Succesfull Jovie replacement

Gustav Degreef gustav97 at gmail.com
Thu Aug 13 10:32:57 BST 2026


Hello,

I have written 5 bash scripts which implement play, pause, resume andd 
stop reading any text selected with the cursor.  The programs used are 
MPV player, xclip, socat and espeak-ng.  Can I post to this list the 
scripts and additional comments (in a text file) t? The scripts work 
pretty well with keyboard shortcuts, but I would like to get feedback.

I would also like help or suggestions implementing  a more human 
sounding voice using Piper.  Piper is not available on any opensuse 
repository and I was not yet successfull implementing it.  Some people 
have suggested using Orca, but I have tried and tried to get this 
specific functionality with Orca and repeatedly failed.  And these 
scripts are much, much simpler than using orca since I am visually 
impaired but not blind and I do not need a screen reader.

Ultimately, what I would like to do is post this Jovie replacement 
somewhere where it can help other KDE users.  Maybe this list is not the 
best place for my current request, but I could not find a better place.  
Thanks in advance, Gustav.
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