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diff --git a/accessibility/espeak/README b/accessibility/espeak/README index 19f50b44bc08f..2016c84024ef7 100644 --- a/accessibility/espeak/README +++ b/accessibility/espeak/README @@ -6,14 +6,30 @@ quite different. It's perhaps not as natural or "smooth", but some find the articulation clearer and easier to listen to for long periods. It 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. +Build options (environment variables): -If you get errors like this: +PULSE Build PulseAudio output support (yes/no)? Default is "yes". -bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111) +PORTAUDIO Build PortAudio output support (yes/no/auto)? Default is "auto", + which will build in PortAudio support if it's installed. -...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. +Use PortAudio[1] for plain ALSA[2] audio output, if you don't want to use +PulseAudio. However, if you're happy with PulseAudio, it's recommended NOT +to build PortAudio support into espeak (you won't need it anyway). + +Note that if both options are "no" (or if PULSE=no and portaudio isn't +autodetected), the resulting binary will not be able to make sound +(it will only produce .wav files). + +The slack-desc will be updated to let you know which audio drivers +(if any) were included. + +[1] Using PortAudio with espeak results in a lot of scary-looking + warnings from espeak, but you can ignore them so long as you + can hear its speech. + +[2] Or JACK audio, if your portaudio package was built with jack2 or + jack-audio-connection-kit installed. Or... PortAudio can also feed + audio to PulseAudio, if its daemon is running. Or, if you have OSS + modules loaded, PortAudio can use that, too. The Linux audio driver + ecosystem is a really weird place. |