Text to Speech problems

How does one actuate the text to speech function of KDE? The
only way
that I see is to copy text to Kmouth. Can other KDE apps
perform this
function? How about non-KDE apps, such as Firefox and Open
Office?

Note that the speech test in Kcontrol works, but Kmouth is
silent for
me. How can I troubleshoot it? Also, how can I add different
voices?
Thanks in advance.

Dotan Cohen

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A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally
read text.
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On Thursday 18 October 2007 14:23:13 Dotan Cohen wrote:
> How does one actuate the text to speech function of
KDE? The only way
> that I see is to copy text to Kmouth. Can other KDE
apps perform this
> function? How about non-KDE apps, such as Firefox and
Open Office?
>
> Note that the speech test in Kcontrol works, but Kmouth
is silent for
> me. How can I troubleshoot it? Also, how can I add
different voices?
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Dotan Cohen
>
> http://what-is-what.com
> http://gibberish.co.il
>
א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-
פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת
>
> A: Because it messes up the order in which people
normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
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Settings -> Regional & Accessibility -> Text to
Speech

easiest is to set it to speak notifications from the
notifications tab.  I set 
mine to speak Konversation messages so I can listen to irc
while working, 
etc.  You can choose the voices in the talkers tab.

Of course all of this is assuming you are meaning kde3, I'm
not  sure what the 
state of kttsd is in kde4 svn or betas.

Jeremy Whiting
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On 18/10/2007, Jeremy <jeremyscitools.com> wrote:
> On Thursday 18 October 2007 14:23:13 Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > How does one actuate the text to speech function
of KDE? The only way
> > that I see is to copy text to Kmouth. Can other
KDE apps perform this
> > function? How about non-KDE apps, such as Firefox
and Open Office?
> >
> > Note that the speech test in Kcontrol works, but
Kmouth is silent for
> > me. How can I troubleshoot it? Also, how can I add
different voices?
> > Thanks in advance.
>
> Settings -> Regional & Accessibility -> Text
to Speech
>
> easiest is to set it to speak notifications from the
notifications tab.  I set
> mine to speak Konversation messages so I can listen to
irc while working,
> etc.  You can choose the voices in the talkers tab.
>
> Of course all of this is assuming you are meaning kde3,
I'm not  sure what the
> state of kttsd is in kde4 svn or betas.
>

Thanks. I did configure it in the Kcontrol dialog that you
mention.
However, there is only one voice (American male) there. I'd
like a
nice Swedish or Spanish female, if theres a choice.  Seriously,
though, I'd like to try some more soothing voices. Where can
I
download them from?

With the exception of the test feature, which informs me
that the
program appears to be functioning properly, I cannot
activate voice
anywhere. Even Kmouth does not speak. And I don't see _how_
to get
other programs, like Konqueror for instance, to speak the
text of the
screen. How is that done?

Dotan Cohen

http://what-is-what.com
http://gibberish.co.il
א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-
פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally
read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
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On Thursday 18 October 2007 14:54:16 Dotan Cohen wrote:
> On 18/10/2007, Jeremy <jeremyscitools.com> wrote:
> > On Thursday 18 October 2007 14:23:13 Dotan Cohen
wrote:
> > > How does one actuate the text to speech
function of KDE? The only way
> > > that I see is to copy text to Kmouth. Can
other KDE apps perform this
> > > function? How about non-KDE apps, such as
Firefox and Open Office?
> > >
> > > Note that the speech test in Kcontrol works,
but Kmouth is silent for
> > > me. How can I troubleshoot it? Also, how can
I add different voices?
> > > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Settings -> Regional & Accessibility ->
Text to Speech
> >
> > easiest is to set it to speak notifications from
the notifications tab. 
> > I set mine to speak Konversation messages so I can
listen to irc while
> > working, etc.  You can choose the voices in the
talkers tab.
> >
> > Of course all of this is assuming you are meaning
kde3, I'm not  sure
> > what the state of kttsd is in kde4 svn or betas.
>
> Thanks. I did configure it in the Kcontrol dialog that
you mention.
> However, there is only one voice (American male) there.
I'd like a
> nice Swedish or Spanish female, if theres a choice.

Seriously,
> though, I'd like to try some more soothing voices.
Where can I
> download them from?

You can download other voices from festival website.

I followed this guide 
http://huevon.blogspot.com/2006/01/t
ts-text-to-speech-usando-festival-y.html 
even though it's in spanish, the commands work and will get
you a festival 
with the voices you install from the website.

> With the exception of the test feature, which informs
me that the
> program appears to be functioning properly, I cannot
activate voice
> anywhere. Even Kmouth does not speak. And I don't see
_how_ to get
> other programs, like Konqueror for instance, to speak
the text of the
> screen. How is that done?

In Konq, there should be a Tools-> Speak Text option

Jeremy

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On Thursday 18 October 2007 9:41 pm, Jeremy wrote:
> On Thursday 18 October 2007 14:23:13 Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > How does one actuate the text to speech function
of KDE? The only way
> > that I see is to copy text to Kmouth. Can other
KDE apps perform this
> > function? How about non-KDE apps, such as Firefox
and Open Office?
> >
> > Note that the speech test in Kcontrol works, but
Kmouth is silent for
> > me. How can I troubleshoot it? Also, how can I add
different voices?
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Dotan Cohen
> >
> > http://what-is-what.com
> > http://gibberish.co.il
> >
א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-
פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת
> >
> > A: Because it messes up the order in which people
normally read text.
> > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
> > _______________________________________________
> > kde-accessibility mailing list
> > kde-accessibilitykde.org
> > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-accessibility
>
> Settings -> Regional & Accessibility -> Text
to Speech
>
> easiest is to set it to speak notifications from the
notifications tab.  I
> set mine to speak Konversation messages so I can listen
to irc while
> working, etc.  You can choose the voices in the talkers
tab.
>
> Of course all of this is assuming you are meaning kde3,
I'm not  sure what
> the state of kttsd is in kde4 svn or betas.
>
> Jeremy Whiting
> _______________________________________________
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the speach api is documented on the kdeaccessibilaty website

