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festival can't do text-to-speech (Linux: can't open /dev/dsp)

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To: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>
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Subject: bug#52321: closed (festival can't do text-to-speech (Linux: can't
 open /dev/dsp))
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2021 05:06:01 +0000

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From: Luis Felipe <luis.felipe.la <at> protonmail.com>
To: "bug-guix <at> gnu.org" <bug-guix <at> gnu.org>
Subject: festival can't do text-to-speech (Linux: can't open /dev/dsp)
Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2021 23:20:45 +0000

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STEPS TO REPRODUCE

1. guix shell festival
2. echo Hello speech | festival --tts

EXPECTED RESULT

You can hear festival utters "Hello speech".

UNEXPECTED RESULT

There is no speech, and the following error is printed:

  Linux: can't open /dev/dsp

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Using flite, a synthesizer based on festival, just works. Also, following the steps in Debian produce the expected result.

SYSTEM INFORMATION

OS: Guix System f52719dfad7b7d3beb2b1211b6846196f3590823 x86_64 

Kernel: 5.13.15-gnu1 



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Luis Felipe López Acevedo
https://luis-felipe.gitlab.io/

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From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>
To: 52321-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: festival can't do text-to-speech (Linux: can't open /dev/dsp)
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2021 06:04:53 +0100

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