[Kde-accessibility] Text to Speech problems

[Dotan Cohen]

On 18/10/2007, Jeremy <jeremy at scitools.com> wrote:
> On Thursday 18 October 2007 14:23:13 Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > How does one actuate the text to speech function of KDE? The only way
> > that I see is to copy text to Kmouth. Can other KDE apps perform this
> > function? How about non-KDE apps, such as Firefox and Open Office?
> >
> > Note that the speech test in Kcontrol works, but Kmouth is silent for
> > me. How can I troubleshoot it? Also, how can I add different voices?
> > Thanks in advance.
>
> Settings -> Regional & Accessibility -> Text to Speech
>
> easiest is to set it to speak notifications from the notifications tab.  I set
> mine to speak Konversation messages so I can listen to irc while working,
> etc.  You can choose the voices in the talkers tab.
>
> Of course all of this is assuming you are meaning kde3, I'm not  sure what the
> state of kttsd is in kde4 svn or betas.
>

Thanks. I did configure it in the Kcontrol dialog that you mention.
However, there is only one voice (American male) there. I'd like a
nice Swedish or Spanish female, if theres a choice. :) Seriously,
though, I'd like to try some more soothing voices. Where can I
download them from?

With the exception of the test feature, which informs me that the
program appears to be functioning properly, I cannot activate voice
anywhere. Even Kmouth does not speak. And I don't see _how_ to get
other programs, like Konqueror for instance, to speak the text of the
screen. How is that done?

Dotan Cohen

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