espeak and orca

[Henrik Nilsen Omma]

Beth Koenig wrote:
> I need this info ASAP also. Festival is driving me up a wall and is
> WAY too slow. So instructions on how to get espeak on Orca would be
> great. Also does anyone know where to find a binary of brlapi 4.1? I
> am having problems getting my Braille Lite 2000 to work and I know
> it's not brltty as I have been using it for years. It's not the
> braille Lite either.
>
>   
You currently need speech-dispatcher to use eSpeak with Orca, and there 
are some instructions here: http://live.gnome.org/Orca/SpeechDispatcher

Gilles is working on a gnome-speech driver for eSpeak though which will 
be a more robust solution (until SD and Orca support matures anyway).

We are currently evaluating whay technical solutions to use for the 
future so we are *very* interested in feedback about peoples user 
experiences.

* What is the exact problem with Festival, the speed of speech of lack 
of responsiveness?
* For those who have eSpeak working (which option did you use the 
experimental Orca support or the gnome-speech->SD bridge?) -- how is it 
working? Any issues?
* When we have the gnome-speech eSpeak driver working how does that 
compare with the other setups?

etc.

Henrik