25-02-2010, 05:42 AM
Today we will discuss a funny feature that is inbuilt in Ubuntu linux. Ubuntu includes a speech synthesizer called espeak. It’s there to work in partnership with the Orca screen reader, which provides support for those who are disabled for easy access. It can also be accessed from the command line :
Its not that good but its real fun
To enable the Orca screen reader program, click System ! Preferences ! Assistive Technologies and put a check in Enable assistive technologies. Then log out and back in. Then click System ! Preferences ! Preferred Applications. Click the Accessibility tab and put a check alongside Run at start under the Visual heading. Then log out and back in once
more.
By simply typing espeak, and then hitting Enter , whatever you type
after this will be spoken. To quit, type Ctrl + d .
To switch voices, use the -v command option, but first you’ll need to
find-out the available voices, which can be done by typing espeak --
voices=en.
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For example,
Above -s command option is used to specify speed in words per minute. The default value of 170 tends to be a little fast.
Quote:espeak "Linoob.com is a website basically concerning Ubuntu Linux distribution "
Its not that good but its real fun
To enable the Orca screen reader program, click System ! Preferences ! Assistive Technologies and put a check in Enable assistive technologies. Then log out and back in. Then click System ! Preferences ! Preferred Applications. Click the Accessibility tab and put a check alongside Run at start under the Visual heading. Then log out and back in once
more.
By simply typing espeak, and then hitting Enter , whatever you type
after this will be spoken. To quit, type Ctrl + d .
To switch voices, use the -v command option, but first you’ll need to
find-out the available voices, which can be done by typing espeak --
voices=en.
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For example,
Quote:espeak -s 140 -v en-French "The person logged in is the admin and has root priviledges"
Above -s command option is used to specify speed in words per minute. The default value of 170 tends to be a little fast.