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speech-dispatcher package

Regression: Running speech-dispatcher with custom config file not reflected in orca TTS engine/voices list

Bug #571959 reported by TommyBoy on 2010-04-30

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	Speech Dispatcher	Fix Released	Unknown	debbugs #612622
	speech-dispatcher (Ubuntu)	Triaged	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: speech-dispatcher

When running speech-dispatcher with a custom config file with extra TTS engines configures Orca does not list the engines from the custom speechd.conf rather from the ~/.speech-dispatcher/conf directory copy. This is unexpected behaviour. Historically this has worked.

To reproduce:
cp your speechd.conf to a new directiry
killall speech-dispatcher; speech-dispatcher -C ~/oath to moved config file
orca
Preferences -> check engine voices list

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: speech-dispatcher 0.6.8~unofficial~rc2-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Apr 30 01:12:59 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta i386 (20100318)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(cusUser Name, no user)
LANG=en_GB.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: speech-dispatcher

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TommyBoy (thomaslloyd) wrote on 2010-04-30:

Dependencies.txt Edit (1.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Charlie Kravetz (charlie-tca) on 2011-02-09

tags:

added: a11y regression-release

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Charlie Kravetz (charlie-tca) wrote on 2011-02-09:

Thanks for reporting this bug and any supporting documentation. Since this bug has enough information provided for a developer to begin work, I'm going to mark it as confirmed and let them handle it from here.

I am able to reproduce this issue by making changes in /etc/speech-dispatcher/conf/speechd.conf instead of ~/.speech-dispatcher/speechd.conf. Those changes made outside the users conf file are ignored.

This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments at: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=612622

Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better!

Changed in speech-dispatcher (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Triaged

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2011-02-11

Changed in speechd:
status:	Unknown → New

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Josep Pujadas-Jubany (jpujades) wrote on 2012-05-16:

12.04
I think some engine voices need to be started as server before starting speech-dispatcher. If not, the don't appear as a choice in orca preferences.
Please see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/festival/+bug/692996/comments/6

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Paul Gevers (paul-climbing) wrote on 2014-01-12:

> I am able to reproduce this issue by making changes in /etc/speech-dispatcher/conf/speechd.conf
> instead of ~/.speech-dispatcher/speechd.conf. Those changes made outside the users conf file are ignored.

This is to be expected. Local changes should ALWAYS overrule global changes. That is the whole idea of inheritance of configuration.

However, if speech-dispatcher does not take configuration from the -C option into account that is indeed a bug (is that the case?) TommyBoy: does the comment from message 3 help you with this bug, or do you still think that the -C option is ignored.

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Josep Pujadas-Jubany (jpujades) wrote on 2018-04-16:

Similar problem. I had to do a workaround:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/speech-dispatcher/+bug/1764086