How to configure Qtspeech

[Gustav Degreef]

Hello,

Yes, I am also still using Jovie.  I use it only from the tray icon.  I
select the text, copy from context menu and then click on the tray icon
and select to speak clipboard contents. The only other functionality I
can use is to stop the speaking at some point.  I have tried to pause
and resume from the tray icon (which is the main functionality that I
would like) but it never works properly.  I have tried to configure
jovie to use a different voice than e-speak but i have read and read and
never succeeded.  E-speak is fine for me, but it drives my wife crazy,
and my friends hat the voice, no matte how i change the various
settings.  I can continue to use Jovie (without Qtspeech) as long as it
keeps working.  But since it is deprecated, I am trying to be prepared
when it no longer works.  That is the only reason I am trying to move
from Jovie.  Thanks a lot for your input.  I would like to try your
modifications., Gustav.

On 9/17/19 9:58 AM, Simion wrote:
> Hi, I am still using Jovie, it is still present in Kubuntu 18.04
> repositories.
> When Jovie will be removed from the repos I think I may try to write
> some scripts and some GUi if needed to replace it.
>
> In my humble opinion we Linux users we need some cross desktop basic
> application, I am not sure about the desktop integration part but from
> what I seen when testing QtSpeech it  makes more sense for me to
> avoid the extra Qt abstraction or make multiple backends.
>
> out of curiosity what Jovie features you use?
> I use the following
> - the dbus /command line interface to call Jovie from scripts
> - the Global shortcuts
> - the context menu in the tray icon to change languages(that I
> contributed)