Debian speakup-modified installation?

[Willem van der Walt]

Hi,
How does one then select a specific speech device?
When there are modules, one can say:
modprobe speakup_dectlk or modprobe speakup_sftsyn.
Doe you simply echo the correct word to /proc/speakup/synth?
TIA
Willem


On Mon, 11 Jul 2005, Kenny Hitt wrote:

> Hi.
>
> The Debian speakup kernels have speakup built in instead of being
> modules.
>
> Hope this helps.
>          Kenny
>
> On Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 08:40:17AM +0200, Willem van der Walt wrote:
>> Hello,
>> Once the laptop was running, I ssh-ed intoo it from my desktop where I
>> have speech.
>> I looked for the speakup kernel modules and could not find them.
>> It does look like the standard 2.6 kernel.
>> Regards, Willem
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 8 Jul 2005, John G. Heim wrote:
>>
>>> One mistake I made the first time I installed speakup is that I installed
>>> the 2.6 kernel instead of the 2.4 speakup-modified kernel. You're given a
>>> choice but if you install the 2.6 kernel, then you don't get speakup.
>>>
>>> One thing that isn't clear in your message is how you know speakup isn't
>>> there. You don't have a synth so obviously, it's not speaking. You say you
>>> have sighted assistance so I'm guessing your friend installed it for you?
>>> Probably speech wasn't working during the install either, right?
>>>
>>> I have an external synth but I know that if I don't have it connected and
>>> turned on at boot time, I don't get speech. There is probably some way to
>>> get it started but usually, I just reboot.
>>>
>>>
>>> At 10:16 AM 7/8/2005, you wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>> I downloaded the Debian modified distribution with speakup built in.
>>>> I want to get software speech going on a laptop for which i do not have a
>>>> hw synth.
>>>> I'll have some sighted help.
>>>> I tried and got a linux running, but it does not look as if speakup is
>>>> there.
>>>> I will ssh into the laptop once the linux is running from my desktop.
>>>> I intend to then configure the software speech.  Most people here are
>>>> using Debian, but I have only worked with Redhat/Fedora  reasently
>>>> and with Slacware long ago.
>>>> Any tips welcome.
>>>> TIA
>>>> Willem
>>>>
>>>>
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