espeak-ng on archlinux

[Linux for blind general discussion]

How die you get this script working?  Have not tried it, but was 
wondering about it since it exhist.

Hi,




On 7/18/2021 3:31 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> Hello there,
>
> I haven't created any espeak-ng.service file to make systemd start it at
> boot, when speech-dispatcher starts, espeak-ng starts as well or something.
> I used arch's new guided install script, or archinstall, which simplified a
> lot of things for me.
> I tried with pulseaudio and pipewire and it worked no matter what.
> I just use pipewire because I find it more likable.
> Best regards.
> francisco.
>
> On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 5:26 PM Linux for blind general discussion <
> blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
>
>> The only item not installed yet is pipewire.  Did you write a
>> espeak-ng.service file to bring up espeak-ng on boot up?  I haven't done
>> that yet and have to manually start it after login.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, 18 Jul 2021, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>>
>>> Hello there,
>>>
>>> It works for me here.
>>> Did you install speech-dispatcher, alsa-utils and alsa-plugins? Did you
>>> install pulseaudio and all related stuff as well?
>>> I am using pipewire here, but it works without a hitch anyways.
>>> If you're trying to get a screen reader running on the graphical user
>>> interface, make sure to install orca as well.
>>> Best regards.
>>> Francisco.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 4:29 PM Linux for blind general discussion <
>>> blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I got espeak-ng partly working but not completely.
>>>> When I key a line in and hit enter, espeak-ng speaks what I keyed in.
>>>> That is all espeak-ng does.  So far as I can tell no espeak-ng.service
>>>> file exists to enable and start espeak-ng when the system boots either.
>>>> Finally, if during an archlinux installation espeak-ng is installed
>> rather
>>>> than espeak it's possible it's not pulling dependencies espeak-ng
>> needs to
>>>> speak.
>>>> It would be nice if espeak-ng would speak what the computer puts up on
>> the
>>>> screen after I type a command but this isn't yet happening over here.
>>>>
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