festival "Linux: can't open /dev/dsp" error
fix
I tried using festival today just to realize it doesn't work
anymore.
For instance "echo test" |festival --tts would fail with the
annoying
"Linux: can't open /dev/dsp" error message. I found the solution in
ubuntuforums,
the solution is originally taken from "the Gentoo Speechd
Howto".
The solution is to create .festivalrc in your home as well as to
the homes of all users intending to use festival.
Here is how:
printf ";use ALSA\n(Parameter.set 'Audio_Method 'Audio_Command)\n(Parameter.set 'Audio_Command \"aplay -q -c 1 -t raw -f s16 -r \$SR \$FILE\")\n" > .festivalrc