peveto X-X-Sender: markp@testbox.Home To: "Silas S. Brown" cc: espeak list , Speakup List Subject: Re: [Espeak-general] working with latest espeak In-Reply-To: <20160815121924.GD20225@thunderbird-2.linux.ds.cam.ac.uk> Message-ID: References: <20160815121924.GD20225@thunderbird-2.linux.ds.cam.ac.uk> User-Agent: Alpine 2.20.14 (LNX 161 2016-08-12) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2016 12:35:45 -0000 Hi there, Thanks for the info. I tried it, but when I log back into my console, I still get uk english. thanks for the tip, though. It was darn sure worth a try. Mark Peveto Registered Linux user number 600552 Sent from sonar test box using alpine 2.20.14 On Mon, 15 Aug 2016, Silas S. Brown wrote: > Hi Mark, I haven't been following espeak-NG development, but I guess it's possible that > those files are now obsolete and you have to use command-line arguments to set the voice. > So have you tried this command: espeak -ven-us "hello from America" > > If that works and you want to use it in screen readers etc, I expect the best way would > be to move your real espeak binary to a safe place and create a script called espeak that > does something like > > #!/bin/bash > espeak -ven-us $@ > > then save that as /usr/local/bin/espeak and chmod +x it. I'm assuming you're on a > GNU/Linux or Unix machine; I wouldn't know how to do it on Windows but you might get > somewhere with batch files. And the above script won't help if the screen reader is > using the shared library version of eSpeak. > > Silas > > -- > Silas S Brown http://people.ds.cam.ac.uk/ssb22 > > "Time and unexpected events overtake them all" - Ecclesiastes 9:11 >