Voicepeak on NixOS

This creates an FHS environment to support Voicepeak on NixOS.

Quick Install

Run the install script to download and set up everything:

./install.sh

This will:

1. Download the Voicepeak downloader
2. Fetch the Voicepeak zip file
3. Extract Voicepeak
4. Build the Nix FHS environment

Manual Setup

1. Build the FHS environment:

   nix-build shell.nix -o result
   

2. Extract Voicepeak (if not already done):

   unzip Voicepeak-linux64.zip
   

Running Voicepeak

Enter the FHS environment and run voicepeak:

./result/bin/voicepeak-env
cd Voicepeak
./voicepeak

Or run directly:

./result/bin/voicepeak-env -c "cd /SSD/CSdev/voicepeak/Voicepeak && ./voicepeak"

CLI Usage

Voicepeak also supports command-line usage:

./result/bin/voicepeak-env -c "cd /SSD/CSdev/voicepeak/Voicepeak && ./voicepeak --help"

Options:

• -s, --say Text - Text to say
• -t, --text File - Text file to say
• -o, --out File - Path of output file
• -n, --narrator Name - Name of voice (check --list-narrator)
• -e, --emotion Expr - Emotion expression (e.g., happy=50,sad=50)
• --list-narrator - Print voice list
• --list-emotion Narrator - Print emotion list for given voice
• --speed Value - Speed (50 - 200)
• --pitch Value - Pitch (-300 - 300)

Notes

• The iconv_open is not supported message appears on other distros too and can be ignored.
• User settings are stored in Voicepeak/usersettings/