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== '''KDE & gnome integration (eSpeak-NG)''' == | |||
This setup will let you read text with mimic tts from '''any application''' on your system simply by pressing a keyboard command. | |||
After installing eSpeak-ng on your system adding this line to a custom keyboard shortcut in KDE or Gnome. | |||
<code>xsel > /tmp/speak.txt | espeak-ng -f "/tmp/speak.txt" | pkill xsel</code> | |||
Type <code>man espeak-ng</code> in your terminal to see a list of options for this speech engine. | |||
To stop espeak-ng we can use the following command: | |||
<code>pkill espeak-ng</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 espeak-ng</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 espeak-ng</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:''' | |||
<code>xsel > my_file_name.txt</code> (over rights the text in the file with highlighted text) | |||
<code>espeak-ng -f</code> (calls the espeak-ng tts engine to start reading a file inside the "") | |||
<code>pkill xsel</code> (stops the computer starting a new process for xsel every time this command is run). | |||
<code>pkill espeak-ng</code> (stops espeak-ng). | |||