Dummy speechd-el output driver possibly for running speechd-el inside emacs on android

[Fernando Botelho]

Hello Peter,

I am also interested in Termux and the possibilities it opens for 
low-cost computing for the blind.

Wouldn't a simplified Speech-Dispatcher be a better approach, making the 
resulting speech server useful for both Emacs and Fenrir users?

Apologies if it is a stupid question. I am not a developer.

Thanks,

Fernando


On 11/01/2017 06:15 PM, Peter V?gner wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I know speechd-el is not in rapid development for a few years now 
> however the more I use it the more I like what I can do with emacs.
> For a few months I'm playing with termux on android. It's possible to 
> run a lot of linux apps on termux for android including emacs. It's 
> even straightforward to install it without rooting or other tricks.
> There is also a way to make linux apps to play sound through libpulse 
> running on termux and another app directly on the device.
> Given all this I would like to try getting speechd-el working with 
> such a setup.
> So I do have emacs, I do have speechd-el, I do have espeak built 
> against libpulse, however the glue between speechd-el and espeak is 
> missing. I can't build speech-dispatcher on termux because android 
> pthreads support is too limited for speech-dispatcher to build there.
> Since speechd-el has an API that more output drivers can be running at 
> the same time or even independently of each other I think it might be 
> more viable than fighting pthreads on android trying to create a kind 
> of very simple output driver for speechd-el.
> I wish it to either interface directly with espeak running on termux 
> or there is even termux specific API that exposes native android TTS 
> to apps running on termux.
>
> However I don't know elisp besides some little bits I have understood 
> when editing emacs configuration and I don't think I might be able to 
> move forward withis idea anytime soon.
> So my question is: might anyone else be interested in trying to make 
> this working?
> Is there somewhere such a minimalist speechd-el output driver perhaps 
> during the development you were using it for testing, for logging or 
> similar we can get more inspiration from?
>
> What do you guys users as well as developers think about this?
>
> Sorry for taking your time and thanks for your hints.
>
> Greetings
>
> Peter
>
>
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