kde and speaking clock

[dglent]

How could i set up the speaking clock in KDE ? Or in general the text to speech utility ?
I have the jovie icon in the system tray but i cannot set it. No speechers availiable. i have installed espeak and the speech-dispatcher.

[Sfiet_Konstantin]

This "bug" was in Mdv 2010 : I do not figure how to enable it.
Finally, I gave up ...
Maybe fill a bug report and also check upstream ?

[mikala]

I fixed it locally & update speed-dispatcher & jovie package.
In short you need
1) install speech-dispatcher
2) configure it to be launched under user session using port 6510, & using pulse (instead of alsa ) if you're using default mageia set up
3)launch speed-dispatcher
4) launch jovie

you can use spd-conf to configure speech-dispatcher,
Please note that current speech-dispatcher (until the new one is submitted) is missing some configuration files used by spd-conf, so you can edit /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/speechd_config/paths.py
to set SPD_CONF_ORIG_PATH to use /etc/speech-dispatcher

Regards,

[dglent]

It's realy a great experience to be mageia user, thanks one more time mikala

The package did nt arrive yet to my system, i am waiting it, i have just a question: it will work only with pulseaudio enabled ?

[mikala]

It's realy a great experience to be mageia user, thanks one more time mikala

The package did nt arrive yet to my system, i am waiting it, i have just a question: it will work only with pulseaudio enabled ?

No if you're only using alsa i guess you should simply select alsa for audio output.
I simply test with the default audio setup
(& it's even working in french)

[dglent]

i updated it is ok but i have an error vocal message every 10 seconds:


[Sat May 21 06:49:15 2011 : 984251] speechd: Reading configuration for pattern emacs:*
[Sat May 21 06:49:15 2011 : 984282] speechd: Reading configuration for pattern *:gnomespeech:*
[Sat May 21 06:49:15 2011 : 984300] speechd: Configuration has been read from "/home/dglent/.speech-dispatcher/conf//speechd.conf"
[Sat May 21 06:49:15 2011 : 984311] speechd: Speech Dispatcher Logging to file /home/dglent/.speech-dispatcher//log//speechd.log
[Sat May 21 06:49:15 2011 : 984319] speechd: Speech Dispatcher started with 2 output modules
[Sat May 21 06:49:15 2011 : 984324] speechd: Speech Dispatcher will use port 6560
[Sat May 21 06:49:15 2011 : 984335] speechd: Openning socket connection
[Sat May 21 06:49:15 2011 : 984607] speechd: Speech Dispatcher 0.6.7 started on port 6560 and waiting for clients ...
[Sat May 21 06:49:16 2011 : 11106] speechd: Connection closed
[Sat May 21 06:49:44 2011 : 199496] speechd: Connection closed
[Sat May 21 06:50:10 2011 : 10784] speechd: G LIST LENGHT IS 2
[Sat May 21 06:50:13 2011 : 810250] speechd: G LIST LENGHT IS 2


and in the file dummy.log:

Sat May 21 06:53:01 2011 [468031]: CMD: <SET
>
Sat May 21 06:53:01 2011 [468112]: CMD: <SPEAK
>
Sat May 21 06:53:01 2011 [468147]: speak()

Sat May 21 06:53:01 2011 [468159]: Requested data: |<speak>Είναι 6:53</speak>|

Sat May 21 06:53:01 2011 [468172]: Dummy: leaving write() normaly

Sat May 21 06:53:01 2011 [468188]: Semaphore on

Sat May 21 06:53:01 2011 [468428]: Waiting for child...
Sat May 21 06:53:01 2011 [468709]: Starting child...

Sat May 21 06:53:01 2011 [468743]: Entering child loop

Sat May 21 06:53:01 2011 [468756]: child: synth commands = |play /usr/share/sounds/speech-dispatcher/dummy-message.wav > /dev/null 2> /dev/null|aplay /usr/share/sounds/speech-dispatcher/dummy-message.wav > /dev/null 2> /dev/null|paplay /usr/share/sounds/speech-dispatcher/dummy-message.wav > /dev/null 2> /dev/null|
Sat May 21 06:53:01 2011 [468767]: Speaking in child...
Sat May 21 06:53:21 2011 [999015]: Executed shell command 'play /usr/share/sounds/speech-dispatcher/dummy-message.wav > /dev/null 2> /dev/null' returned with 0
Sat May 21 06:53:21 2011 [999055]: Done, exiting from child.
Sat May 21 06:53:21 2011 [999641]: Child exited
Sat May 21 06:53:21 2011 [999667]: child terminated -: status:1 signal?:0 signal number:0.

[dglent]

(& it's even working in french)

I cant make it work with french. It tries to say the words in english

I use it in konqueror i select a text.

[dglent]

My configuration is:

Port 6560
LogLevel 3
LogDir "default"
DefaultLanguage el
AudioOutputMethod alsa
AddModule "espeak" "sd_espeak" "espeak.conf"
AddModule "festival" "sd_festival" "festival.conf"
AddModule "flite" "sd_flite" "flite.conf"
AddModule "ivona" "sd_ivona" "ivona.conf"
AddModule "dummy" "sd_dummy" ""
DefaultModule espeak
Include "clients/emacs.conf"
Include "clients/gnome-speech.conf"

[mikala]

espeak is installed ?
For the language you can after choose your voice directly in jovie.

