I’m dyslexic and have always relied on Text-to-Speech (TTS) software with clipboard functionality on my Windows PC and laptop. Since switching my laptop over to Linux Lite, I’ve been searching for a reliable TTS desktop application. So far, I’ve only come across eSpeak and Festival, but the voice quality is awful. I installed them through the terminal, yet configuring them has been a nightmare.

At the moment, I’m using Read Aloud and ReadX TTS extensions in Chrome and Edge, which sound much better than eSpeak or Festival—but they don’t always work consistently.

Does anyone know of a good TTS desktop program for Linux that supports clipboard reading?

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Install Updates Error Log
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Install Updates could not fetch the package cache information lists.
Go to https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/ and paste the log below into
a new or existing thread for assistance.

============ Log ===========

Ign:1 cdrom://Linux Lite 7.6 - Release amd64 dists/ InRelease
Ign:2 cdrom://Linux 24.04 - Release amd64 dists/ InRelease
Err:3 cdrom://Linux Lite 7.6 - Release amd64 dists/ Release
  Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs
Err:4 cdrom://Linux 24.04 - Release amd64 dists/ Release
  Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs
Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble InRelease [256 kB]
Ign:6 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu noble InRelease
Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports InRelease [126 kB]
Err:9 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu noble Release
  404  Not Found [IP: 2620:2d:4000:1003::3c9 80]
Get:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security InRelease [126 kB]
Get:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates InRelease [126 kB]
Get:12 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/main amd64 Packages [1,401 kB]
Get:13 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/main i386 Packages [1,041 kB]
Get:14 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/main Translation-en [513 kB]
Get:15 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/main amd64 c-n-f Metadata [30.5 kB]
Get:16 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/restricted amd64 Packages [93.9 kB]
Get:17 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/restricted i386 Packages [14.7 kB]
Get:18 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/restricted Translation-en [18.7 kB]
Get:19 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/restricted amd64 c-n-f Metadata [416 B]
Get:20 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/universe i386 Packages [8,514 kB]
Get:7 https://repo.linuxliteos.com/linuxlite galena InRelease [2,124 B]
Get:21 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/universe amd64 Packages [15.0 MB]
Get:22 https://repo.linuxliteos.com/linuxlite galena/main i386 Packages [15.7 kB]
Get:23 https://repo.linuxliteos.com/linuxlite galena/main amd64 Packages [27.0 kB]
Get:24 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/universe Translation-en [5,982 kB]
Get:25 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/universe amd64 c-n-f Metadata [301 kB]
Get:26 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports/main i386 Packages [33.0 kB]
Get:27 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports/main amd64 Packages [40.4 kB]
Get:28 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports/main Translation-en [9,208 B]
Get:29 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports/main amd64 c-n-f Metadata [368 B]
Get:30 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports/restricted amd64 c-n-f Metadata [116 B]
Get:31 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports/universe amd64 Packages [28.9 kB]
Get:32 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports/universe i386 Packages [15.8 kB]
Get:33 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports/universe Translation-en [17.5 kB]
Get:34 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports/universe amd64 c-n-f Metadata [1,444 B]
Get:35 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports/multiverse amd64 c-n-f Metadata [116 B]
Get:36 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security/main i386 Packages [357 kB]
Get:37 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security/main amd64 Packages [1,340 kB]
Get:38 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security/main Translation-en [219 kB]
Get:39 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security/main amd64 c-n-f Metadata [9,452 B]
Get:40 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security/restricted amd64 Packages [2,194 kB]
Get:41 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security/restricted i386 Packages [21.9 kB]
Get:42 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security/restricted Translation-en [501 kB]
Get:43 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security/restricted amd64 c-n-f Metadata [500 B]
Get:44 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security/universe amd64 Packages [915 kB]
Get:45 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security/universe i386 Packages [565 kB]
Get:46 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security/universe Translation-en [206 kB]
Get:47 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security/universe amd64 c-n-f Metadata [19.5 kB]
Get:48 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security/multiverse amd64 Packages [27.4 kB]
Get:49 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security/multiverse i386 Packages [6,072 B]
Get:50 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security/multiverse Translation-en [5,956 B]
Get:51 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security/multiverse amd64 c-n-f Metadata [384 B]
Get:52 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/main i386 Packages [554 kB]
Get:53 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/main amd64 Packages [1,620 kB]
Get:54 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/main Translation-en [303 kB]
Get:55 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/main amd64 c-n-f Metadata [15.7 kB]
Get:56 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/restricted amd64 Packages [2,307 kB]
Get:57 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/restricted i386 Packages [24.2 kB]
Get:58 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/restricted Translation-en [526 kB]
Get:59 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/restricted amd64 c-n-f Metadata [516 B]
Get:60 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/universe i386 Packages [990 kB]
Get:61 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/universe amd64 Packages [1,500 kB]
Get:62 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/universe Translation-en [304 kB]
Get:63 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/universe amd64 c-n-f Metadata [31.4 kB]
Get:64 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [7,236 B]
Get:65 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages [30.3 kB]
Get:66 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/multiverse Translation-en [5,808 B]
Get:67 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/multiverse amd64 c-n-f Metadata [484 B]
Reading package lists...
E: The repository 'cdrom://Linux Lite 7.6 - Release amd64 dists/ Release' does not have a Release file.
E: The repository 'cdrom://Linux 24.04 - Release amd64 dists/ Release' does not have a Release file.
E: The repository 'http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu noble Release' does not have a Release file.

