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==Speech== | ==Speech== | ||
The [[GCS]] is able to provide the messages of the console via the speakers by starting with the option [[GCS_Configuration|-speech]]. | The [[GCS]] is able to provide the messages of the console via the speakers by starting with the option [[GCS_Configuration|-speech]]. | ||
'''On Ubuntu | '''On Ubuntu this works out of the box with speech-dispatcher and espeak.''' | ||
Make sure speech-dispatcher and espeak are installed | |||
sudo apt-get install speech-dispatcher espeak | |||
You can test your setup with | You can test your setup with | ||
spd-conf -d | spd-conf -d | ||
'''On OS X (10.6 tested) this works out of the box with say.''' | |||
You can test your setup with | |||
say "whatever you want your computer to say" | |||
Note that in OS X, multiple calls in quick succession from the GCS will start multiple say processes, resulting in multiple messages being spoken at the same time, making it sound rather garbled. This tends to happen when the GCS is first initialized. | |||
== Using festival == | == Using festival == | ||
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You might have to kill your current speech-dispatcher for the changes to take effect. | You might have to kill your current speech-dispatcher for the changes to take effect. | ||
Start the [[GCS_Configuration|GCS]] with the -speech option and there you go! | Start the [[GCS_Configuration|GCS]] with the -speech option and there you go! | ||
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Latest revision as of 02:27, 28 November 2017
Speech
The GCS is able to provide the messages of the console via the speakers by starting with the option -speech.
On Ubuntu this works out of the box with speech-dispatcher and espeak.
Make sure speech-dispatcher and espeak are installed
sudo apt-get install speech-dispatcher espeak
You can test your setup with
spd-conf -d
On OS X (10.6 tested) this works out of the box with say.
You can test your setup with
say "whatever you want your computer to say"
Note that in OS X, multiple calls in quick succession from the GCS will start multiple say processes, resulting in multiple messages being spoken at the same time, making it sound rather garbled. This tends to happen when the GCS is first initialized.
Using festival
If you want to use festival instead you need to install some packages and configure the speech-dispatcher to use festival.
Packages Installation
Install festival, speech-dispatcher, speech-dispatcher-festival and python-speechd packages, if not already installed.
sudo apt-get install festival speech-dispatcher speech-dispatcher-festival python-speechd
Configuration
Edit speechd.conf in /etc/speech-dispatcher/ with the command
sudo gedit /etc/speech-dispatcher/speechd.conf
AddModule "espeak" "sd_espeak" "espeak.conf"
AddModule "festival" "sd_festival" "festival.conf"
#AddModule "flite" "sd_flite" "flite.conf"
#AddModule "espeak-generic" "sd_generic" "espeak-generic.conf"
#AddModule "epos-generic" "sd_generic" "epos-generic.conf"
#AddModule "dtk-generic" "sd_generic" "dtk-generic.conf"
#AddModule "ibmtts" "sd_ibmtts" "ibmtts.conf"
#AddModule "cicero" "sd_cicero" "cicero.conf"
DefaultModule festival
Optionally edit festival.conf in /etc/speech-dispatcher/modules/ and change/uncomment the following lines (these are the defaults so they don't need to be uncommented if not changed):
# Address where the Festival server runs (you have to
# have a Festival server running, please see documentation).
FestivalServerHost "localhost"
FestivalServerPort 1314
Starting the applications/servers
Type in the command window:
festival --server
You can test with
spd-conf --test-festival spd-conf -d
You might have to kill your current speech-dispatcher for the changes to take effect.
Start the GCS with the -speech option and there you go!