Hi Al. I had to do something similar: my /usr/lib/libespeak.so.1 pointed to /usr/lib/libespeak.so.1.1.18, but /usr/lib/libespeak.so pointed to /usr/lib/libespeak.so.1.1.15. Once I changed that, I was able to build gnome-speech (prior to that, make exits with an error).
While there are lots of voices listed both in test-speech and in Orca, I seem to be limited to just one. I see them all in /usr/share/espeak-data/voices. How do I use them? Take care. Joanie On Sat, 2007-01-13 at 20:08 -0500, Al Puzzuoli wrote: > Hi Will, > > Thanks a lot for this. i've managed to get it up and running, and I must > say, the performance of the synthesizer is great! > > An interesting note. In order to get my setup working, I had to deviate > slightly from the process you described. I found that before the driver > would build, I needed to create two symbolic links from > /usr/lib/libespeak.so.1.1.18: /usr/lib/libespeak.so, and > /usr/lib/libespeak.so.1. I'm not sure how to account for that discrepancy; > but for now, I'm just happy that it's working. > > --Al > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Willie Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Al Puzzuoli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "Jonathan Duddington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <[email protected]>; "Orca List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 7:19 PM > Subject: Re: getting the gnome-speech eSpeak driver to build? (was, eSpeak > v1.18 released, for use with Orca/GnomeSpeech) > > > > Hi Al: > > > > I put Gilles's gnome-speech driver in the gnome-speech SVN trunk, and > > I'll do a gnome-speech 0.4.8 release with it for GNOME 2.17.90 (GNOME > > 2.18.0 Beta 1) a week from tomorrow. If people can give this a try > > before Friday and let me know of successes or issues, it would be great. > > > > Here's what I did to get it to work - it took about 15 minutes: > > > > DOWNLOAD/INSTALL ESPEAK: > > > > Download espeak-1.18-linux.zip from http://espeak.sourceforge.net/ and > > unzip it. > > > > Type these commands to get the espeak stuff in well-known locations: > > > > cd espeak-1.18-linux > > sudo cp -rp espeak-data /usr/share/ > > sudo cp shared_library/libespeak.so.1.1.18 /usr/lib/ > > sudo cp shared_library/speak_lib.h /usr/include/ > > sudo ldconfig > > > > BUILD/INSTALL THE GNOME-SPEECH DRIVER FOR ESPEAK: > > > > In the top-level gnome-speech source directory, type these commands to > > build/install gnome-speech with espeak (assuming you've pulled the > > gnome-speech from svn at revision 267 or greater, though 267 currently > > is the highest revision right now): > > > > ./autogen --prefix=/usr > > make > > sudo make install > > > > I also ran test-speech to make sure it worked - it did. Gilles made > > this really easy for me to integrate into gnome-speech. Thanks very > > much Gilles, and thanks very much Jonathan for creating eSpeak and for > > being receptive of Gilles's mods. > > > > Note that the gnome-speech driver depends upon the libespeech library, > > which has a dependency on libportaudio0. I already had libportaudio0 > > installed on my Ubuntu box, so I didn't run into any issues. > > > > Hope this helps, and thanks again everyone. > > > > Will > > > > On Sat, 2007-01-13 at 17:09 -0500, Al Puzzuoli wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> First of all, many, many thanks to both Gilles Casse and Jonathan > >> Duddington for making this happen! > >> > >> Is there a parameter that needs to be passed to the autogen script to > >> cause > >> the Espeak driver to be built, or should the presence of Espeak be > >> autodetected by gnome-speech? > >> > >> I think I have Espeak 1.8 installed correctly, as I'm able to get it to > >> speak system wide when I issue the espeak command; However, the > >> gnome-speech > >> driver is not being built. > >> > >> Thanks in advance for any tips, > >> > >> --Al > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Jonathan Duddington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 11:50 AM > >> Subject: eSpeak v1.18 released, for use with Orca/GnomeSpeech > >> > >> > >> > Version 1.18 of the eSpeak synthesizer is now available at: > >> > http://espeak.sourceforge.net/ > >> > > >> > This version includes changes made by Gilles Casse which allow it to be > >> > used with a GnomeSpeech driver which he has written. This should give > >> > better results when using eSpeak with Orca and other Gnome > >> > applications. > >> > > >> > I'm not sure whether Gilles has announced his GnomeSpeech driver for > >> > eSpeak yet. He may be waiting for me announce this 1.18 version first. > >> > > >> > Please report any problems, in case there is time to fix them before > >> > the cut-off date for Ubuntu Feisty. > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list > >> > [email protected] > >> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility > >> > >> > > > > -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
