Re: making espeakup and orca run on the mate desktop so I can switch between the console and the desktop
Hello,
On 04/03/2025 21:05, Dietmar Segbert wrote:
> I don not know, where i can set alsa card 0 as default soundcard in alsa/
> pipewire.
I never used pipewire but I used to have in /etc/asound.conf this content
defaults.pcm.card 0
defaults.ctl.card 0
But it happened that after a kernel upgrade the default card changed.
What most users actually want is to use the PCH output, not an HDMI one,
regardless of the card number. To get there I just include in a file named
/etc/speechd-up.conf this line:
ALSA_CARD=PCH
Then this fie is sourced by the script that starts speechd-up (attached).
I do something similar for espeakup (script also attached)
I assume that something similar could be done with systemd. "I assume" as I
never configured systemd.
Cheers,
Didier
#!/bin/sh
ESPEAKUP=/usr/bin/espeakup
### Code snippet common to rc.espeakup and rc-speechd-up. ###
hardlist=$(zgrep SPEAKUP_S /proc/config.gz|grep [ym]|grep -v DUMMY| \
sed 's/CONFIG_SPEAKUP_SYNTH_//;s/..$//'|tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'|sed s/soft// )
# A hardware synthesizer can be set either in the boot command line or
# in the configuration file /etc/speakup.conf. In both cases we won't
# start espeakup or speechd-up that rely on a soft synthesizer, but we
# restore the speakup settings.
if grep -q speakup /proc/cmdline; then
HARDCMDLINE=$(sed "s/.*speakup.synth=\([[:alpha:]]\{1,\}\).*/\1/" /proc/cmdline)
fi
if [ -f /etc/speakup.conf ]; then
. /etc/speakup.conf
HARDCONF=$hard
fi
# We give priority to the settings in /etc/espeakup.conf over those on
# the command line. "hard=none" in the former indicates that the user
# chose not to use a hard synthesizer. This way the user does not need
# to edit the command line to modify a setting, like using another hard
# synthesizer or use on a soft synthesizer instead of a hard one.
if [ ! "$HARDCONF" = "none" ]; then
if [ ! "$HARDCONF" = "" ]; then
# The user ran speak-with and chose a hard synth
modprobe speakup_$HARDCONF 2>/dev/null
echo $HARDCONF > /sys/accessibility/speakup/synth
[ -x /usr/sbin/speakup-restore ] && speakup-restore
exit
elif [ ! "$HARDCMDLINE" = "" ] && grep -q $HARDCMDLINE $hardlist ]; then
# The user has not run speak-with to choose a hard synth but
# has indicated one in the boot command line
modprobe speakup_$HARDCMDLINE 2>/dev/null
echo $HARDCMDLINE > /sys/accessibility/speakup/synth
[ -x /usr/sbin/speakup-restore ] && speakup-restore
exit
fi
fi
# We didn't exit yet, so we will manage the daemon of the soft synth.
# modprobe won't complain even if the driver is built-in. Else the
# "echo" command is not necessary but won't hurt.
modprobe speakup_soft 2>/dev/null
echo "soft" > /sys/accessibility/speakup/synth
sleep 1
chmod 666 /sys/accessibility/speakup/soft/*
echo 1 > /sys/accessibility/speakup/soft/direct
### End of the code snippet common to rc.espeakup and rc.speechd-up ###
if [ "$LANG" = "" ]; then
. /etc/profile.d/lang.sh
fi
# Starts/stops/restart espeakup
set_voice_from_lang () {
lang=`echo $LANG | sed 's/_.*//'`
country=`echo $LANG | sed 's/.*_//;s/\..*//;s/@.*//' | tr A-Z a-z`
if [ "$lang" = gl ]; then
# Not supported by espeak-ng yet, but pt should be fine enough, better
# than English anyway
# Comment above from Debian. We don't propose gv in Slint yet, but
# maybe later ?
lang=pt
fi
# Setup a table lang => associated voice file name
# We will start espeakup with a voice file name as argument of the
# -V option, as if we give a $lang-$country argument that does
# not match a voice file name it segfault when we switch from a
# graphical environment with Orca running to a console.
VOICESTABLE=$(espeak-ng --voices|sed "s;[ ]\{1,\};,;g"|cut -d, -f3-6|cut -d, --complement -f2-3|sed "s;,.*/;,;")
if [ ! "$(echo "$VOICESTABLE"|grep "^$lang-$country")" = "" ]; then
VOICE=$(echo "$VOICESTABLE"|grep "^${lang}-${country},"|cut -d, -f2)
elif [ ! "$(echo "$VOICESTABLE"|grep "^$lang,")" = "" ]; then
VOICE="$lang"
else
VOICE=en
fi
echo $VOICE > /tmp/voice_from_lang
}
set_voice_from_lang
VOICEFROMLANG=$(cat /tmp/voice_from_lang)
