Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 12:58:07 -0400 From: John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, gerard@seibercom.net Subject: Re: KDE & Text to Speech Message-ID: <200607051258.08179.lists@jnielsen.net> In-Reply-To: <200607041803.29572.gerard@seibercom.net> References: <200607041112.25739.gerard@seibercom.net> <200607042348.46469.danny@ricin.com> <200607041803.29572.gerard@seibercom.net>
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On Tuesday 04 July 2006 18:03, Gerard Seibert wrote: > On Tuesday 04 July 2006 17:48, Danny Pansters wrote: > > On Tuesday 04 July 2006 17:12, Gerard Seibert wrote: > > > System Info: > > > FreeBSD seibercom.net 6.1-STABLE FreeBSD 6.1-STABLE #0: Sat May 13 > > > 19:46:07 EDT 2006 > > > root@.seibercom.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SEIBERCOM i386 > > > > > > I am not sure if this is the proper forum for this question or not, but > > > I might as well start here. > > > > > > I am trying to get the KDE text to speech to work. I installed the > > > 'festival' port and the 'festvox-aec' port. Everything seems to be OK, > > > but no sound is emitted. The sound works fine on everything else. There > > > are no error messages displayed so I do not know where to look to get > > > this working. > > > > You probably need to install "voices", these are ports that start with > > festvox-* and festlex-*. I've only played with it to the extend I had it > > read slashdot and such, nothing really serious, but I also found that it > > did nothing until I installed some synthesized voices. > > I installed one from the 'festvox-*' ports originally.. I will investigate > the 'festlex-*' offerings now. Also make sure you are setting the correct audio method. My ~/.festivalrc looks like this: (Parameter.set 'Audio_Method 'freebsd16audio) (voice_ked_diphone) Change the voice to one you have installed and want to use as the default. JN
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