for those who want console speech in manjaro based distros

[Mark Peveto]

>From what I understand, it's just being developed.


Mark Peveto
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On Mon, 11 Jul 2016, Al Sten-Clanton wrote:

> Never heard of fenrir.  Do you know where the info about it is?  Thanks!
>
> Al
>
>
> On 7/11/2016 2:27 AM, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> > pulseaudio is responsible for blocking signals that rightfully alsa
> > ought to get.  This is why fenrir will be the official console speech
> > app for sonar.  It wasn't possible to get brltty working correctly either.
> >
> > On Sun, 10 Jul 2016, Chris Brannon wrote:
> >
> > > Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 00:43:59
> > > From: Chris Brannon <chris at the-brannons.com>
> > > Reply-To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> > > To: Mark Peveto <southernprince73 at gmail.com>
> > > Cc: blinux <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> > > Subject: Re: for those who want console speech in manjaro based distros
> > >
> > > Mark Peveto <southernprince73 at gmail.com> writes:
> > >
> > > > sudo downgrade espeak
> > > > That's right, the newer versions of espeak won't allow console speech
> > > > to work.
> > >
> > > Hi Mark,
> > > I saw this message and remembered that Manjaro and Sonar are using
> > > espeak-ng, which is a fork of espeak.
> > > One of the things that changed with espeak-ng is the way audio is
> > > handled.  Actually, espeak-ng uses its very own audio library.
> > > So I decided to take it for a spin tonight.
> > > I built a custom copy of the emacspeak speech server and linked against
> > > espeak-ng, using alsa for the audio.
> > > It doesn't work.
> > > I get messages like "file descriptor in bad state" when I try to make
> > > it speak.
> > > I haven't tried it with espeakup yet,
> > > but it doesn't look promising.
> > >
> > > This really needs to be fixed.  I'll be delving more deeply into the
> > > issue over the next week or so.
> > >
> > > -- Chris
> > >
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