[dglent]

when i configure it with the spd-conf the test resaults are ok, everything works

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[dglent@localhost ~]$ spd-conf
Speech Dispatcher configuration tool
Do you want to setup a completely new configuration? [yes] :
>
Do you want to create/setup a 'user' or 'system' configuration [user] :
>
User configuration already exists.
Do you want to rewrite it with a new one? [no] :
>yes
User configuration created in /home/dglent/.speech-dispatcher/conf
Configuring user settings for Speech Dispatcher
Default output module [espeak] :
>
Default language (two-letter iso language code like "en" or "cs") [en] :
>el
Default audio output method [alsa] :
>pulse
Default port [6561] :
>6560

Configuration written to /home/dglent/.speech-dispatcher/conf/speechd.conf
Basic configuration now complete. You might still need to fine tune it by
manually editing the configuration above file. Especially if you need to
use special audio settings, non-standard synthesizer ports etc.
Do you want to start/restart Speech Dispatcher now and run some tests? [yes] :
>
Starting Speech Dispatcher in user-mode
[Sun May 22 12:43:00 2011 : 178732] speechd: Speech Dispatcher 0.6.7 starting
Testing Speech Dispatcher using spd_say
Did you hear the message about Speech Dispatcher working? [yes] :
>
Speech Dispatcher is working
Speech Dispatcher works. Do you want to skip other tests? [yes] :
>no
Testing whether Espeak works
Did you hear the message 'Espeak seems to work'? [yes] :
>
Espeak is working
Testing PULSE sound output
open(): Δεν υπάρχει τέτοιο αρχείο ή κατάλογος                                               
Can't play audio via paplay /usr/share/sounds/speech-dispatchertest.wav                     
Your audio doesn't seem to work, please fix audio first or choose
a different method.
Testing whether Python Speech Dispatcher library is in path and importable


Diagnostics results:
Speech Dispatcher is working
Synthesizers that were tested and work: []
Audio systems that were tested and work: ['pulse']
Python Speech Dispatcher module is importable
End of diagnostics results


But in jovie i dont have any speaker. Every tab in settings is empty

*i need some help*

[dglent]

i restarted the jovie and i have the speakers now but every 10 seconds i have the message:

Sun May 22 12:59:00 2011 [652246]: CMD: <SET
>
Sun May 22 12:59:00 2011 [652343]: CMD: <SPEAK
>
Sun May 22 12:59:00 2011 [652379]: speak()

Sun May 22 12:59:00 2011 [652392]: Requested data: |<speak>Είναι 12:59</speak>|

Sun May 22 12:59:00 2011 [652405]: Dummy: leaving write() normaly

Sun May 22 12:59:00 2011 [652433]: Semaphore on

Sun May 22 12:59:00 2011 [652679]: Waiting for child...
Sun May 22 12:59:00 2011 [653020]: Starting child...

Sun May 22 12:59:00 2011 [653059]: Entering child loop

Sun May 22 12:59:00 2011 [653077]: child: synth commands = |play /usr/share/sounds/speech-dispatcher/dummy-message.wav > /dev/null 2> /dev/null|aplay /usr/share/sounds/speech-dispatcher/dummy-message.wav > /dev/null 2> /dev/null|paplay /usr/share/sounds/speech-dispatcher/dummy-message.wav > /dev/null 2> /dev/null|
Sun May 22 12:59:00 2011 [653089]: Speaking in child...
Sun May 22 12:59:24 2011 [187621]: Executed shell command 'play /usr/share/sounds/speech-dispatcher/dummy-message.wav > /dev/null 2> /dev/null' returned with 0
Sun May 22 12:59:24 2011 [187665]: Done, exiting from child.
Sun May 22 12:59:24 2011 [188320]: Child exited
Sun May 22 12:59:24 2011 [188364]: child terminated -: status:1 signal?:0 signal number:0.

[dglent]

i saw this:
Sun May 22 12:59:00 2011 [652392]: Requested data: |<speak>Είναι 12:59</speak>|

And i set in the conf file the language as fr and not el
After that i dont have the problem but it cannot read in greek. It spells letter by letter the word