you can issue a dbus call to get kttsd to speak from an
application
that is if you are any good at programming ,, although if
theres a huck on the 
event you want to speak you could write a small script that
would make that 
call to kttsd ,, 

for kde applications there is support for  knotify events to
be spoken 
and kttsd plugins for kate , and konvi that will speak
content

thats for kde3.x  i have not had chance to test it on kde4
as yet 

Dave
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On Thursday 18 October 2007 9:54 pm, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> On 18/10/2007, Jeremy <jeremyscitools.com> wrote:
> > On Thursday 18 October 2007 14:23:13 Dotan Cohen
wrote:
> > > How does one actuate the text to speech
function of KDE? The only way
> > > that I see is to copy text to Kmouth. Can
other KDE apps perform this
> > > function? How about non-KDE apps, such as
Firefox and Open Office?
> > >
> > > Note that the speech test in Kcontrol works,
but Kmouth is silent for
> > > me. How can I troubleshoot it? Also, how can
I add different voices?
> > > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Settings -> Regional & Accessibility ->
Text to Speech
> >
> > easiest is to set it to speak notifications from
the notifications tab. 
> > I set mine to speak Konversation messages so I can
listen to irc while
> > working, etc.  You can choose the voices in the
talkers tab.
> >
> > Of course all of this is assuming you are meaning
kde3, I'm not  sure
> > what the state of kttsd is in kde4 svn or betas.
>
> Thanks. I did configure it in the Kcontrol dialog that
you mention.
> However, there is only one voice (American male) there.
I'd like a
> nice Swedish or Spanish female, if theres a choice.

Seriously,
> though, I'd like to try some more soothing voices.
Where can I
> download them from?

http://fes
tvox.org/cmu_arctic/dbs_slt.html 
has some quite good quality voices 
the us slt female i find rather good 
although i rebuilt the version i have from the original 32k
sample per second 
files , and manualy tuned the pitch marks ,, sounds better
than the download 
version ,, unfortunalty that took me about 2 months to
manage also its makes 
for a 256mb download and i dont have the bandwith to host it


Dave

>
> With the exception of the test feature, which informs
me that the
> program appears to be functioning properly, I cannot
activate voice
> anywhere. Even Kmouth does not speak. And I don't see
_how_ to get
> other programs, like Konqueror for instance, to speak
the text of the
> screen. How is that done?
>
> Dotan Cohen
>
> http://what-is-what.com
> http://gibberish.co.il
>
א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-
פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת
>
> A: Because it messes up the order in which people
normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
> _______________________________________________
> kde-accessibility mailing list
> kde-accessibilitykde.org
> https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-accessibility

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On 18/10/2007, Jeremy <jeremyscitools.com> wrote:
> On Thursday 18 October 2007 14:54:16 Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > On 18/10/2007, Jeremy <jeremyscitools.com> wrote:
> > > On Thursday 18 October 2007 14:23:13 Dotan
Cohen wrote:
> > > > How does one actuate the text to speech
function of KDE? The only way
> > > > that I see is to copy text to Kmouth.
Can other KDE apps perform this
> > > > function? How about non-KDE apps, such
as Firefox and Open Office?
> > > >
> > > > Note that the speech test in Kcontrol
works, but Kmouth is silent for
> > > > me. How can I troubleshoot it? Also, how
can I add different voices?
> > > > Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > > Settings -> Regional & Accessibility
-> Text to Speech
> > >
> > > easiest is to set it to speak notifications
from the notifications tab.
> > > I set mine to speak Konversation messages so
I can listen to irc while
> > > working, etc.  You can choose the voices in
the talkers tab.
> > >
> > > Of course all of this is assuming you are
meaning kde3, I'm not  sure
> > > what the state of kttsd is in kde4 svn or
betas.
> >
> > Thanks. I did configure it in the Kcontrol dialog
that you mention.
> > However, there is only one voice (American male)
there. I'd like a
> > nice Swedish or Spanish female, if theres a
choice.  Seriously,
> > though, I'd like to try some more soothing voices.
Where can I
> > download them from?
>
> You can download other voices from festival website.
>
> I followed this guide
> http://huevon.blogspot.com/2006/01/t
ts-text-to-speech-usando-festival-y.html
> even though it's in spanish, the commands work and will
get you a festival
> with the voices you install from the website.
>
> > With the exception of the test feature, which
informs me that the
> > program appears to be functioning properly, I
cannot activate voice
> > anywhere. Even Kmouth does not speak. And I don't
see _how_ to get
> > other programs, like Konqueror for instance, to
speak the text of the
> > screen. How is that done?
>
> In Konq, there should be a Tools-> Speak Text option
>
> Jeremy
>
> _______________________________________________
> kde-accessibility mailing list
> kde-accessibilitykde.org
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>


Thanks. The British English male, American Female, and both
Hebrew
voices are interesting. I do not see from where to download
them. I
tried at http://t
cts.fpms.ac.be/synthesis/mbrola.html but it was not
clear if some of the packages were different, or copies
packaged by
different people. Could you help me determine what packages
to
download? Thanks in advance.

Dotan Cohen

http://what-is-what.com
http://gibberish.co.il
א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-
פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally
read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
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