Is there a project that is jovie successor? (fwd)

Gustav Degreef gustav97 at gmail.com
Sun Oct 31 20:51:45 GMT 2021 

English US 5 voices plus default at end - all sound normal, no 
duplication.  English UK and English Seychelles, both one voice each, 
both sound normal no duplication.   Gustav

On 10/31/21 7:25 PM, Jeremy Whiting wrote:
> Hi Gustav,
>
> No it's not meant to save any settings, etc. I was just wondering 
> about using it as a way to exercise QtSpeech directly manipulating the 
> voice/language like you can't do currently in KMouth or Okular. Do you 
> experience the double voices with hello_speak also? Does it happen no 
> matter which language or voice you select? If you choose the last 
> voice on the list (should be some generic english iirc) does that 
> sound right or still have the duplication overlapping issue?
>
> thanks,
> Jeremy
>
> On Sun, Oct 31, 2021 at 12:01 PM Gustav Degreef <gustav97 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:gustav97 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hello Jeremy,
>
>     I managed to get "hello_speak example" to work on opensuse 15.3. I
>     enlisted the help of the opensuse users list.  I installed
>     ""libqt5-qtspeech-examples.rpm" and ran
>     "/usr/lib64/qt5/examples/speech/hello_speak/hello_speak example" (it
>     needed the full path to run).
>
>     The default voice here is English westindies.  Many languages are
>     available and about six english voices.  However, it does not
>     save my
>     selection and it does not help with the duplicate voices in Okular
>     or in
>     Kmouth.   I do not see any way to save the changes and the
>     program seems
>     only useful to hear different voices/languages.  Am I missing
>     something?  I saw your other pst on the list, thak you. Gustav
>
>
>     On 10/29/21 5:48 PM, Jeremy Whiting wrote:
>     > Gustav,
>     >
>     > Sorry, I didn't respond yesterday. The espeak.log you sent looks
>     like
>     > espeak is getting text fine from kmouth and okular. I'm betting
>     that
>     > since kmouth and okular do not tell QtSpeech which voice to use
>     it's
>     > using some default that isn't ideal. Were you ever able to get
>     > hello_speak example to work? With it you can select each voice that
>     > QtSpeech knows about and probably see what default it's using for a
>     > given language. Here when I open it on my opensuse 15.2 vm it
>     starts
>     > with English, but has some west indies voice as the default which
>     > pronounces everything strangely. If I change it to another english
>     > voice it all sounds the same as spd-say.
>     >
>     > So it won't be in the next release since feature freeze will be
>     soon
>     > or has already happened, but I'll get voice selection in at least
>     > okular's settings window where you can already select between flite
>     > and speechd. And do likewise for KMouth with the other improvements
>     > I'll do to KMouth. I think once you're able to select a voice (and
>     > language) in those just like in hello_speak it should be pretty
>     > straight forward to make it sound the way you want.
>     >
>     > BR,
>     > Jeremy
>     >
>     >
>     > On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 4:50 AM Gustav Degreef
>     <gustav97 at gmail.com <mailto:gustav97 at gmail.com>
>     > <mailto:gustav97 at gmail.com <mailto:gustav97 at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     Hi Jeremy,
>     >     Ã‚
>     >     Yes, correct -  So just to confirm the mary had a
>     lamb lines
>     >     sound fine
>     >     on the speaker/headphones but the larger text from pdf
>     via okular
>     >     still
>     >     sounds .... as if there are .. (2 things) being said at
>     the same time?
>     >
>     >     I created the file testfile.txt and put the exact content you
>     >     speicified
>     >     and ran "cat ./testfile.txt | spd-say -x -e". 
>     The output was one
>     >     voice, perfectly clear, the entire text content without
>     mistake or
>     >     hiccup.
