Find the answer to your Linux question:
Results 1 to 5 of 5
Text to Speech in applications I have installed “Text to Speech” on my machine. I have tested it in “Terminal” and it works fine from there. Where I am stuck ...
Enjoy an ad free experience by logging in. Not a member yet? Register.
  1. 06-11-2009 #1
    majestictwo
    majestictwo is offline
    Just Joined!
    Join Date
    May 2009
    Posts
    10

    Text to Speech in applications

    Text to Speech in applications

    I have installed “Text to Speech” on my machine. I have tested it in “Terminal” and it works fine from there. Where I am stuck is how do I activate it in say a browser or open office.

    Any clues accepted

    Cheers
    Majestic
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  2. 06-13-2009 #2
    Rubberman
    Rubberman is offline
    Linux Guru Rubberman's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2009
    Location
    I can be found either 40 miles west of Chicago, or in a galaxy far, far away.
    Posts
    10,234
    Good question. I know that some GUI applications work with the text-to-speech system, others don't. You need to do some Googling on the subject I think. I have enabled the KDE Text-To-Speech system on my CentOS workstation, but I haven't been able to get it to work yet. I think I need to restart the system, so it will have to wait until later. I'll let you know what I find. BTW, what Linux distribution+version and desktop are you using?
    Sometimes, real fast is almost as good as real time.
    Just remember, Semper Gumbi - always be flexible!
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  3. 06-13-2009 #3
    Rubberman
    Rubberman is offline
    Linux Guru Rubberman's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2009
    Location
    I can be found either 40 miles west of Chicago, or in a galaxy far, far away.
    Posts
    10,234
    Ok. I got it to work. Now, I will try it with Open Office.
    Sometimes, real fast is almost as good as real time.
    Just remember, Semper Gumbi - always be flexible!
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  4. 06-13-2009 #4
    Rubberman
    Rubberman is offline
    Linux Guru Rubberman's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2009
    Location
    I can be found either 40 miles west of Chicago, or in a galaxy far, far away.
    Posts
    10,234
    Well, with the KDE tts system running, you can copy text to the clipboard and play it easily enough. It will also output some popups. However, to get the most out of OpenOffice text-to-speech, you need to be running the Gnome desktop. Right now, that's about as far as I can go.
    Sometimes, real fast is almost as good as real time.
    Just remember, Semper Gumbi - always be flexible!
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  5. 06-14-2009 #5
    majestictwo
    majestictwo is offline
    Just Joined!
    Join Date
    May 2009
    Posts
    10
    Thanks Rubberman

    I've been away for a couple of days sorry for the late reply

    I'm using ubuntu and have installed festival. It works fine from terminal But I'm missing something really silly i think. I kinda expected that i might see a tag in an application that says "speech" of somthing.

    I'll have another crack at it tomorrow and post if I find something.

    Cheers
    Majestic
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Forum Rules