[Tts-project] Fwd: speech dispatcher and voxin embedded voices

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

I am not at my computer right now but I believe you must be root to run
spd-conf because an error message occurs otherwise saying it must be run as
root to make a system wide configuration.

I will do as you advise but when I saw the error message saying it MUST be
run as root, I did that.

It could be that I got confused, because when I work for many hours my
physical pain from my illness increases greatly.

I'll check it out more completely tomorrow.

David

On Sun, Feb 12, 2023, 01:24 Didier Spaier <didier at slint.fr> wrote:

> Hi David and all
>
> Le 12/02/2023 à 04:51, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. a écrit :
> > The old address was given by the spd-conf script in Slackware 15.
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> > From: D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1ea at arrl.net>
> > Date: Sat, Feb 11, 2023 at 10:41 PM
> > Subject: speech dispatcher and voxin embedded voices
> > To: <speechd at bugs.freebsoft.org>, Gilles Casse <contact at oralux.org>,
> > Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault at ens-lyon.org>
> >
> >
> > I tried to install voxin embedded voices in Slint / Slackware 15.
> >
> > spd-say "hello" says very very quickly "hello".
> >
> > voxin-say "hello" | aplay the voxin tool says "hello" very clearly.
> >
> > I know spd-conf is out of date, so according to Internet advice I
> > changed some of the default answers.
> >
> > Instead of accepting the default module of "Default output module
> > [espeak-ng] :" I entered "voxin" and when the spd-script complained
> > about this and told me it was not one of the choices, I chose NOT to
> > correct it.
> >
> > SLINT has the option of logging into the console before Xorg starts.
> > This is what I use but in order to have speech at log in, the user
> > needs to run spd-conf and configure a system wide spdhd conf.
> >
> > NOTEwhen running as root, this creates a file in userspace that's
> > owned by root:root.
> >
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14K Oct 30 18:29
> > /home/djringjr/.config/speech-dispatcher/speechd.conf
> >
> > The installation seems to give errors but voxin works perfectly.
>
> As I already wrote to you, please just don't run spd-conf as root or
> otherwise,
> just edit as root the file /etc/speech-dispatcher/speech-dispatcher.conf.
>
> > I'm preparing a HOW TO for the slint.fr email list.  I've posted what
> > I've written so far below my signature.  It's a draft, I haven't
> > checked it completely.  There is one small typo in the voxin installer
> > script about language codes. I am going to message Gilles separately
> > about this.
>
> Please do not post yet to the Slint mailing list what you wrote below your
> signature, comments inline explaining why.
>
> > This is the voxin script error - it's a tiny one letter error.
> >
> > Default language (two/three-letter iso language code like "en" or
> > "cs", possibly with a region qualification.) [en-US] :
> >
> > Unfortunately "cs" is an error in the script, there is NO language
> > with cs as a code, they probably meant "es" for Spanish.
> >
> > If you have a Spanish Latin American Voxin voice, you would type
> > ."es-la" without the quotes. If you're an American like myself and my
> > language is an American speaking English, you enter:
> >
> > en-US
>
> Not sure about that, I will let Gilles answer.
>
> > Best regards.
> >
> > David
> >
> > I just installed zoe-ml-embedded-high,en,US which I bought last year
> > from oralux.org.
> >
> > I boot into console so there is one more step needed to install a
> > Voxin Embedded voice than just running the installer.
> >
> > First find your purchase receipt from Oralux.org.  Use the link to
> > download the latest version of your voice.
> >
> > This is the file name for my Zoe ML High voice.
> > voxin-american-english-zoe-ml-high-3.3rc6.tgz
> >
> > I untar it.
> >
> > tar xvf voxin-american-english-zoe-ml-high-3.3rc6.tgz
> >
> > Unarchiving this file creates a folder:
> >
> > voxin-3.3rc6
> >
> > Enter that folder.and you will find (for example) another folder:
> > voxin-american-english-zoe-ml-high-3.3rc6
> >
> > Enter tat folder and you will see:along with other files and folders:
> >
> > voxin-installer.sh
> >
> > Run this as root.  If you are your user account, just use "su -m" to
> > stay in the same folder and become root.
> >
> > Run "voxin-installer.sh" by running this command:
> >
> > ./voxin-installer.sh
> >
> > ./ tells the command line that the command is in the same folder as
> > you are in and not in the $PATH of the computer.
> >
> > When you do this you will see on the screen (or hear).
> >
> > Do you want to install a new language?
> > If yes, press the ENTER key.
> >
> > Do you agree the licenses?
> > If yes, press the ENTER key.
> >
> > The response to both questions is to press the ENTER key.  I have
> > noticed that the second dialog asking me to press the ENTER key often
> > needs me to press the ENTER key again so it registers.
> >
> > In a second or so you will hear your Voxin Eloquence voice speaking.
>
> These instructions are stated in https://oralux.org/index.php?mylang=en
> under
> "Installation". There is no need to post them in the Slint mailing list,
