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While setting up a Mycroft device installer will ask to build Mimic 1 locally. If you initially skipped this you can also re-run dev_setup.sh with a -fm flag for "force mimic".<blockquote>./dev_setup.sh -fm</blockquote>You can do the opposite, by running flag to "skip mimic":<blockquote>./dev_setup.sh -sm</blockquote>

== ~~'''~~KDE & gnome integration (mimic v1)''' ==

== Installation (mimic v1) ==

===== On Arch based distros =====

Install from the AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/mimic

===== On Debian based distros =====

<code>$ sudo apt-get install gcc make pkg-config automake libtool libasound2-dev</code>

===== On Fedora based distros =====

<code>$ sudo dnf install gcc make pkgconfig automake libtool alsa-lib-devel</code>

Mimic v1 source: https://github.com/MycroftAI/mimic1

== KDE & gnome integration (mimic v1) ==

This setup will let you read text with mimic tts from '''any application''' on your system simply by pressing a keyboard command.

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Stop mimic with:

<code>pkill mimic</code>

'''Important:''' as these commands are run as a scrip instead of in a full shell environment its best to put the full path to each application you call, for example: usr/bin/xsel & usr/bin/mimic etc.

In gnome open system settings then go to: Keyboard » Customise Shortcuts » Custom Shortcuts » + and make two new shortcuts, one to start reading using the line above and another shortcut to stop reading with the <code>pkill mimic</code> command.

In KDE open system settings then go to: Shortcuts » Custom Shortcuts and make to new shortcuts one to start reading using the line above and another shortcut to stop reading with the <code>pkill mimic</code> command.

Create a file for xsel to store the text you want to read. In this example this file is in the /tmp directory and is called speak.txt (but you can use a different file name and directory if you like).

'''What do these commands and switch’s do:'''

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There are quite a few voices installed with Mimic, the voice slt was my favourite. Type: <code>mimic -lv</code> in terminal to see a list of installed voices. Type: <code>man mimic</code> to see all the options and switches.

Mimic is built on flite tts and the commands are the same as far as I can see.

Mimic is built on [https://github.com/festvox/flite flite-tts] and the commands are the same as far as I can see.

Source: https://ebenfarnworth.substack.com/p/text-to-speech-tts-on-linux

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 While setting up a Mycroft device installer will ask to build Mimic 1 locally. If you initially skipped this you can also re-run dev_setup.sh with a -fm flag for "force mimic".<blockquote>./dev_setup.sh -fm</blockquote>You can do the opposite, by running flag to "skip mimic":<blockquote>./dev_setup.sh -sm</blockquote>
-== '''KDE & gnome integration (mimic v1)''' ==
+== Installation (mimic v1) ==
+===== On Arch based distros =====
+Install from the AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/mimic
+===== On Debian based distros =====
+ <code>$ sudo apt-get install gcc make pkg-config automake libtool libasound2-dev</code>
+===== On Fedora based distros =====
+ <code>$ sudo dnf install gcc make pkgconfig automake libtool alsa-lib-devel</code>
+Mimic v1 source: https://github.com/MycroftAI/mimic1
+== KDE & gnome integration (mimic v1) ==
+This setup will let you read text with mimic tts from '''any application''' on your system simply by pressing a keyboard command.
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 Stop mimic with:
   <code>pkill mimic</code>
+'''Important:''' as these commands are run as a scrip instead of in a full shell environment its best to put the full path to each application you call, for example: usr/bin/xsel & usr/bin/mimic etc.
+In gnome open system settings then go to: Keyboard » Customise Shortcuts » Custom Shortcuts » + and make two new shortcuts, one to start reading using the line above and another shortcut to stop reading with the <code>pkill mimic</code> command.
+In KDE open system settings then go to: Shortcuts » Custom Shortcuts and make to new shortcuts one to start reading using the line above and another shortcut to stop reading with the <code>pkill mimic</code> command.
+Create a file for xsel to store the text you want to read. In this example this file is in the /tmp directory and is called speak.txt (but you can use a different file name and directory if you like).
 '''What do these commands and switch’s do:'''
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 There are quite a few voices installed with Mimic, the voice slt was my favourite. Type: <code>mimic -lv</code> in terminal to see a list of installed voices. Type: <code>man mimic</code> to see all the options and switches.
-Mimic is built on flite tts and the commands are the same as far as I can see.
+Mimic is built on [https://github.com/festvox/flite flite-tts] and the commands are the same as far as I can see.
+Source: https://ebenfarnworth.substack.com/p/text-to-speech-tts-on-linux