Speech Dispatcher with compiled eSpeak NG on Ubuntu 24.04

speech-dispatcher-espeak-ng.md

This document lists commands to setup speech-dispatcher with compiled eSpeak-NG on Ubuntu 24.04.

Uninstall eSpeak NG:

sudo apt remove espeak-ng espeak-ng-data

Clone eSpeak NG from Github:

cd ~/git
git clone https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng.git

Compile the source code, including shared libs:

cd ~/git/espeak-ng
cmake -Bbuild -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
cmake --build build
cmake --build build --target data
sudo cmake --install build

Install speech-dispatcher-espeak-ng only, ignoring its dependencies:

apt-get download speech-dispatcher-espeak-ng
sudo dpkg -i --ignore-depends=libespeak-ng1,espeak-ng-data speech-dispatcher-espeak-ng_0.12.0~rc2-2build3_amd64.deb

Restart speech-dispatcher service:

sudo systemctl restart speech-dispatcher
sudo systemctl status speech-dispatcher

Test speech-dispatcher:

spd-say "Hi!"