Here is what I have for this file
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 42 Jun 27 2021 /opt/oralux/voxin/rfs32/eci.ini
-> ../../../../var/opt/IBM/ibmtts/cfg/eci.ini
but according to another poster on this list I need a different speech
server?
On Sat, 22 Jan 2022 14:34:32 -0500,
<prayner(a)unimelb.edu.au> wrote:
>
> I'm guessing from this and later comments that you don't have any of
> the old ibmtts voices installed. Check for the existence of the file
> /opt/oralux/voxin/rfs32/eci.ini which is the config file that my
> version reads on startup. The error you're getting is one I had when
> doing a voxin instalation in the years before oralux made the process
> much easier.
> btw to check which file it was opening I used an old, brutal but
> robust approach:
> strace -f -ooutfile ./outloud
> outfile then contains every system call made by ./outloud and all the
> processes it spawns. Far, far too much information usually but a bit
> of judicious searching is often useful when all else fails.
> John Covici via Emacspeak writes:
> >I have had the same problem, I installed emacspeak, I have voxin
> >working using orca, but here is what I get when I try to use ./outloud
> >from the servers directory under emacspeak:
> >
> >Using SoX
> >19No language foundtts
> > while executing
> > "load $tclTTS/atcleci.so"
> > (file "./outloud" line 459)
> >
> >
> >On Fri, 21 Jan 2022 03:16:26 -0500,
> >Ishe Chinyoka via Emacspeak wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> HI David,
> >>
> >> Unfortunately, for me on Archlinux, Voxin fails to work in
> >> Emacspeak. I
> >> even tried the option of downloading the Emacspeak Installer from
> >> Oralux. Restarting my system did not have the Voxin
> >> voices. Putting that
> >> line of "
> >> (setq "dtk_Program" "outloud")"
> >> instead results in Emacspeak going silent. So I had to just
> >> resign to
> >> the fact of using Espeak voices.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Ishe
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 01:32 "D.J.J. Ring, Jr. via Emacspeak"
> >> <emacspeak(a)emacspeak.org> wrote:
> >> > Oralux.org sells the old IBM Text to Speech modules (EUR 4.19)
> >> > which work in emacspeak, and
> >> > https://oralux.org has an installer which works in many Linux
> >> > distros. Additionally, Oralux now
> >> > sells the Vocalizer Embedded voices in an amazing number of
> >> > languages and dialects (400)
> >> > which work in text console and in Orca with satisfying
> >> > results. Vocalizer Embedded is selling
> >> > for EUR 22.10 to 29.81 depending on the quality of the voice
> >> > from "Compact" to "High".
> >> >
> >> > I use Zoe ML- High because it was easiest for me to hear.
> >> >
> >> > I have it working in console with Debian and Slint / Slackware.
> >> >
> >> > It would be wonderful if it were free to use and modify, but it
> >> > is what it is and it's very good.
> >> >
> >> > I also wish a speech engine for it would be developed because I
> >> > find the voices very easy to
> >> > understand even at fast rates.
> >> >
> >> > I have no connection with oralux.org other than being a happy
> >> > customer of both the IBM TTS
> >> > voice which I use in emacspeak and the Embedded voices.
> >> >
> >> > I think it was easiest for me to use the Embedded voices in
> >> > Orca in GUI and in the CLI but
> >> > espeak-ng in emacspeak, because I could not figure out how to
> >> > run regular IBM TTS in
> >> > emacspeak while running Voxin Embedded in console. I have a
> >> > desktop keyboard and I just
> >> > press num pad 0 and Enter and the console voice stops, type
> >> > "emacs" and I have emacspeak
> >> > working. Voxin provides a script called "voxin-say" to hear and
> >> > test it's modules. voxin-say
> >> > "text to say" | aplay being the command. voxin-say --L lists
> >> > the installed voices which must be
> >> > inserted into and selected in configuration files voxin.ini.
> >> >
> >> > Best wishes,
> >> >
> >> > David
> >> >
> >> > On Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 12:10 AM Tim Makarios via Emacspeak
> >> > <emacspeak(a)emacspeak.org>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > I don't think I'd heard of Larynx before. Have you considered
> >> > RHVoice as a possibility, if
> >> > you're going to be writing a speech server for Emacspeak?
> >> > https://github.com/RHVoice/RHVoice
> >> > I think it lets you adjust pitch and rate, which Emacspeak can
> >> > make use of if you put the
> >> > right pipes in the right places (or so I understand).
> >> >
> >> > The licensing of the voices is a little confusing, which is
> >> > presumably why it ended up in
> >> > Debian non-free, but I *think* some of the voices (like Alan,
> >> > as far as I can see) are
> >> > covered only by the (L)GPL, which is applied to the software
> >> > as a whole.
> >> >
> >> > As for how to do it, I'm certainly no expert in that, but
> >> > here's some relevant
> >> > documentation:
> >> > http://tvraman.github.io/emacspeak/manual/TTS-Servers.html
> >> >
> >> > All the best,
> >> >
> >> > Tim
> >> > <><
> >> >
> >> > On 21 January 2022 8:24:50 am NZDT, Hendur Saga via Emacspeak
> >> > <emacspeak(a)emacspeak.org> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Hello Emacspeakers!
> >> >
> >> > This is my first post here, so I thought I might as well
> >> > introduce myself first. I've been
> >> > a programmer for over a decade, a moderate Emacs user for a
> >> > few years, declared
> >> > "bankruptcy" a few times, and am still using it to this day. I
> >> > have no visual
> >> > difficulties at present, but I've found auditory UIs (and UX
> >> > design in general) rather
> >> > fascinating.
> >> >
> >> > Unfortunately, the default espeak voice I'm stuck with so far
> >> > gets very irritating, very
> >> > quickly. I almost want to punch a wall, sometimes. I'm sure
> >> > some of you can
> >> > sympathize. I've looked through the *-voices.el and, for a
> >> > Linux user, there doesn't
> >> > really seem like much choice, sadly. If I were to try and add
> >> > support for, say,
> >> > Rhasspy's Larynx project (available at
> >> > https://github.com/rhasspy/larynx), how
> >> > difficult would such a task be, and what path or resources
> >> > could I look at to help
> >> > achieve that?
> >> >
> >> > In the meantime, how do I at least switch espeak voices,
> >> > within the same language?
> >> > I have additional MBROLA voices from Debian I can use from the
> >> > command-line.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> >
> >> > Hendursaga
> >> >
> >> > -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse
> >> > my brevity.
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