Re: Any Progress on an AI Related Screen-Reader?

On 8/8/25 10:27, Samuel Thibault wrote:
>>> ...When the tts is a separate program, then speech-dispatcher module config
>>> file will detect it.
>>>
>>>> So usually I have to create a
>>>> custom module based on the generic module.
>>> It's another way of connecting to external synths. It's not the
>>> recommended way
>> Which is?
> The documented way: a module specific to the synth, which knows how to
> drive it in a more controlled way than just executing a command.
>
> Samuel
>
I haven't seen a module specific for piper-tts yet. You are saying there 
is one? And it should be installed in the /etc/speech-dispatcher/modules 
directory?

I did a search and don't see it. Do I need to enable another repository?

$ sudo apt-file search .conf | grep '/etc/speech-dispatcher'
speech-dispatcher: /etc/speech-dispatcher/clients/emacs.conf
speech-dispatcher: /etc/speech-dispatcher/modules/cicero.conf
speech-dispatcher: /etc/speech-dispatcher/modules/dtk-generic.conf
speech-dispatcher: /etc/speech-dispatcher/modules/epos-generic.conf
speech-dispatcher: /etc/speech-dispatcher/modules/espeak-mbrola-generic.conf
speech-dispatcher: 
/etc/speech-dispatcher/modules/espeak-ng-mbrola-generic.conf
speech-dispatcher: /etc/speech-dispatcher/modules/espeak-ng-mbrola.conf
speech-dispatcher: /etc/speech-dispatcher/modules/espeak-ng.conf
speech-dispatcher: /etc/speech-dispatcher/modules/espeak.conf
speech-dispatcher: /etc/speech-dispatcher/modules/festival.conf
speech-dispatcher: /etc/speech-dispatcher/modules/flite.conf
speech-dispatcher: /etc/speech-dispatcher/modules/llia_phon-generic.conf
speech-dispatcher: /etc/speech-dispatcher/modules/mary-generic.conf
speech-dispatcher: /etc/speech-dispatcher/modules/mimic3-generic.conf
speech-dispatcher: /etc/speech-dispatcher/modules/swift-generic.conf
speech-dispatcher: /etc/speech-dispatcher/speechd.conf
speech-dispatcher-baratinoo: /etc/speech-dispatcher/modules/baratinoo.conf
speech-dispatcher-ivona: /etc/speech-dispatcher/modules/ivona.conf
speech-dispatcher-kali: /etc/speech-dispatcher/modules/kali.conf
speech-dispatcher-pico: /etc/speech-dispatcher/modules/pico.conf
speech-dispatcher-rhvoice: /etc/speech-dispatcher/modules/rhvoice.conf
speech-dispatcher-voxin: /etc/speech-dispatcher/modules/voxin.conf

Thank you, -Aaron