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If this the Pi 1, I don't really recommend it for use with the screen reader (or for Kodi in general for that matter). In any case, you should have the screen reader use an external player or have the speech program output directly, rather that have it use the default Kodi PlaySFX method. That seems to have helped this sort of thing in the past.

Hello,
This is a pi 2 actually. I'm new to this so I have no idea, what do you mean by the screen reader being used on an external player?
Currently i hear espeak from my tv speakers, as same as kodi's output.

In Kodi go to System:Settings:Add-ons:My add-ons:Services and click on Kodi Screen Reader. From there click on Configure. You will get a settings dialog. Select 'Default TTS Engine' and choose eSpeak. Change 'Play Speech Directly Via eSpeak' to Yes.

To make these settings more accessible, you can go the the Keymap section in these settings and select 'Install Default Keymap'. Once you've done that, you will be able to access these settings by pressing F6.
For a list key actions this enables, check out this post.

Hi there!
Thanks for the instructions. I did all of that, + allowed the screen reader to speak while media is playing. I also went onto OSMC program and overclocked my raspberry pi to turbo.
Now my system is less sluggish and screen reader won't be muted if i idle the device.
Some new problem appeared though. I'm not sure if it's my device limitations, or it's a known issue. whenever Espeak speaks a long text, (for example kodi errors) the second part of the text becomes... kind of slow, distorted with cut outs.
for example:
"Error. The source file is not available. could not connect to the server. w-w-o-uld y-y-ou l-liik-kee t-to c-co-ontinue?"