[raspberry-vi] Re: Cepstral voices on a Pi?
- From: Mobeen Iqbal <mobeeniqbal@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: raspberry-vi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2013 12:23:13 +0000
hello mike.
over on the raspberry xbmc website, they have just released the new
version of their image and in the bug fixes, they posted the following:
*USB soundcard support is available again*. Simply select 'Enable
external soundcards' in Raspbmc Settings. Thanks to 'stupid-boy' for
working on an OpenMAX ALSA sink. This is much better than the previous
Pulse Audio approach we had, because the audio and video are in sync. Be
aware that this is experimental.
Obviously sound is a big part of XBMC to say the least. would it be
worth 1 of us contacting the devs and asking them for advice? if they've
previously used pulse audio and switched to alsa, maybe they had to
resolve similar issues to do with audio and video being in sync? even if
they can't help, they could at least tell us how to get external sound
cards going? maybe that would also help?
Mo.
On 21/12/2013 12:13, Mike Ray wrote:
> Phil,
>
> Don't give up on it yet.
>
> I'm sorry I've been distracted with other stuff lately but I will have
> another bash at solving the issues over the Christmas break.
>
> Mike
>
> On 21/12/2013 11:59, Agent Orange wrote:
>> Thanks for explaining that Mike. What you say is another reason why this
>> would be unlikely to be a solution for us.
>>
>> Phil
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:raspberry-vi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Ray
>> Sent: 21 December 2013 11:29
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>> Subject: [raspberry-vi] Re: Cepstral voices on a Pi?
>>
>> Phil,
>>
>> The current problems with clipped and stuttery audio are nothing to do with
>> eSpeak itself.
>>
>> Unless Sepstrel uses some other mechanism such as pulse audio using it
>> instead of eSPeak is unlikely to make a difference.
>>
>> I will get back on trying to get eSpeak running with pulse over Christmas.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> On 21/12/2013 09:33, Agent Orange wrote:
>>> Hi List,
>>>
>>> Someone I know is trying to get a Pi to talk. Not necessarily a full
>>> function screen reader, but to convert text to speech for a specific
>>> application. Espeak would have been the best option, but as that
>>> doesn't seem to be flying right now, they have asked me whether I
>>> have any thoughts about using Cepstral voices on a Pi:
>>>
>>> www.cepstral.com
>>>
>>> I don't think I have ever come across these and certainly not in the
>>> context of a Pi. Having just spent a few minutes on the site, my
>>> first thought is that this appears to be a commercial product so is
>>> likely to cost. Putting cost to one side, I'm not sure how easy it
>>> may be to get these voices working on the limited hardware provided by a
>> Pi.
>>> Any thoughts?
>>>
>>> Phil
>>>
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