[raspberry-vi] Re: Linux voices

  • From: Christopher Emery <cpe.list@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: raspberry-vi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:34:23 -0400

Hello Michael,
No I didn't get any sound (sad face).  Is this because I am sshing into the
pi?  If so how can I get sound to come out of my computer setup that I am
sshing / remoting into ?

Sincerely in Christ,
Christopher

On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 10:16 AM, Michael A. Ray <mike.ray@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Chris,
>
> It's normal to get these errors.  I don't know how to get rid of them.
>
> You still got the speech though, right?
>
> You could avoid these errors by doing this:
>
> espeak "text to be spoken" 2> /dev/null
>
> That directs error text to go to /dev/null which is just a 'bit bucket',
> a kind of black hole into which to throw stuff.
>
> You could create an alias command for espeak and not have to type '2>
> /dev/null' after every command.
>
> It's useful when running something that takes a long time, like:
>
> sudo apt-get upgrade
>
> To put a command which will tell you when it's done:
>
> sudo apt-get upgrade && espeak "Finished upgrade" 2> /dev/null
>
> Although in the above example the text will only be spoken if the
> command before the '&&' succeeds.
>
> Mike
>


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