rm /tmp/voice_from_lang
set_voice_from_config () {
# We will first try to match the voice set in the config file with
# an mbrola voice. In that aim we make a table of mbrola voices file
# names with the associated mbrola voice installed.
MBROLAVOICES=$(espeak-ng --voices=mb|sed "s, ,,;s;[ ]\{1,\};,;g"|cut -d, -f5|sed s,mb/,,)
for i in $(echo "$MBROLAVOICES"|sed "s/mb-//g;s/-.*//"|sort|uniq); do
if [ "$(ls /usr/share/mbrola|grep $i)" = "" ]; then
MBROLAVOICES=$(echo "$MBROLAVOICES"|grep -v $i)
fi
done
VOICESTABLE=$(espeak-ng --voices|sed "s;[ ]\{1,\};,;g"|cut -d, -f3-6|cut -d, --complement -f2-3|sed "s;,.*/;,;")
lang=$(echo $voice|sed "s/-.*//")
if [ ! "$(echo "$MBROLAVOICES"|grep $voice)" = "" ]; then
VOICE=$voice
elif [ ! "$(echo "$VOICESTABLE"|grep "${voice},")" = "" ]; then
VOICE=$(echo "$VOICESTABLE"|grep "${voice},"|cut -d, -f2)
elif [ ! "$(echo "$VOICESTABLE"|grep "^$lang")" = "" ]; then
VOICE="$lang"
else
VOICE=en
fi
echo $VOICE > /tmp/voice_from_config
}
espeakup_start() {
[ "$LANG" = "" ] && . /etc/profile.d/lang.sh
if [ -f /etc/espeakup.conf ]; then
. /etc/espeakup.conf
if [ "$voice" = "" ]; then
voice=$VOICEFROMLANG
else
set_voice_from_config
VOICEFROMCONFIG=$(cat /tmp/voice_from_config)
rm /tmp/voice_from_config
voice=$VOICEFROMCONFIG
fi
fi
if [ ! "`ps -C espeakup --noheaders|wc -l`" = "0" ]; then
echo "espeakup is already started."
espeakup_status
exit
fi
if [ -x $ESPEAKUP ]; then
CARDS=$(mktemp)
for i in /sys/class/sound/card*; do
printf $i|sed "s/.*card//";printf " ";cat $i/id
done > $CARDS
NUMBEROFCARDS=$(find /sys/class/sound -name "card*"|wc -l)
if [ $NUMBEROFCARDS -gt 1 ]; then
echo "$NUMBEROFCARDS sound cards have been found:"
cat $CARDS
if [ "$ALSA_CARD" = "" ]; then
echo "ALSA_CARD not set in /etc/espeakup.conf, using the default."
elif ! grep -wq $ALSA_CARD $CARDS; then
echo "Card $ALSA_CARD set in /etc/espeakup not found, using the default."
ALSA_CARD=""
fi
fi
V=$(grep ^voice= /etc/espeakup.conf|sed s/voice=//)
if [ ! "$V" = "" ] && [ ! "$V" = "$voice" ]; then
echo "Voice set to $V in /etc/espeakup.conf, using $voice for espeakup."
elif [ "$V" = "" ]; then
echo "Voice not set in /etc/espeakup.conf, LANG=$LANG, using $voice for espeakup."
fi
if [ "$ALSA_CARD" = "" ]; then
echo "Starting espeakup with voice $voice"
$ESPEAKUP -V $voice
else
echo "Starting espeakup with voice $voice using sound card $ALSA_CARD"
ALSA_CARD=$ALSA_CARD $ESPEAKUP -V $voice
fi
[ -x /usr/sbin/speakup-restore ] && speakup-restore
rm $CARDS
else
echo "$ESPEAKUP not found or non executable"
fi
}
espeakup_stop() {
NBPROC="`ps -C espeakup --noheaders|wc -l`"
if [ ! "$NBPROC" = "0" ]; then
sleep 1
PID="`ps -C espeakup --noheaders -o pid`"
kill -s 9 $PID
fi
}
espeakup_restart() {
espeakup_stop
sleep 2
espeakup_start
}
espeakup_status() {
NBPROC="`ps -C espeakup --noheaders|wc -l`"
if [ "$NBPROC" = "0" ]; then
echo "espeakup is not started"
elif [ "$NBPROC" = "1" ]; then
echo "An espeakup daemon is running, PID: `ps -C espeakup --no-headers -o pid`"
else
ps -C espeakup -o pid,args
fi
}
case "$1" in
start)
espeakup_start;;
stop)
espeakup_stop;;
restart)
espeakup_restart;;
status)
espeakup_status;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status}";;
esac
#!/bin/sh
SPEECHD=/usr/bin/speechd-up
### Code snippet common to rc.espeakup and rc-speechd-up. ###
hardlist=$(zgrep SPEAKUP_S /proc/config.gz|grep "[ym]"|grep -v DUMMY| \
sed 's/CONFIG_SPEAKUP_SYNTH_//;s/..$//'|tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
