/dev/dsp missing in debian and cannot hear festival utterance

Question

Tried to make an utterance in festival and it seems /dev/dsp/ is missing in the debian. How to add this?

festival> (SayText "Hello")
Linux: can't open /dev/dsp
#<Utterance 0xb669c708>

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 30 '14 at 15:21

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Had the same problem with a TV tuner card. Here is what to do:

sudo apt-get install alsa-utils alsa-oss

answered Jun 30 '14 at 15:21

Cornelius

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in debian after installin alsa and oss the snd-pcm-oss has to be loaded. modprobe snd-pcm-oss – pirateknight Jul 01 '14 at 11:06

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 13 '15 at 17:03

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Another solution would be to run the desired software using padsp, which is an OSS wrapper for Pulse Audio.

Simply run:

padsp festival

Note that it will use the default audio devices which you can change with your system's audio settings utility.

answered Jun 13 '15 at 17:03

Cornelius

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There is no need to post two answers to the same question. You may very well edit the first one, and as an edit the second possible solution. – MariusMatutiae Jun 14 '15 at 08:10

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