On Sat, 19 Sep 2009, Iwrote: >> 2) There is a documented interface to the Festival >> TTS system. Alas, the preponderance of the evidence >> indicates this has not worked in several years.
On 09/19/2009 01:23 PM, Anders Gidenstam replied: > > Using Festival from FlightGear works very well for various types of text > messages, mainly from the MP and auto-ATC subsystems (and aircraft > specific systems). See Docs/README.voice.html for setup information. > > If ATIS also used the that system I think we'd be home. I reiterate that chez moi, the festival features as documented in Docs/getstart.pdf do not work. They have not worked for years, if ever. This bug has been observed using Debian Etch, Debian Lenny, and now Debian Squeeze. In every case, I observe that the festival server works fine when FGFS is not running, but is unable to make any sound when FGFS is running. This is unsurprising, given that both of them are trying to send to /dev/dsp which AFAICT has never allowed multiple access. I know it is possible to install additional layers of sound processing, but there is no mention of the need or method for doing that in getstart.pdf nor in Docs/README.voices.html nor in fgfs --help --verbose. Setting up a .openalrc file as mentioned in README.sound does not solve the problem. Bottom line: I am willing to believe FGFS can be made to talk to festival under some conditions on some systems. Perhaps somebody who knows how it is done would be kind enough to explain. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