>     >
>     >     Since Kmouth has the exact same issue as Okular, I copied
>     the same
>     >     exact
>     >     text as in testfile.txt (without your commands) and had
>     Kmouth
>     >     read it
>     >     out.  Same 2 streams as in Okular.  I'm attaching
>     the sdlogs as
>     >     a zip (I
>     >     deleted the old logs and logged out first befoe running
>     kmouth).ÂÂ
>     >     HTH. Â
>     >     Thanks, Gustav
>     >
>     >     On 10/27/21 9:48 PM, Jeremy Whiting wrote:
>     >     > Hi Gustav,
>     >     >
>     >     > That looks a lot more interesting. So just to confirm
>     the mary
>     >     had a
>     >     > lamb lines sound fine on the speaker/headphones but the
>     larger text
>     >     > from pdf via okular still sounds strange or as if there are
>     >     multiple
>     >     > things being said at the same time?
>     >     >
>     >     > I don't see much difference between the 2, I tried sending
>     >     longer text
>     >     > through okular here and got some weird different accent
>     somehow,
>     >     but
>     >     > see similar things in espeak.log about it selecting
>     en+0 like
>     >     you have
>     >     > there. I think it's possible espeak is switching
>     languages for some
>     >     > reason, maybe when it gets non utf8 text like the
>     character between
>     >     > the copyright symbol "Authors ... Contributions" but I
>     tried having
>     >     > spd-say read just that and it read it fine.
>     >     >
>     >     > I then put a whole block of text from your log like
>     this into a
>     >     > testfile.txt and use this to read:
>     >     >
>     >     > testfile.txt contents:
>     >     > <speak>Statement of Ethics
>     >     > Written informed consent was obtained from the patient for
>     >     > publication of this case report and any accompanying
>     images.<mark
>     >     > name="__spd_0"/>
>     >     > Authorsâ–¡~@~Y
>     Contributions
>     >     > Elena Rudakova was the primary physician who treated the
>     >     > patient and who obtained and analyzed the data for the
>     study.<mark
>     >     > name="__spd_1"/>
>     >     > Seema Mahesh analyzed the data, wrote the manuscript, and
>     >     > obtained the references.<mark name="__spd_2"/> George
>     Vithoulkas
>     >     was
>     >     > the guide,
>     >     > final approver, and guarantor of the work.<mark
>     name="__spd_3"/>
>     >     All
>     >     > authors have
>     >     > read and approved the final version of the manuscript.<mark
>     >     > name="__spd_4"/>
>     >     > Acknowledgements
>     >     > The authors are thankful to Aishwarya Madhusudhan for the
>     >     > technical support.<mark name="__spd_5"/>
>     >     > </speak>
>     >     >
>     >     > cat ./testfile.txt | spd-say -x -e
>     >     >
>     >     > -x makes it parse the <speak> and <mark> tags, etc. and
>     -e makes it
>     >     > read text given from standard input that cat is giving it.
>     >     >
>     >     > When I tried that here it read about a line, then got
>     an assertion.
>     >     >
>     >     > From my espeak.log here:
>     >     >
>     >     > Wed Oct 27 13:28:19 2021 [333272]: Espeak: module_speak().
>     >     >  Wed Oct 27 13:28:19 2021 [333297]:
>     Espeak: Requested data:
>     >     > |publication of this case report and any accompanying
>     images.<mark
>     >     > name="__spd_0"/><mark name="__spd_0"/>
>     >     > | 0 105
>     >     >  Wed Oct 27 13:28:19 2021 [384129]:
>     Espeak: Leaving
>     >     module_speak()
>     >     > normally.
>     >     >  Wed Oct 27 13:28:19 2021 [385487]:
>     Espeak: Playback
>     >     semaphore on.
>     >     >  Wed Oct 27 13:28:19 2021 [385499]:
>     Printing reply: 701
>     >     BEGIN
>     >     >
>     >     >  Wed Oct 27 13:28:19 2021 [385509]:
>     Printed
>     >     >  Wed Oct 27 13:28:19 2021 [385518]:
>     Espeak: Sending
>     >     51283 samples
>     >     > to audio.