> as no
> one else reported issue installing Voxin.
>
> > First let's make sure we have speech-dispatcher running as a daemon we
> > enter this command as root without quotation marks and making sure we
> > use a capital D and not a lower case d. "speech-dispatcher -D":
> >
> > speech-dispatcher -D
> >
> > The script will respond:
> > shome/djringjr/.config/speech-dispatcher/speechd.confpeechd: Speech
> > Dispatcher 0.11.4 starting
>
> The above is not necessary, at least for Slint
>
> > If you just want to use this voice in ORCA you're all finished except
> > for selecting that voice in ORCA preferences but if you want to use
> > this voice on the command line and especially if you log into SLINT in
> > console mode - you need to configure Speech 'Dispatcher for this.  Pay
> > attention because the installation is a bit "special" because spd-conf
> > is not up to date.
>
> This is a known issue and the workaround is simple: do not use it but
> instead
> edit directly the file /etc/speech-dispatcher/speechd.conf.
>
> So all the below explanations are not needed.
>
> As a reminder there is no need to configure speech-dispatcher as regular
> user,
> as so far the only application that would need it at time of writing  is
> orca,
> and you configure it directly from its "preferences" GUI.
>
> So what you wrote below is uselessly confusing.
>
> I am not aware of the conversation you had with people and lists to which
> you
> sent this forwarded message, so may be I lack the context, but I doubt
> there be
> in concern with installation of Voxin in Slint 15.0, which Gilles checked
> that
> it can be done without any issue as he informed you a while ago.
>
> > You should still be root.
> >
> > Run this command:
> >
> > spd-conf
> >
> > That script will respond:
> >
> > Speech Dispatcher configuration tool
> >
> > Do you want to setup a completely new configuration? [yes] :
> >
> > So you press ENTER to accept the default [yes] answer.
> >
> > If you log into SLINT using console log in, you need to make both a
> > user and a system speech dispatcher configuration and happily the
> > answers are the same.
> >
> > The script will respond:
> > Do you want to create/setup a 'user' or 'system' configuration? [user] :
> >
> > This time we are going to change the default answer to "system" so
> > instead of pressing ENTER we type in "system" without quotation marks.
> >
> > system
> >
> > Don't be alarmed, the script will tell you that you have to be root
> > even if you are already root.
> >
> > Warning: You must be root or under sudo to do this.
> > Configuring system settings for Speech Dispatcher
> > Default output module [espeak-ng] :
> >
> > Here we have to make another change, instead of just pressing ENTER to
> > accept espeak-ng we have to type in without quotes "voxin" in all
> > lower case.
> >
> > voxin
> >
> > The script won't like this answer but it is the correct answer.  it
> > will print out:
> >
> > The value you have chosen is not among the suggested values.
> > You have chosen 'voxin'.
> > The suggested values are ['espeak-ng', 'espeak', 'festival', 'flite',
> > 'ivona', 'pico', 'espeak-ng-mbrola-generic', 'espeak-mbrola-generic',
> > 'swift-generic', 'epos-generic', 'dtk-generic', 'ibmtts', 'cicero',
> > 'kali', 'mary-generic', 'baratinoo']
> > Do you want to correct your answer? [yes] :
> >
> > The script is asking us if we want to correct this answer, and we must
> > type in without quotation marks "no" to NOT change the answer.
> >
> > no
> >
> > The script prints:
> >
> > Default language (two/three-letter iso language code like "en" or
> > "cs", possibly with a region qualification.) [en-US] :
> >
> > Unfortunately "cs" is an error in the script, there is NO language
> > with cs as a code, they probably meant "es" for Spanish.
> >
> > If you have a Spanish Latin American Voxin voice, you would type
> > ."es-la" without the quotes. If you're an American like myself and my
> > language is an American speaking English, you enter:
> >
> > en-US
> >
> > Now the script prompts you:
> >
> > Default audio output method [pulse] :
> >
> > Instead of accepting pulse, type in "libao" without the quotation marks.
> >
> > libao
> >
> > The script will accept this value without complaint and prompt you with:
> >
> > Default speech rate (on the scale of -100..100, 0 is default, 50 is
> > faster, -50 is slower) [0] :
> >
> > Just accept the defaults for this and the next few questions about the
> > speech rate and pitch.
> >
> > I pressed ENTER and the script prompts:
> >
> > Default speech pitch (on the scale of -100..100, 0 is default, 50 is
> > higher, -50 is lower) [0] :
> >
> > I press ENTER again and the script prompts:
> >
> > Default speech pitch range (on the scale of -100..100, 0 is default,
> > 50 is higher, -50 is lower) [0] :
> >
> > I press ENTER again and the script prompts:
> >
> > Do you want to start/restart Speech Dispatcher now and run some tests?
> [yes] :
> >
> > I press ENTER again and the script prompts:
> >
> > Warning: You must be root or under sudo to do this.
> > Starting Speech Dispatcher in system-mode
> > Is your system using an /etc/init.d/speech-dispatcher script? [yes] :
> >
> > I press ENTER again and the script prompts:
>
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