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Terminal, say, problem with voice -v "Daniel"

Hello,


When I use command say in Terminal, I get the following problem:

% say -v Daniel "whats up" 
Open speech channel failed: -108

This error occurs only with the voice "Daniel", all the other voices work correctly and I hear the speech, e.g.

% say -v "Alex" "whats up"


Has anyone else met similar problem or may know a solution to this?


I'm using Macbook Air with macOS Big Sur, Version 11.5.2


With Best, Petri

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.5

Posted on Aug 29, 2021 10:48 PM

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Posted on Aug 30, 2021 3:06 AM

It turned out that the voice of Daniel was lost during an update for the OS. This problem was now solved following these rules:


Add a new voice

  1. On your Mac, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click Accessibility, then click Spoken Content. ...
  2. Click the System Voice pop-up menu, then choose Customize.
  3. Select the checkbox beside the voices you want to add. ...
  4. When you're done selecting voices, click OK.


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Aug 30, 2021 3:06 AM in response to petri-lesk

It turned out that the voice of Daniel was lost during an update for the OS. This problem was now solved following these rules:


Add a new voice

  1. On your Mac, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click Accessibility, then click Spoken Content. ...
  2. Click the System Voice pop-up menu, then choose Customize.
  3. Select the checkbox beside the voices you want to add. ...
  4. When you're done selecting voices, click OK.


Terminal, say, problem with voice -v "Daniel"

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