Support gst-plugins-espeak

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/speech.py b/speech.py
index e7793f4..11ff045 100644
--- a/speech.py
+++ b/speech.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2008 James D. Simmons
+# Copyright (C) 2009 Aleksey S. Lim
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -20,12 +21,17 @@ _logger = logging.getLogger('read-etexts-activity')
 
 supported = True
 
+import gst
+gst.element_factory_make('espeak')
+from speech_gst import *
+
 try:
     import gst
     gst.element_factory_make('espeak')
     from speech_gst import *
     _logger.info('use gst-plugins-espeak')
-except:
+except Exception, e:
+    _logger.info('disable gst-plugins-espeak: %s' % e)
     try:
         from speech_dispatcher import *
         _logger.info('use speech-dispatcher')
@@ -34,8 +40,8 @@ except:
         _logger.info('disable speech: %s' % e)
 
 voice = None
-pitch = PITCH_DEFAULT
-rate = RATE_DEFAULT
+pitch = 0
+rate = 0
 
 highlight_cb = None
 reset_cb = None