Re: speechd.service for systemd

[Jude DaShiell]

I found where to put speechd.service and got it working in root and user
directories.  When I ran spd-conf and tested speechdispatcher I got the
message that speechdispatcher was being tested.  Is that message
confirmation that speechdispatcher is working or only the test message?
on this point.


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On Thu, 4 Jan 2024, Jude DaShiell wrote:

> Where should this file exist so systemd can find and enable it on an
> archlinux system?
> As things stand now, I'm using pipewire with wireplumber and although
> spd-say speaks when run from command line it cannot speak its working
> message inside spd-conf and paplay plays a sound outside spd-conf it also
> fails to run properly inside spd-conf and produce a sound.  I'm using
> speechdispatcher-git from aur repository hoping to have better luck with
> that than the version in extra repository.  I have had espeak-ng running
> on this system and got fenrir running.
> Interesting thing is fenrir does not come up as a speech synthesizer
> choice in spd-conf and neither does alsa or libao both of which are
> installed among other audio systems and this user is in the audio group.
> I figured speechdispatcher in some version could work on this system as
> expected but that isn't the case for some reason or reasons.
>
> The speechd.service I have is as follows and I don't know if it's correct
> either.
>
> [Unit]
> Description=speechd.service
> [Service]
> Type=oneshot
> RemainAfterExit=yes
> ExecStart=/usr/bin/speech-dispatcher -d
> #TimeoutSec=0
> RemainAfterExit=yes
> [Install]
> WantedBy=multi-user.target
>
>
>