[nfbcs] Speeding up eSpeak in Orca?

[Amanda Lacy]

I got it to work. I needed to adjust the espeak.conf file in the
speech-dispatcher directory then do killall -9 speech-dispatcher. Now
I have as much speed as I need. Thanks.

On 10/21/16, Andy B. via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> That is about all you can do that I know of.
>
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> That actually helped me solve another minor problem, but yes, and it didn't
> seem to work. Valid speed parameters are between -100 and 100.
> I set the default to 100 and restarted. Nothing changed. Should I use a
> larger "invalid" value?
>
> On 10/21/16, Andy B. via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Did you try changing speachdispatcher.cnf in /etc/speachdispatcher?
>>
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>> On 10/21/16, Amanda Lacy <lacy925 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I've already set that to 100%; it's too slow.
>>>
>>> On 10/21/16, Andy B. via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>> In Orca preferences, change the rate slider under the speech tab.
>>>>
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>>>> Lacy via nfbcs
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>>>> Cc: Amanda Lacy <lacy925 at gmail.com>
>>>> Subject: [nfbcs] Speeding up eSpeak in Orca?
>>>>
>>>> I recently set up my first dual-boot Linux (Vinux) partition but on
>>>> Orca eSpeak is freakin' slow. I'm used to running it with NVDA's
>>>> rate boost at between 40 and 50. I'm aware of Voxin, but it costs
>>>> and I prefer eSpeak to Eloquence anyway. Can anyone please tell me
>>>> how to speed it up? It would make a huge productivity difference.
> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> Amanda
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