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== '''KDE & gnome integration (mimic v1)''' == | == '''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: | Stop mimic with: | ||
<code>pkill mimic</code> | <code>pkill mimic</code> | ||
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:''' | '''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. | 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 | |||