Using espeak on Alpine Linux - Revision history

Zcrayfish: This article is very silly. Updated it slightly for modern times. It could use a bit more polish, but this is a start.

2024-01-13T08:31:26Z

This article is very silly. Updated it slightly for modern times. It could use a bit more polish, but this is a start.

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	= Espeak =		= Espeak =

	~~espeak (~~https://espeak.sourceforge.net/) multi-lingual speech synthesis is available in Alpine Linux 1.7.29 and above. ~~So this just begs the question... what cool things can you do with a router that talks?~~		[https://espeak.sourceforge.net/ espeak] multi-lingual speech synthesis is available in Alpine Linux 1.7.29 and above.

	~~But the first thing to do is just to get the router to talk.~~		== Installing ==

	== ~~Requirements~~ ==

	* the soundcard and oss modules must be loaded.
	* use umix to set the volume on the sound card
	* sox is required to play the voice (for some reason alpine espeak doesn't talk to /dev/dsp)

			espeak can be installed by running:
			{{cmd\|# apk add {{pkg\|espeak\|arch=}}}}

	== Example ==		== Example ==
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	For historical reasons, the canonical reference for speech synthesis on Alpine Linux is the phrase "'''Liver. Yes you heard me. Liver. There's nothing I can do about it.'''"		For historical reasons, the canonical reference for speech synthesis on Alpine Linux is the phrase "'''Liver. Yes you heard me. Liver. There's nothing I can do about it.'''"

	To get your ~~router~~ to say, that, ~~send~~ the ~~output of~~ espeak ~~to stdout, and pipe the result to sox's play~~ command:		To get your Alpine Linux machine to say that, you can run the following espeak command:

	espeak ~~--stdout~~ "Liver. Yes you heard me. Liver. There's nothing I can do about it." ~~\| play -t wav -~~		{{cmd\|espeak "Liver. Yes you heard me. Liver. There's nothing I can do about it."}}

	enjoy.		enjoy.

	[[Category:Multimedia]]		[[Category:Multimedia]]

Zcrayfish: /* Espeak */ Upgraded url to https

2023-07-29T06:10:34Z

Espeak: Upgraded url to https

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	espeak (~~http~~://espeak.sourceforge.net/) multi-lingual speech synthesis is available in Alpine Linux 1.7.29 and above. So this just begs the question... what cool things can you do with a router that talks?		espeak (https://espeak.sourceforge.net/) multi-lingual speech synthesis is available in Alpine Linux 1.7.29 and above. So this just begs the question... what cool things can you do with a router that talks?

	But the first thing to do is just to get the router to talk.		But the first thing to do is just to get the router to talk.

Dubiousjim: Category:Multimedia

2012-03-23T20:04:55Z

Category:Multimedia

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	enjoy.		enjoy.

	[[Category:~~Unknown~~]]		[[Category:Multimedia]]

Dubiousjim: Category:Unknown

2012-03-21T15:53:14Z

Category:Unknown

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	enjoy.		enjoy.

			[[Category:Unknown]]

K0gen: The name is Alpine LInux

2010-04-11T05:49:33Z

The name is Alpine LInux

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	espeak (http://espeak.sourceforge.net/) multi-lingual speech synthesis is available in ~~AlpineLinux~~ 1.7.29 and above. So this just begs the question... what cool things can you do with a router that talks?		espeak (http://espeak.sourceforge.net/) multi-lingual speech synthesis is available in Alpine Linux 1.7.29 and above. So this just begs the question... what cool things can you do with a router that talks?

	But the first thing to do is just to get the router to talk.		But the first thing to do is just to get the router to talk.
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	== Example ==		== Example ==

	For historical reasons, the canonical reference for speech synthesis on ~~AlpineLinux~~ is the phrase "'''Liver. Yes you heard me. Liver. There's nothing I can do about it.'''"		For historical reasons, the canonical reference for speech synthesis on Alpine Linux is the phrase "'''Liver. Yes you heard me. Liver. There's nothing I can do about it.'''"

	To get your router to say, that, send the output of espeak to stdout, and pipe the result to sox's play command:		To get your router to say, that, send the output of espeak to stdout, and pipe the result to sox's play command:

K0gen: Using espeak on AlpineLinux moved to Using espeak on Alpine Linux: The name is Alpine Linux

2010-04-11T05:48:21Z

Using espeak on AlpineLinux moved to Using espeak on Alpine Linux: The name is Alpine Linux

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(No difference)

Nangel at 22:25, 3 January 2009

2009-01-03T22:25:31Z

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	== Example ==		== Example ==

	For historical reasons, the canonical reference for speech synthesis on AlpineLinux is the phrase "'''Liver,. Yes you heard me. Liver. There's nothing I can do about it.'''"		For historical reasons, the canonical reference for speech synthesis on AlpineLinux is the phrase "'''Liver. Yes you heard me. Liver. There's nothing I can do about it.'''"

	To get your router to say, that, send the output of espeak to stdout, and pipe the result to sox's play command:		To get your router to say, that, send the output of espeak to stdout, and pipe the result to sox's play command:

Nangel: New page: = Espeak = espeak (http://espeak.sourceforge.net/) multi-lingual speech synthesis is available in AlpineLinux 1.7.29 and above. So this just begs the question... what cool things can you...

2009-01-03T22:23:06Z

New page: = Espeak = espeak (http://espeak.sourceforge.net/) multi-lingual speech synthesis is available in AlpineLinux 1.7.29 and above. So this just begs the question... what cool things can you...

New page

= Espeak =

espeak (http://espeak.sourceforge.net/) multi-lingual speech synthesis is available in AlpineLinux 1.7.29 and above. So this just begs the question... what cool things can you do with a router that talks?

But the first thing to do is just to get the router to talk.

== Requirements ==

* the soundcard and oss modules must be loaded.
* use umix to set the volume on the sound card
* sox is required to play the voice (for some reason alpine espeak doesn't talk to /dev/dsp)

== Example ==

For historical reasons, the canonical reference for speech synthesis on AlpineLinux is the phrase "'''Liver,. Yes you heard me. Liver. There's nothing I can do about it.'''"

To get your router to say, that, send the output of espeak to stdout, and pipe the result to sox's play command:

espeak --stdout "Liver. Yes you heard me. Liver. There's nothing I can do about it." | play -t wav -

enjoy.