GNU bug report logs - #52321
festival can't do text-to-speech (Linux: can't open /dev/dsp)

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Luis Felipe <luis.felipe.la <at> protonmail.com>

Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2021 23:21:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Luis Felipe <luis.felipe.la <at> protonmail.com>
To: 52321 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#52321: 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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