Succesfull Jovie replacement

[Benson Muite]

Gustav Degreef <gustav97 at gmail.com> writes:

Hi Gustav,

Thanks for your message.

> 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.

Consider creating a repository at https://invent.kde.org

people can then collaborate with you.

>
> 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.

Piper does seem to have a C/C++ API, so it could be incorporated into
KDE software:
https://github.com/OHF-Voice/piper1-gpl

Orca is a screen reader, Piper does text to speech, so could be
integrated with Orca to give better voices.

>
> 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.

Jovie has been archived.  Would be happy to help with applications that
make KDE more accessible.

Regards,
Benson