# A hardware synthesizer can be set either in the boot command line or
# in the configuration file /etc/speakup.conf. In both cases we won't
# start espeakup or speechd-up that rely on a soft synthsizer, but we
# restore the speakup settings.
if grep -q speakup /proc/cmdline; then
HARDCMDLINE=$(sed "s/.*speakup.synth=\([[:alpha:]]\{1,\}\).*/\1/" /proc/cmdline)
fi
if [ -f /etc/speakup.conf ]; then
. /etc/speakup.conf
HARDCONF="$hard"
fi
# We give priority to the settings in /etc/espeakup.conf over those on
# the command line. "hard=none" in the former indicates that the user
# chose not to use a hard synthesizer. This way the user does not need
# to edit the command line to modify a setting, like using another hard
# synthesizer or use on a soft synthesizer instead of a hard one.
if [ ! "$HARDCONF" = "none" ]; then
if [ "$HARDCONF" ] ; then
# The user ran speak-with and chosen a hard synth
modprobe "speakup_$HARDCONF" 2>/dev/null
echo "$HARDCONF" > /sys/accessibility/speakup/synth
[ -x /usr/sbin/speakup-restore ] && speakup-restore
exit
elif [ "$HARDCMDLINE" ] && grep -q "$HARDCMDLINE" "$hardlist"; then
# The user has not run speak-with to choose a hard synth but
# has indicated one in the boot command line
modprobe "speakup_$HARDCMDLINE" 2>/dev/null
echo "$HARDCMDLINE" > /sys/accessibility/speakup/synth
[ -x /usr/sbin/speakup-restore ] && speakup-restore
exit
fi
fi
# We didn't exit yet, so we will manage the daemon of the soft synth.
# modprobe won't complain even if the driver is built-in. Else the
# "echo" command is not necessary but won't hurt.
modprobe speakup_soft 2>/dev/null
echo "soft" > /sys/accessibility/speakup/synth
sleep 1
chmod 666 /sys/accessibility/speakup/soft/*
echo 1 > /sys/accessibility/speakup/soft/direct
### End of the code snippet common to rc.espeakup and rc.speechd-up ###
# Starts/stops/restart speechd-up
speechd_up_start() {
if [ -f /etc/speechd-up.conf ]; then
. /etc/speechd-up.conf 2>/dev/null
fi
if [ -f /etc/espeakup.conf ]; then
. /etc/espeakup.conf
fi
if [ ! "$(ps -C speechd-up --noheaders|wc -l)" = "0" ]; then
echo "speechd-up is already started."
speechd_up_status
exit
fi
if [ -x $SPEECHD ]; then
echo "Starting speechd-up"
sleep 2
if [ "$ALSA_CARD" ]; then
( export ALSA_CARD=$ALSA_CARD
$SPEECHD -d 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null
)
else
$SPEECHD -d 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null
fi
[ -x /usr/sbin/speakup-restore ] && speakup-restore
else
echo "$SPEECHD not found or non executable."
fi
}
speechd_up_stop() {
NBPROC="$(ps -C speechd-up --noheaders|wc -l)"
if [ ! "$NBPROC" = "0" ]; then
echo "Stopping speechd-up..."
PID="$(ps -C speechd-up --noheaders -o pid)"
kill "$PID"
else
echo "speechd-up is not running."
fi
}
speechd_up_restart() {
speechd_up_stop
sleep 5
speechd_up_start
}
speechd_up_status() {
NBPROC="$(ps -C speechd-up --noheaders|wc -l)"
if [ "$NBPROC" = "0" ]; then
echo "speechd-up is not running"
elif [ "$NBPROC" = "1" ]; then
echo "A speechd-up daemon is running, PID: $(ps -C speechd-up --no-headers -o pid)"
else
ps -C speechd-up -o pid,args
fi
}
case "$1" in
start)
speechd_up_start;;
stop)
speechd_up_stop;;
restart)
speechd_up_restart;;
status)
speechd_up_status;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status}";;
esac
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