SayIt plugin problem

[FerdiBen]

I downloaded the plugin "SayIt" and the program "Festival" with both the english and the italian voice. I can't find the program "Festival" on the pc but the plugin work. The problem is that work only in english and I don't knwo how to set the italian voice for the plugin. Is it possible?

Thanks in advance
Ferdi Ben

[kakaroto]

don't know either, maybe try 'man festival' or something, read the howto for the festival program and look at the configuration of the program and/or the plugin.

[Abesto]

It is possible. You will have to run festival with the "--language italian" parameter. I use another TTS program so I'm not sure, but I think "--pipe" is also a good idea.
You could run festival in server mode with the "--server" switch. If you do so, the whole command to run it would be

Code:

festival --server --language italian --pipe

You'll also have to turn the "Sound server running (Linux)" option on in the plugin settings.

You needn't run festival as a server, but then you'll have to pass these executables differently.
If adding the options to the "Path to festival" does not work, try creating a symlink to the festival binary with the options, and entering the symlink into the "Path to festival" field. The Festival executable is most likely in /usr/bin. If you can't find it, you could try

Code:

$ updatedb
$ locate festival

EDIT: use a script instead of a symlink

Hope that helped
Regards

[kakaroto]

Abesto, a trick :

Code:

which festival

will tell you which file will be executed from your PATH no need for 'locate' if it's a program from your PATH.
Also, not create a symlink, but create a script... you can't pass arguments through a symlink (afaik)

[Abesto]

Thank you for this 'trick', it's quite helpful.
Indeed, I mixed up things, I used a script myself, too, thanks for pointing that out