speakup

[Lukas Loehrer]

mike coulombe writes ("speakup"):
> Hi, Is there a volume control key for speakup.
> I have always used yasr, but saw another post and got it working on ubuntu.
> The problem is the sound volume is very low.
> I know I can edit the file, but it seems to me speakup has a key to increase the volume.

Yes, the keys are Insert+1 and Insert+2, but they seem to have no
effect when speakup is used with speech-dispatcher. 

The reason why the volume is so low is that the configuration file

/etc/speech-dispatcher/modules/espeak-generic.conf

is incorrect. Here are the correct settings:

GenericVolumeAdd        50
GenericVolumeMultiply   50

Edit the above file and do:

sudo /etc/init.d/speech-dispatcher reload

The volume keys still will not work but at least the volume is now at
the sensible level.

Best regards, Lukas