How To Install ncid-speak on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install ncid-speak in Fedora 36. ncid-speak is NCID speak module speaks Caller ID information via voice synthesis

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ncid-speak on Fedora 36.

What is `ncid-speak`

The NCID speak module announces Caller Id information verbally, using the Festival text-to-speech voice synthesis system.

We can use yum or dnf to install ncid-speak on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ncid-speak.

Install ncid-speak on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ncid-speak using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ncid-speak

Install ncid-speak on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ncid-speak using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ncid-speak

How To Uninstall ncid-speak on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the ncid-speak package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ncid-speak

ncid-speak Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/ncid/conf.d/ncid-speak.conf
/usr/lib/systemd/system/ncid-speak.service
/usr/share/doc/ncid-speak
/usr/share/doc/ncid-speak/README-modules
/usr/share/doc/ncid-speak/VERSION
/usr/share/man/man1/ncid-speak.1.gz
/usr/share/ncid/modules/ncid-speak

References

ncid-speak website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ncid-speak on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).