Speakup without a synth

Chris Norman chris.norman4 at ntlworld.com
Mon Jul 18 15:39:26 UTC 2005


Right, ok then.

With the install, do I tell speakup to use the spkout keyword to send it to 
the sound card?

Cheers,

Chris Norman.

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Subject: Re: Speakup without a synth


> Well, what you do is capture the understanding you gain as you learn to
> make it work in a document and then share it with us for comments. At
> the end of the process you have something that could be a FAQ.
>
> Chris Norman writes:
>> I could write you a FAQ if I understood.
>>
>> I'll have a look and then post again.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Chris Norman.
>>
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>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net>
>> To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list at redhat.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 3:21 PM
>> Subject: Re: Speakup without a synth
>>
>>
>> >Yes, but you'll need to get speech0-dispatcher (and speechd_up) compiled
>> >and working. You'll also need to get flite (or some other software TTS
>> >engine). Troll via Google for messages on this subject. It has been
>> >discussed in the past quite thoroughly. Perhaps you wil write up the FAQ
>> >for us so we don't have to keep answering this way?
>> >
>> >Chris Norman writes:
>> >>I don't need to install with speach, I have parents who can help with 
>> >>the
>> >>install, it's just for when I'm actually using the thing, I'll need it 
>> >>to
>> >>speak, but I don't have, or want to buy a synth. Can it work just 
>> >>through
>> >>my onboard sound card or headphones or something?
>> >>
>> >>Cheers,
>> >>
>> >>Chris Norman.
>> >>
>> >><!-- chris.norman4 at ntlworld.com -->
>> >>----- Original Message ----- 
>> >>From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net>
>> >>To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list at redhat.com>
>> >>Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 10:47 PM
>> >>Subject: Re: Speakup without a synth
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>>It will compile speech-dispatcher and you can find flite rpms for it.
>> >>>You cannot install with speech unless you use a hardware synth.
>> >>>
>> >>>Chris Norman writes:
>> >>>>I am using the modified fedora 3 distro. I have it coming from
>> >>>>ftp.linux-speakup.org.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>Cheers,
>> >>>>
>> >>>>Chris Norman.
>> >>>>
>> >>>><!-- chris.norman4 at ntlworld.com -->
>> >>>>----- Original Message ----- 
>> >>>>From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net>
>> >>>>To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list at redhat.com>
>> >>>>Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 1:42 PM
>> >>>>Subject: Re: Speakup without a synth
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>Chris Norman writes:
>> >>>>>>Hi guys, I've just read the how-to on the speakup page (while I'm
>> >>>>>>downloading the images), and it keeps saying about hardware
>> >>>>>>synthasizers.
>> >>>>>>The problem is, I don't have one, I've been running Hal and 
>> >>>>>>SuperNova
>> >>>>>>for
>> >>>>>>all my years of using computers, can I run Linux and SpeakUp 
>> >>>>>>without
>> >>>>>>buying a synthasizer?
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>Yes, maybe. But, you cannot install using speech without a hardware
>> >>>>>synth.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>I say "maybe," because I have not had success compiling
>> >>>>>speech-dispatcher under gcc-4, but you are probably downloading a
>> >>>>>distro
>> >>>>>with
>> >>>>>an earlier gcc. Do a Google search for speech-dispatcher to find
>> >>>>>messages about how to get it working.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>>Cheers,
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>Chris Norman.
>> >>>>>>
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