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jamesray1

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Registered: 2018-06-05

Posts: 2

Narrate missing in Firefox with speech-dispatcher and espeak installed

Continuing from here https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 4#p1789754

I can use TTS on my phone but not on ArchLinux/Manjaro. I installed speech-dispatcher and espeak as suggested but there is no wave icon:

(image tags don't work: https://imgur.com/gallery/HBrKbnM)

I also tried to install mbrola, but it failed downloading the link: https://imgur.com/a/JdY8pcb.

$  espeak "This is a test"
ALSA lib pcm.c:2565:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.rear
ALSA lib pcm.c:2565:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.center_lfe
ALSA lib pcm.c:2565:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.side
ALSA lib pcm_route.c:869:(find_matching_chmap) Found no matching channel map
ALSA lib pcm_route.c:869:(find_matching_chmap) Found no matching channel map
ALSA lib pcm_route.c:869:(find_matching_chmap) Found no matching channel map
ALSA lib pcm_route.c:869:(find_matching_chmap) Found no matching channel map
connect(2) call to /dev/shm/jack-1000/default/jack_0 failed (err=No such file or directory)
attempt to connect to server failed

Also, I installed marytts and typetalk, then when I open the GUI and type test and play, there is no sound. I can play audio. Oh no, I figured out how to get TTS to work in Type Talk. However, I want to use TTS in Firefox. As shown above, the builtin narrate feature doesn't work, and I can't get any TTS add-ons to work either. I'll try restarting. Didn't work, same thing.

Unless I can figure this out I may need to try using a different OS like going back to Ubuntu or Windows, or using my phone. It's handy for, say, reading aloud an article while running on the spot inside (you can't read well while runnning on the spot) when it's raining outside.

Last edited by jamesray1 (2018-06-05 09:06:55)

Lone_Wolf

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Registered: 2005-10-04

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Re: Narrate missing in Firefox with speech-dispatcher and espeak installed

I get similar messages from espeak, but it does give sounds.
post output of pacman -Qs pulse .

but not on ArchLinux/Manjaro

are you running Arch Linux or Manjaro ?

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chovy

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Registered: 2020-12-29

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Re: Narrate missing in Firefox with speech-dispatcher and espeak installed

I'm using manjaro and also can't get voices in firefox:

```
$ sudo pacman -Qs pulse
[sudo] password for ettinger:
local/lib32-libcanberra 0.30+2+gc0620e4-5
    A small and lightweight implementation of the XDG Sound Theme Specification (32-bit)
local/lib32-libpulse 15.0-1
    A featureful, general-purpose sound server (32-bit client libraries)
local/libcanberra 0.30+2+gc0620e4-5
    A small and lightweight implementation of the XDG Sound Theme Specification
local/libpulse 15.0-1
    A featureful, general-purpose sound server (client library)
local/manjaro-pulse 20211001-1
    Manjaro meta package for complete PulseAudio support
local/plasma-pa 5.22.5-1 (plasma)
    Plasma applet for audio volume management using PulseAudio
local/pulseaudio 15.0-1
    A featureful, general-purpose sound server
local/pulseaudio-alsa 1:1.2.5-2
    ALSA Configuration for PulseAudio
local/pulseaudio-bluetooth 15.0-1
    Bluetooth support for PulseAudio
local/pulseaudio-ctl 1.70-1
    Control pulseaudio volume from the shell or mapped to keyboard shortcuts.
local/pulseaudio-jack 15.0-1
    Jack support for PulseAudio
local/pulseaudio-lirc 15.0-1
    IR (lirc) support for PulseAudio
local/pulseaudio-qt 1.3-1
    Qt bindings for libpulse
local/pulseaudio-rtp 15.0-1
    RTP and RAOP support for PulseAudio
local/pulseaudio-zeroconf 15.0-1
    Zeroconf support for PulseAudio
```

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 21,731

Re: Narrate missing in Firefox with speech-dispatcher and espeak installed

Manjaro is not supported here and neither is necrobumping 3 year old threads.

https://bbs.archlinux.org/misc.php?action=rules
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Genera … bumping%22

Closing.