for those who want console speech in manjaro based distros

[Jude DaShiell]

The package is in alpha so not ready for you to handle yet, probably 
early alpha too.

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

> Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 10:33:21
> From: Al Sten-Clanton <albert.e.sten_clanton at verizon.net>
> Reply-To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> Subject: Re: for those who want console speech in manjaro based distros
> 
> 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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