[ruuk]

hi all,

i have something for the todo list.
there seems to be a heavy load when you run the addon on a raspberry pi.
the load seems to be peak at around 1.37.
is it planned to use speech dispatcher under linux to maybe ease the pressure on systems?

tested with recent openelec and the tts addon 0.0.30.

greetings,
simon

Using speech dispatcher would actually increase pressure on the system, because it just adds another layer between the addon and the speech engine. The problem is probably due to the fact that we currently detect changes by polling the interface. For responsiveness I have eSpeak set to poll every 50ms. This combined with the slow speed of the Pi may also be responsible for the stumbling over words you mentioned before. I'm going to add the ability to override the poll frequency in settings and then you can play with that and see if it improves the situation. If you find a setting that works best, I can make that the default for the Pi.