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@@ -31,8 +28,8 @@
&FDLNotice;
- 2013-06-23
- 1.1.1 (&kde; 4.11)
+ 2018-01-04
+ 1.2.0 (Applications 17.12)
@@ -199,7 +196,7 @@
&kmouth; in certain situations.
- With the first combo box, Selection of phrases in the phrase book:,
+ With the first combo box Selection of phrases in the phrase book
you specify which action is triggered by typing the shortcut of a
phrase or by selecting a phrase in the Phrase Book
menu or in the phrase book bar.
@@ -213,7 +210,7 @@
With the second combo box, Closing the phrase book
- edit window:, you specify whether the phrase book
+ edit window, you specify whether the phrase book
gets saved if you just close the phrase book edit window.
@@ -240,6 +237,22 @@
+
+ By selecting Use default speech system you tell &kmouth;
+ first to try to use the system speech service prior to calling the speech
+ synthesizer directly. If this succeeds the other configuration entries on
+ this tab are ignored. The system speech service is a &Qt; library which
+ wraps speech-dispatcher on &Linux;, and native speech systems on other platforms.
+ On a Debian based system you need the packages speech-dispatcher, libqt5texttospeech5
+ and one of the speech-dispatcher modules, usually espeak.
+ Use the commandline tool spd-conf (Debian package python3-speechd)
+ to adjust settings like rate, pitch, volume, voice type and language &etc; for the default speech system.
+ Additionally spd-conf will let you choose between all installed
+ speech-dispatcher modules, &ie; espeak,
+ festival, flite,
+ mbrola &etc;
+
+
Into the edit field of the Text-to-Speech tab you enter the command
for calling the speech synthesizer. With the combo box below the edit
@@ -279,16 +292,8 @@
Of course the command for speaking texts is dependent on which speech
synthesizer you use. Please look into the documentation of your speech
- synthesizer for the command for speaking texts. You can find examples
- for the command in the appendix.
-
-
- By selecting Use Jovie speech service if possible you tell &kmouth;
- first to try to send the text to the Jovie speech service. If this succeeds the
- other configuration entries on this tab are ignored. The Jovie speech
- service is a &kde; daemon which gives &kde; applications a standardized
- interface for speech synthesis and is currently developed in Git. It
- is safe to select this option even if Jovie is not installed.
+ synthesizer for the command for speaking texts.
@@ -380,11 +385,6 @@
-
- The Jovie Speech Service page
- The configuration of the &kde; Speech Service is described in detail in the
- Jovie Handbook.
- The Phrase Book Edit Window
@@ -565,78 +565,6 @@
-
-
- The pop up menu of history entries
-
-
-
- Speak
-
-
- The selected sentences are spoken.
-
-
-
-
- Delete
-
-
- The selected sentences are removed from the history.
-
-
-
-
- Cut
-
-
- The selected sentences are deleted and placed on the clipboard.
-
-
-
-
- Copy
-
-
- The selected sentences are copied to the clipboard.
-
-
-
-
- Select All Entries
-
-
- All history entries are selected.
-
-
-
-
- Deselect All Entries
-
-
- All history entries are deselected.
-
-
-
-
- &Ctrl;O
- Open as History...
-
-
- Opens a text file into as history of spoken sentences.
-
-
-
-
-&Ctrl;S
- Save History As...
-
-
- Saves the history into a text file.
-
-
-
-
@@ -689,16 +617,6 @@
Exports the currently selected phrase(s) or phrase book(s) to a file
-
-
-
- &Ctrl;P
-
- File
- Print...
-
- Prints the currently selected phrase(s) or phrase book(s)
-
@@ -848,38 +766,11 @@
-
- Questions and Answers
-
- &reporting.bugs;
- &updating.documentation;
-
-
-
-
- I do not hear anything.
-
-
-
- Most likely you did not configure correctly (or at all) the
- text-to-speech command. Use
-
- SettingsConfigure &kmouth;...
- , open the page General Options
- and enter the command for speaking texts on the tab Text-to-Speech.
- (See section about the configuration
- dialog for the speech synthesizer for more details.)
-
-
-
-
-
-
Credits and License
- &kappname;
+ &kmouth;
Program copyright 2002-2004 Gunnar Schmi Dt gunnar@schmi-dt.de
@@ -894,10 +785,11 @@
&underGPL;
+