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diff --git a/accessibility/espeak/README b/accessibility/espeak/README deleted file mode 100644 index 9c40a4e47f7a1..0000000000000 --- a/accessibility/espeak/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,35 +0,0 @@ -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 -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. - -Build options (environment variables): - -PULSE Build PulseAudio output support (yes/no)? Default is "yes". - -PORTAUDIO Build PortAudio output support (yes/no/auto)? Default is "auto", - which will build in PortAudio support if it's installed. - -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 jack - 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. |