On Mon, 25 Jan 2021 at 14:36, Bob Goodwin <bobgood...@fastmail.us> wrote:
> > > On 2021-01-25 09:22, John Pilkington wrote: > > > > A quick search found 'espeak'. It seems to be installed on my el7 and > > Fedora 32 boxes and there was an article about it in the Fedora > > Magazine August 14, 2017 > > > > https://fedoramagazine.org/add-speech-fedora-system/ > > > > I haven't tried it, but it might be worth a look. > > > > HTH > * > Espeak was the first I tried and it had essentially the same voice > problem, someone mentioned Orca and I went off on another tangent. it > too is unintelligible on my system. I should try Espeak again but I > suspect Orca is a variation of the same program, the items offered for > configuration are similar if not the same it appears ... > > more to think about, thanks, Bob > I once used text to speech alerts for things that needed immediate attention (server room overtemp, file server or satellite receiver gone offline). It was cheaper than a pager and no paperwork was required. At the time, festival had better voices than espeak (and festival currently has a Fedora package). [Note for anyone thinking about getting involved with earth observation satellites -- avoid sensors that don't require daylight and you will get to keep more normal working hours.] -- George N. White III
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