Debian speakup-modified installation?

[Kenny Hitt]

Hi.

Read the speakup users guide.  It explains it very well.  You can read
it on linux-speakup.org.  The author spent a lot of time writing it and
it clearly answers your questions.

          Kenny
	  
On Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 02:18:15PM +0200, Willem van der Walt wrote:
> 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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