Some experimental midnight rider looks for Linux Lite 7 and some more for Debian.

https://dbts-analytics.com/midridwip.html

TC

I gave LLOS 5.8 on a USB external drive.  I want to install 6.6 on the same drive and dual boot both.  I have 4 additional partitions for this, but am getting hung up on where to put the boot files.

Hi.
I need some help.

============ Log ===========

Atg:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security InRelease
Atg:3 https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt xenial InRelease
Atg:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble InRelease
Atg:5 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/mozillateam/ppa/ubuntu noble InRelease
Atg:6 https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable InRelease
Atg:7 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/mozilla...ext/ubuntu noble InRelease
Atg:8 https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Atg:9 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates InRelease
Ign:10 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/oguzhan...cer/ubuntu noble InRelease
Atg:11 https://packages.mozilla.org/apt mozilla InRelease
Atg:12 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/qbittor...ble/ubuntu noble InRelease
Atg:2 https://repo.linuxliteos.com/linuxlite galena InRelease
Atg:13 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports InRelease
Err:14 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/oguzhan...cer/ubuntu noble Release
  404  Not Found [IP: 185.125.190.80 443]
Ign:15 http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu noble InRelease
Atg:16 http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu noble Release
A ler as listas de pacotes...
W: https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt/d.../InRelease: A chave é armazenada no chaveiro legado trust.gpg (/etc/apt/trusted.gpg), veja a seção DEPRECATION em apt-key(8) para detalhes.
E: The repository 'https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/oguzhaninan/stacer/ubuntu noble Release' does not have a Release file.
W: https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/mozilla.../InRelease: Signature by key 0AB215679C571D1C8325275B9BDB3D89CE49EC21 uses weak algorithm (rsa1024)
W: https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/mozilla.../InRelease: Signature by key 0AB215679C571D1C8325275B9BDB3D89CE49EC21 uses weak algorithm (rsa1024)

Thanks
Pedro

===========================
Install Updates Error Log
===========================

Install Updates could not fetch the package cache information lists.
Go to https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/ and paste the log below into
a new or existing thread for assistance.

============ Log ===========

Ign:1 cdrom://Linux Lite 7.6 - Release amd64 dists/ InRelease
Ign:2 cdrom://Linux 24.04 - Release amd64 dists/ InRelease
Err:3 cdrom://Linux Lite 7.6 - Release amd64 dists/ Release
  Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs
Err:4 cdrom://Linux 24.04 - Release amd64 dists/ Release
  Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs
Hit:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble InRelease
Ign:7 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu noble InRelease
Hit:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports InRelease
Err:9 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu noble Release
  404  Not Found [IP: 2620:2d:4000:1003::3c9 80]
Hit:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security InRelease
Hit:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates InRelease
Hit:5 https://repo.linuxliteos.com/linuxlite galena InRelease
Reading package lists...
E: The repository 'cdrom://Linux Lite 7.6 - Release amd64 dists/ Release' does not have a Release file.
E: The repository 'cdrom://Linux 24.04 - Release amd64 dists/ Release' does not have a Release file.
E: The repository 'http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu noble Release' does not have a Release file.

===========================
Install Updates Error log
===========================
Install Updates could not successfully download and install available updates.
Go to https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/ and paste the log below into the Software - Support - Updates section for assistance.

============ Log ===========

E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.

Booting LinuxLite now takes up to 5 minutes!

Here is the output from "systemd-analyze blame"

Quote:5min 53ms networking.service
  5.527s NetworkManager-wait-online.service
  5.019s systemd-networkd-wait-online.service
  3.390s hddtemp.service
  3.347s lightdm.service
  3.336s plymouth-quit-wait.service
  1.555s snapd.seeded.service
  1.511s systemd-udev-settle.service
  1.362s snapd.service
    994ms blueman-mechanism.service

Quote:[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/lib/systemd/systemd-networkd-wait-online --timeout=5
RemainAfterExit=yes

Hello, i noticed that when i close my laptop's lid for one reason or another and then re-open it again later LL don't ask for my password like windows does.
For me that's a serious security flaw as anyone could just open the lid and then get access to laptop, how can i prevent this?
The box "Lock screen when system is going to sleep" was already checked and re-doing it changed nothing.

Hello, i recently switched to LL after having a bad time with windows 11.
I'm mostly loving the OS so far and this forum just looks really nice, it's a pleasure to meet y'all!