>     >     >  Wed Oct 27 13:28:20 2021 [878168]:
>     CMD: <STOP
>     >     > >
>     >     >  Wed Oct 27 13:28:20 2021 [878194]:
>     Espeak: module_stop().
>     >     >  Wed Oct 27 13:28:20 2021 [878217]:
>     Espeak: stopping...
>     >     >  Wed Oct 27 13:28:20 2021 [878237]:
>     CMD: <QUIT
>     >     > >
>     >     >  Wed Oct 27 13:28:20 2021 [878278]:
>     Espeak: Stop or
>     >     pause semaphore on.
>     >     >  Wed Oct 27 13:28:20 2021 [878299]:
>     Espeak: Stopping audio.
>     >     > Assertion 'pthread_mutex_destroy(&m->mutex) == 0' failed at
>     >     > pulsecore/mutex-posix.c:83, function pa_mutex_free().
>     Aborting.
>     >     >
>     >     > I think espeak is having issues with the longer text
>     given from
>     >     okular.
>     >     >
>     >     > I took a quick look at using espeak-ng on opensuse
>     15.2, but that
>     >     > doesn't seem to be possible, nothing is providing
>     sd_espeak-ng
>     >     > speech-dispatcher module from the available packages
>     which would be
>     >     > needed to use espeak-ng instead of espeak.
>     >     >
>     >     > If you create a text file like above and cat it into
>     spd-say -x -e
>     >     > like above does it duplicate then also?
>     >     >
>     >     > BR,
>     >     > Jeremy
>     >     >
>     >     > On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 10:41 AM Gustav Degreef
>     >     <gustav97 at gmail.com <mailto:gustav97 at gmail.com>
>     <mailto:gustav97 at gmail.com <mailto:gustav97 at gmail.com>>
>     >     > <mailto:gustav97 at gmail.com <mailto:gustav97 at gmail.com>
>     <mailto:gustav97 at gmail.com <mailto:gustav97 at gmail.com>>>> wrote:
>     >     >
>     >     >     Sorry Jeremy.  I rushed
>     the previous response and
>     >     did not see
>     >     >     the last
>     >     >     part regarding the Debug 1. Yes, I had to
>     change the
>     >     Debug from 0
>     >     >     to 1.ÂÂ
>     >     >     I rebooted to make sure both espeak and
>     speech-dispatcher
>     >     used the
>     >     >     updated config files. 
>     I had spd-sayÂÂÂÂ
>     >     speak 3 sentences and
>     >     >     I had Okular
>     >     >     read 1/2 page of a pdf three times, just in
>     >     case.  Here are the
>     >     >     zipped
>     >     >     logs.  I deleted the
>     old logs before
>     >     rebooting.  Thanks for
>     >     >     your patient
>     >     >     efforts, Gustav.
>     >     >
>     >     >     On 10/26/21 8:00 PM, Jeremy Whiting wrote:
>     >     >     > Gustav,
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     > Yeah, I think the missing bits were the
>     Debug 1 in
>     >     espeak.conf
>     >     >     file. I
>     >     >     > had that here but forgot to mention it
>     originally.
>     >     Also, the extra
>     >     >     > details are in the espeak.log not
>     speech-dispatcher.log it
>     >     >     seems. The
>     >     >     > one you sent was empty, but that's
>     probably because of
>     >     the missing
>     >     >     > Debug 1 in there. Once that's in place
>     it should give a
>     >     bunch of
>     >     >     this
>     >     >     > kind of details.
