RHVoice
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RHVoice is a text-to-speech engine with extended language support.
Installation
Emerge
Enable the GURU repository:
root #
eselect repository enable guru
root #
emaint sync -r guru
Install the RHVoice metapackage:
root #
emerge --ask app-accessibility/rhvoice
It will pull voices for all locales set by the L10N USE_EXPAND, skipping nonfree by default.
Configuration
Files
- /etc/RHVoice/RHVoice.conf - Global (system wide) configuration file.
Speech Dispatcher
Uncomment the following line in /etc/speech-dispatcher/speechd.conf:
AddModule "rhvoice" "sd_rhvoice" "rhvoice.conf"
Set RHVoice as the default module (optional):
DefaultModule rhvoice
Test the new configuration:
user $
killall speech-dispatcher
user $
spd-say "Hello!"
Usage
Test if RHVoice works:
user $
echo "Hello!" | RHVoice-test