On 25/01/2021 12:49, John Pilkington wrote:
On 25/01/2021 11:50, Bob Goodwin wrote:
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> On 2021-01-24 23:02, Tim via users wrote:
>> On Sun, 2021-01-24 at 12:46 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote:
>>> Orca might work if I could adjust the voice to something
>>> intelligible, the default;;t seems to lose syllables from each word.
>> Another approach might be trying to find out whether a different voice
>> is better, or if a different text-to-speech engine can be chosen.
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>> I've only looked at screen readers on Linux with a very cursory glance,
>> just from curiosity. I wasn't that impressed, either. My 1980s Amiga
>> sounded better.
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A quick search found 'espeak'. It seems to be installed on my el7 and
Fedora 32 boxes and there was an article about it in the Fedora Magazine
August 14, 2017
https://fedoramagazine.org/add-speech-fedora-system/
I haven't tried it, but it might be worth a look.
HTH
I suspect that it won't help much. Orca does appear to be the most
likely offering, mainly via Gnome. Searching for 'gnome orca' suggests
several sources of help. 'orca' by itself will offer boat trips...
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