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     > thanks,
>     >     >     > Jeremy
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     > On Tue, Oct 26, 2021 at 11:41 AM Gustav
>     Degreef
>     >     >     <gustav97 at gmail.com
>     <mailto:gustav97 at gmail.com> <mailto:gustav97 at gmail.com
>     <mailto:gustav97 at gmail.com>>
>     >     <mailto:gustav97 at gmail.com <mailto:gustav97 at gmail.com>
>     <mailto:gustav97 at gmail.com <mailto:gustav97 at gmail.com>>>
>     >     >     > <mailto:gustav97 at gmail.com
>     <mailto:gustav97 at gmail.com> <mailto:gustav97 at gmail.com
>     <mailto:gustav97 at gmail.com>>
>     >     <mailto:gustav97 at gmail.com <mailto:gustav97 at gmail.com>
>     <mailto:gustav97 at gmail.com <mailto:gustav97 at gmail.com>>>>> wrote:
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     >  
>      Hi Jeremy,
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     >  
>      I did EXACTLY as you said
>     >     when I sent you the zip
>     >     >  ÂÂ
>      file.  When I
>     >     >     >  
>      first
>     >     >     >  
>      edited the .conf file,
>     >     there was no output to the
>     >     >     logs, so I rebooted
>     >     >     >  
>      the system (I did not know
>     >     how to re-start the
>     >     >     deamon). No clue
>     >     >     >  
>      why the
>     >     >     >  
>      output you expected is not
>     >     there. ÂÂÂ So now I
>     >     >     did the same thing
>     >     >     >  
>      again,
>     >     >     >  
>      but I had Okular read two
>     >     separate long instnaces
>     >     >     and then had
>     >     >     >  
>      spd-say a
>     >     >     >  
>      whole sentence
>     >     twice. Here is
>     the single
>     >     >     log file (I did not
>     >     >     >  
>      delete the
>     >     >     >  
>      old log file, so I figure
>     >     the new info has been
>     >     >    appended. Gustav
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     >  
>      On 10/26/21 7:03 PM, Jeremy
>     >     Whiting wrote:
>     >     >     >  
>      > Gustav,
>     >     >     >  
>      >
>     >     >     >  
>      > I see speech dispatcher
>     >     itself started and ended
>     >     >     a couple of
>     >     >     >  
>      times in
>     >     >     >  
>      > there, but I don't see
>     >     what text it was sent to
>     >     >     synthesize. Did you
>     >     >     >  
>      > try spd-say "Hello" or
>     >     trying with okular to
>     >     >     speak some document
>     >     >     >  
>      or a
>     >     >     >  
>      > page? I was hoping to see
>     >     something like this:
>     >     >     >  
>      >
>     >     >     >  
>      > Tue Oct 26 09:31:25 2021
>     >     [617497]: Espeak: Stop
>     >     >     or pause thread
>     >     >     >  
>      > starting.......
>     >     >     >  
>      >
>     >  Â
>      ÃƒÆ’ƒâ€šÃ‚ Tue
>     Oct 26 09:31:25 2021
>     >     >     [636516]: CMD: <SET
>     >     >     >  
>      > >
>     >     >     >  
>      >
>     >  Â
>      ÃƒÆ’ƒâ€šÃ‚ Tue
>     Oct 26 09:31:25 2021
>     >     >     [636587]: CMD: <SPEAK
>     >     >     >  
>      > >
>     >     >     >  
>      >
>     >  Â
>      ÃƒÆ’ƒâ€šÃ‚ Tue
>     Oct 26 09:31:25 2021
>     >     >     [636617]: Espeak: module_speak().
