Orca speech still messed up

Linux for blind general discussion blinux-list at redhat.com
Mon Aug 14 22:40:10 UTC 2017


My espeak.conf file is still there and is unchanged, but the speed has
not improved.

On 8/14/17, Amanda Lacy <lacy925 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I reinstalled speech-dispatcher and restarted Orca. No change.
>
> On 8/14/17, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> wrote:
>> it should be no problem as long you dont stop speech-dispatcher while
>> reinstalling.
>> you should be able to do this with
>> |sudo apt-get --reinstall install speech-dispatcher
>> on an debian system.
>> you should not remove and install it since removing will maybe also
>> remove orca as dependency.
>> |
>> Am 15.08.2017 um 00:11 schrieb Linux for blind general discussion:
>>>> and resinstall speech-dispatcher then?
>>> How can I do this without losing speech? I assume you mean apt-get
>>> remove speech-dispatcher and apt-get install speech-dispatcher?
>>>
>>>
>>> On 8/14/17, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> howdy,
>>>>
>>>> did you try to renew all configuration files for speech-dispatcher
>>>> # move global configuration for speech-dispatcher
>>>> sudo mv /etc/speech-dispatcher/ /etc/speech-dispatcher-old
>>>> # remove your user specific settings
>>>> sudo rm -r /home/<user>/.config/speech-dispatcher/
>>>> # remove any root specific settings
>>>> sudo rm -r /root/.config/speech-dispatcher/
>>>> and resinstall speech-dispatcher then?
>>>> cheers chrys
>>>> Am 14.08.2017 um 23:53 schrieb Linux for blind general discussion:
>>>>> The only espeak.conf file now left on my system is my modified
>>>>> version, the same file that allowed me to adjust the rate before.
>>>>> Espeak is still slow and raises the pitch for capitalized words.
>>>>>
>>>>> BTW, under Orca preferences I cannot select espeak as the synthesizer.
>>>>> It only lets me select "default synthesizer".
>>>>>
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