Orca and Speech Dispatcher

[Tomas Cerha]

M?rian Bruckschen wrote:
> I'm trying to make Orca work with Speech Dispatcher and eSpeak, and
> having some issues. Until now, it simply refused to show Speech
> Dispatcher as an alternative for "Speech system".
> 
> I followed the instructions at
> http://live.gnome.org/Orca/SpeechDispatcher, but still no success.
> 
> spd-say works fine, and already uses the correct eSpeak portuguese
> voice, not the default one of flite.

Hello M?rian,

Did you check, whether the Python interface is installed correctly?
What happens when you type 'import speechd' within python interpreter
(as described in the mentioned instructions)?

> speech-dispatcher's version
> (--version) is 0.6.2, compiled by hand -- and I guess that can be the
> problem, since my distro -Xubuntu, in its Edgy Eft version- likes
> packages rather than that. I also tried to "apt-get install" the
> official ubuntu package, but its version for Edgy is 0.6.1, and I know
> I need 0.6.2 or later.

Installing from source should not be the problem.  Let's just find out
why Orca doesn't see Speech Dispatcher.

Best regards, Tomas