>     >     >     >  
>      >
>     >  Â
>      ÃƒÆ’ƒâ€šÃ‚ Tue
>     Oct 26 09:31:25 2021
>     >     >     [636627]: Espeak: Requested data:
>     >     >     >  
>      > |<speak>hello</speak>| 0 20
>     >     >     >  
>      >
>     >  Â
>      ÃƒÆ’ƒâ€šÃ‚ Tue
>     Oct 26 09:31:25 2021
>     >     >     [636637]: Espeak:
>     >     >     > ÂÂÂ
>      set_language_and_voice en 1
>     >     >     >  
>      >
>     >  Â
>      ÃƒÆ’ƒâ€šÃ‚ Tue
>     Oct 26 09:31:25 2021
>     >     >     [636647]: Espeak:
>     >     >     > ÂÂÂ
>      set_language_and_voice
>     >     >     >  
>      > name=en+0
>     >     >     >  
>     ���‚ >
>     >  Â
>      ÃƒÆ’ƒâ€šÃ‚ Tue
>     Oct 26 09:31:25 2021
>     >     >     [636840]: Espeak: Successfully set
>     >     >     >  
>      voice to
>     >     >     >  
>      > "en+0"
>     >     >     >  
>      >
>     >  Â
>      ÃƒÆ’ƒâ€šÃ‚ Tue
>     Oct 26 09:31:25 2021
>     >     >     [636850]: Espeak:
>     >     >     > ÂÂÂ
>      set_language_and_voice en 1
>     >     >     >  
>      >
>     >  Â
>      ÃƒÆ’ƒâ€šÃ‚ Tue
>     Oct 26 09:31:25 2021
>     >     >     [636860]: Espeak:
>     >     >     > ÂÂÂ
>      set_language_and_voice
>     >     >     >  
>      > name=en+0
>     >     >     >  
>      >
>     >  Â
>      ÃƒÆ’ƒâ€šÃ‚ Tue
>     Oct 26 09:31:25 2021
>     >     >     [636973]: Espeak: Successfully set
>     >     >     >  
>      voice to
>     >     >     >  
>      > "en+0"
>     >     >     >  
>      >
>     >  Â
>      ÃƒÆ’ƒâ€šÃ‚ Tue
>     Oct 26 09:31:25 2021
>     >     >     [687987]: Espeak: Rate set to 170.
>     >     >     >  
>      >
>     >  Â
>      ÃƒÆ’ƒâ€šÃ‚ Tue
>     Oct 26 09:31:25 2021
>     >     >     [738788]: Espeak: Volume set to 200.
>     >     >     >  
>      >
>     >  Â
>      ÃƒÆ’ƒâ€šÃ‚ Tue
>     Oct 26 09:31:25 2021
>     >     >     [937535]: Espeak: Pitch set to 50.
>     >     >     >  
>      >
>     >  Â
>      ÃƒÆ’ƒâ€šÃ‚ Tue
>     Oct 26 09:31:25 2021
>     >     >     [987698]: Set punctuation mode.
>     >     >     >  
>      >
>     >  Â
>      ÃƒÆ’ƒâ€šÃ‚ Tue
>     Oct 26 09:31:26 2021
>     >     >     [37917]: Set capitals mode.
>     >     >     >  
>      >
>     >  Â
>      ÃƒÆ’ƒâ€šÃ‚ Tue
>     Oct 26 09:31:26 2021
>     >     >     [88426]: Espeak: Leaving
>     >     >     >  
>      module_speak()
>     >     >     >  
>      > normally.
>     >     >     >  
>      >
>     >  Â
>      ÃƒÆ’ƒâ€šÃ‚ Tue
>     Oct 26 09:31:26 2021
>     >     >     [88689]: Espeak: Playback semaphore on.
>     >     >     >  
>      >
>     >  Â
>      ÃƒÆ’ƒâ€šÃ‚ Tue
>     Oct 26 09:31:26 2021
>     >     >     [88729]: Printing reply: 701 BEGIN
>     >     >     >  
>      >
>     >     >     >  
>      > in the espeak.log but
>     >     it's empty. Ah, may need to
>     >     >     also set
>     >     >     >  
>      espeak.conf
>     >     >     >  
>      > to debug like this in
>     >     >    /etc/speech-dispatcher/modules/espeak.conf:
>     >     >     >  
>      >
>     >     >     >  
>      > #Debugging
>     >     >     >  
>      > Debug 1
>     >     >     >  
>      >
>     >     >     >  
>      > Change the 0 to 1 if it's
>     >     there, otherwise add
>     >     >     Debug 1 to the
>     >     >     >  
>      end of
>     >     >     >  
>      > the file if it's not
>     >     there at all.
>     >     >     >  
>      >
>     >     >     >  
>      > thanks,
>     >     >     >  
>      > Jeremy
>     >     >
>     >
>

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