eSpeak: Connection refused (111)

[AwesomeTux]

Hello,

I recently upgraded to Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) and now when I run "espeak" in a terminal I receive this error:

bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111)
bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111)

And eSpeak, doesn't speak the text I input. I suspect it's a small problem, but, I don't know how to fix it. Please help. Any suggestions?

[AwesomeTux]

Really? No one can help me on this one?

[zpreston]

I have this same problem too and am still looking for an answer...

[psyke83]

If you're using Ubuntu (i.e., the GNOME environment), the problem is most likely to be a PulseAudio misconfiguration. See my tutorial to ensure you have a clean configuration, and there are troubleshooting steps you can use.

P.S. espeak works fine here.

[AwesomeTux]

If you're using Ubuntu (i.e., the GNOME environment), the problem is most likely to be a PulseAudio misconfiguration. See my tutorial to ensure you have a clean configuration, and there are troubleshooting steps you can use.

P.S. espeak works fine here.

Thank you for help. But my eSpeak is still broken.

I did notice if I stop pulseaudio, then run "sudo espeak" it still tells me...

bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111)
bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111)

But, it works, I hear speech when I input text. So I think it has something to do with permission/privileges.

[zpreston]

Thank you for help. But my eSpeak is still broken.

I did notice if I stop pulseaudio, then run "sudo espeak" it still tells me...

bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111)
bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111)

But, it works, I hear speech when I input text. So I think it has something to do with permission/privileges.

Similar thing here, I tried some troubleshooting things when I googled the error message, but they didn't work. I still haven't had a chance to try Awesome's tutorial yet though. When I am Root, I will hear what I type, but still get the error message. Strange, but it works I guess. I will try that tutorial and then report the results.

[froller]

Same problem here after upgrade. I turned my bluetooth services back on:

System -> Administration -> Services

and it cleared the problem up. Turn them back on and they return. Config bug with bluetooth?

I am on an aspire 7520 amd64 build in gnome.

[AwesomeTux]

Same problem here after upgrade. I turned my bluetooth services back on:

System -> Administration -> Services

and it cleared the problem up. Turn them back on and they return. Config bug with bluetooth?

I am on an aspire 7520 amd64 build in gnome.

THANK YOU SO MUCH! The error is gone.

But, still, when I type "espeak Hello" I hear "Hehl-" and it cuts out before he can finish saying "Hello." It's not quite fixed.

[pdc124]

did you ever fix this ?
Im still struggling

[Ter Rymon]

Espeak that is currently in repos for Jaunty has a bug in that it is speaking words incorrectly (i.e. way too fast or speaking only the first few words)

Espeak is not broken entirely just a bit buggy.

Two current work-a-rounds are as follows (choose the one that best fits your use):

1) pipe espeak output through aplay in a bash script

%words = "hello world"
espeak --stdout %words | aplay

or 2)install Gnome Espeaker front-end:

http://gespeaker.googlecode.com/file...er_0.6_all.deb

I use both.