Original BrickPi Bookreader
In this project we make an ebook reading robot with the BrickPi.
7. Setting Up the TTS Engine
For the TTS, we are using eSpeak. It works fine for our purposes: the voice is a little robotic, but it does the job. Here is a definitive guide to TTS on RPi.
First test if the audio is working on the Raspberry Pi. Plug a headphone or speakers in the audio jack and run the following command:
aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/*
If you are able to hear the sounds, move to the next step! If not, this tutorial may help you setup the audio.
Next, install eSpeak. Run the following in terminal:
sudo apt-get install espeak
After it successfully installed, run the following command (disregard error messages on the terminal if you can hear sound):
espeak “hello”
If you are able to hear “hello” from the headphones or the speakers, then move to the next step.