[dglent]

no, i have again the voice messages

speechd log

[Sun May 22 13:05:35 2011 : 714774] speechd: Reading configuration for pattern emacs:*
[Sun May 22 13:05:35 2011 : 714805] speechd: Reading configuration for pattern *:gnomespeech:*
[Sun May 22 13:05:35 2011 : 714823] speechd: Configuration has been read from "/home/dglent/.speech-dispatcher/conf//speechd.conf"
[Sun May 22 13:05:35 2011 : 714835] speechd: Speech Dispatcher Logging to file /home/dglent/.speech-dispatcher//log//speechd.log
[Sun May 22 13:05:35 2011 : 714843] speechd: Speech Dispatcher started with 2 output modules
[Sun May 22 13:05:35 2011 : 714847] speechd: Speech Dispatcher will use port 6560
[Sun May 22 13:05:35 2011 : 714860] speechd: Openning socket connection
[Sun May 22 13:05:35 2011 : 715150] speechd: Speech Dispatcher 0.6.7 started on port 6560 and waiting for clients ...
[Sun May 22 13:05:35 2011 : 717918] speechd: Connection closed
[Sun May 22 13:05:56 2011 : 167989] speechd: G LIST LENGHT IS 2
[Sun May 22 13:09:46 2011 : 42070] speechd: G LIST LENGHT IS 2
[Sun May 22 13:09:49 2011 : 415997] speechd: Error: Broken pipe to module.
[Sun May 22 13:09:49 2011 : 416009] speechd: Output module working status: 0 (pid:22232)
[Sun May 22 13:09:49 2011 : 416017] speechd: Output module terminated abnormally, probably crashed.
[Sun May 22 13:09:49 2011 : 416022] speechd: Error: Output module failed
[Sun May 22 13:09:49 2011 : 416028] speechd: Warning: Didn't find prefered output module, using default
[Sun May 22 13:09:49 2011 : 416033] speechd: Couldn't load default output module, trying other modules
[Sun May 22 13:09:49 2011 : 416037] speechd: Trying other output modules
[Sun May 22 13:09:49 2011 : 416043] speechd: Error: No output module seems to be working, using the dummy output module
[Sun May 22 13:09:49 2011 : 416047] speechd: Output module working status: 1 (pid:22240)

espeak log

Assertion 'e->mainloop->n_enabled_defer_events > 0' failed at pulse/mainloop.c:287, function mainloop_defer_enable(). Aborting.

In dummy.log

Sun May 22 13:14:01 2011 [308918]: CMD: <SET
>
Sun May 22 13:14:01 2011 [309019]: CMD: <SPEAK
>
Sun May 22 13:14:01 2011 [309052]: speak()

Sun May 22 13:14:01 2011 [309063]: Requested data: |<speak>Είναι 13:14</speak>|

Sun May 22 13:14:01 2011 [309076]: Dummy: leaving write() normaly

Sun May 22 13:14:01 2011 [309103]: Semaphore on

Sun May 22 13:14:01 2011 [309350]: Waiting for child...
Sun May 22 13:14:01 2011 [309410]: Starting child...

Sun May 22 13:14:01 2011 [309461]: Entering child loop

Sun May 22 13:14:01 2011 [309473]: child: synth commands = |play /usr/share/sounds/speech-dispatcher/dummy-message.wav > /dev/null 2> /dev/null|aplay /usr/share/sounds/speech-dispatcher/dummy-message.wav > /dev/null 2> /dev/null|paplay /usr/share/sounds/speech-dispatcher/dummy-message.wav > /dev/null 2> /dev/null|
Sun May 22 13:14:01 2011 [309485]: Speaking in child...
Sun May 22 13:14:24 2011 [758372]: Executed shell command 'play /usr/share/sounds/speech-dispatcher/dummy-message.wav > /dev/null 2> /dev/null' returned with 0
Sun May 22 13:14:24 2011 [758417]: Done, exiting from child.
Sun May 22 13:14:24 2011 [758994]: Child exited
Sun May 22 13:14:24 2011 [759022]: child terminated -: status:1 signal?:0 signal number:0.

The Sun May 22 13:14:01 2011 [309063]: Requested data: |<speak>Είναι 13:14</speak>|
is the time finaly...


i give up

[mikala]

i saw this:
Sun May 22 12:59:00 2011 [652392]: Requested data: |<speak>Είναι 12:59</speak>|

And i set in the conf file the language as fr and not el
After that i dont have the problem but it cannot read in greek. It spells letter by letter the word

Well for greek this means you should have a greak speaker.
If greek is not supported by espeak/festival/ it won't work.

[dglent]

maybe because we have an old version

espeak 1.44.03

Fixes:
Lang=el, mk. Was speaking words as individual letters.

Name : espeak
Version : 1.43.03
Release : 2.mga1
Group : Sound
Size : 1283083 Architecture: x86_64
Source RPM : espeak-1.43.03-2.mga1.src.rpm
URL : http://espeak.sourceforge.net/
Summary : Text to speech synthesis engine
Description :
eSpeak is a compact open source software speech synthesizer for
English and other languages.

[mikala]

maybe because we have an old version

espeak 1.44.03

Fixes:
Lang=el, mk. Was speaking words as individual letters.

Name : espeak
Version : 1.43.03
Release : 2.mga1
Group : Sound
Size : 1283083 Architecture: x86_64
Source RPM : espeak-1.43.03-2.mga1.src.rpm
URL : http://espeak.sourceforge.net/
Summary : Text to speech synthesis engine
Description :
eSpeak is a compact open source software speech synthesizer for
English and other languages.

good catch

[dglent]

i reported a bug to update the package:
https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1389