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author B. Watson2012-12-21 22:23:38 +0100
committer Matteo Bernardini2012-12-21 22:23:54 +0100
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accessibility/espeak: Updated for version 1.46.02.
Added license and note to README Signed-off-by: Matteo Bernardini <ponce@slackbuilds.org>
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-eSpeak is a compact open source software speech synthesizer for English
-and other languages.
+eSpeak (a compact open source software speech synthesizer)
eSpeak produces good quality English speech. It uses a different synthesis
method from other open source text to speech (TTS) engines, and sounds
@@ -9,3 +8,12 @@ can run as a command line program to speak text from a file or from stdin.
To build without portaudio support, set WAVONLY=yes in the script's
environment.
+
+If you get errors like this:
+
+bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111)
+
+...either ignore them (if espeak produces audio anyway), or comment out
+the 'pcm.headset' and 'ctl.headset' stanzas in /etc/asound.conf. This
+should only happen if your Slackware system was upgraded from an older
+version.