We are told that version 25.01.25 has text to speech, all I can find is speech to text. I have installed docker.io. Please, how do I access text to speech?
Version 25.01 is old and the heading in the release notes specifies exactly which parts of the UI where it is. It is not available for Flatpak.
Thanks Dan, I slipped up, downloaded 25.10 then selected the wrong Appimage!
Having corrected my error and tried again, the docker download fails each time: “docker pull mltframework/kokorodoki failed”. A test of the voice in the tts box, I tried British English Alice, works.
I am using the Appimage on MXLinux 23.6.1 KDE if that helps.
Maybe you do not have docker installed and not a member of the docker user group. You need to learn how to setup Docker on MX Linux. It is not super convenient on that distro. You should do your own web search in addition to the following instructions if you run into a problem:
Setting up Docker on MX Linux involves installing the Docker Engine using the official Debian repositories, as MX Linux is based on Debian.
- Update System Packages:
sudo apt updatesudo apt upgrade
- Install Dependencies (you probably already have these):
sudo apt install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl gnupg lsb-release
- Add Docker’s GPG Key:
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/debian/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg
- Add Docker Repository:
Determine your MX Linux’s corresponding Debian release codename (e.g., bullseye for MX 21, buster for MX 19).
echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/debian $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
Note: Replace $(lsb_release -cs) with the appropriate codename if it doesn’t automatically detect correctly.
- Install Docker Engine:
sudo apt updatesudo apt install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin
- Manage Docker as a Non-Root User (Optional but Recommended):
Add your user to the docker group to run Docker commands without sudo.
sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
You will need to log out and log back in, or reboot, for this change to take effect.
- Verify Docker Installation:
docker run hello-world
This command downloads and runs a test image, printing a confirmation message if Docker is installed correctly.
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I ran into several problems, the instructions didn’t work and my research didn’t help much either, but did give me a reason to change my distro.
FYI I tried Linux Mint Xfce. the download job indicator stopped at 10%, stayed there for several minutes then reported failed. I went back to my favourite distro, Manjaro KDE, the download reported failed immediately.
I discovered Speech Notes, so I won’t be pursuing this further. Again, thanks for your help