How do I speed up eSpeak?

[Amanda Lacy]

Thanks for your help with this. I now have speed. I'm also learning to
distrust GUIs (they'll only present what the designer thought I should
need) and look for conf files instead.

Amanda

On 10/21/16, Alonzo Cuellar <mariachiac at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Amanda
> Depending if your using espeak-ng or espeak you should edit the files
> accordingly
> /etc/speech-dispatcher/modules/espeak.conf
> or
> /etc/speech-dipatcher/espeak-ng.conf
> Look for this line in either of the files
> # Maximum rate (100 in speech-dispatcher)
> Below that line you will find
> EspeakMaxRate 500
> As you can see mine is set to 500. Therefore that is how fast espeak
> will go when Orca is set to 100%. You can change it to what ever you'd
> like. I think the default is 390.
>
> Have a grate day,
> Alonzo
>
>
>
>
> On 10/21/2016 01:27 PM, Amanda Lacy wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I really need to make the switch from Windows to Linux but eSpeak
>> under Orca is way too slow. I'm used to NVDA's rate boost option with
>> speed set between 40 and 50. At 100%, eSpeak with Orca is maybe half
>> that speed - too slow to be productive. I'm aware of Voxin but it
>> costs, and I prefer eSpeak. Can someone please tell me how to fix it?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Amanda
>>
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