Fw: new to linux.....

Thu Mar 31 23:30:55 UTC 2005

The old ViaVoice relies on libraries that are no longer available. In
other words, that's a mismatch between the new Mandrake and the old
ViaVoice.

Do you have a hardware speech synthesizer?

vasile radu writes:
> I am not so bigginer also!!!
> I've installed mandrake 10.1 3 cds distro with multimedia and office 
> workstation packages
> I get emacspeak 14 rpm and installed it
> then I got viavoice rtk and sdk and tried to install them but (after the 
> instalation)
> when I try to get some speak from them with ./runcmdlinespeak (which is a 
> sample for viavoice)
> I get the error segmentation fault clsdir.....
> I left this way because someone on to this list answer me that viavoice is 
> no longer supported under linux and get the way to festival.
> In the begining I get from rpmfind
> the rpms neccessary for mandrake 10.1 to instal festival i mean:
> 
> festival-1.4.3-5mdk.i586.rpm
> festvox_kallpc16k_1.4.3_1mdk.noarch.rpm
> and others like it
> festvox-kallpc-common-1.4.3-1mdk.noarch.rpm
> festvox-kedlpc16k-1.4.3-1mdk.noarch.rpm
> festvox-kedlpc-common-1.4.3-1mdk.noarch.rpm
> festlex-CMU-1.4.3-1mdk.noarch.rpm
> festlex-POSLEX-1.4.3-1mdk.noarch.rpm
> festvox-kallpc8k-1.4.3-1mdk.noarch.rpm
> After the documentation I read with this packages instaled festival must 
> speack on my computer I tried to give to it:
> 
> festival_server
> nothing
> i tried festival
> and I get the prompt festival>
> i write:
> (SayText "Hello world")
> error don't know (hello ) variable
> after this
> I got the sources of all packages of festival 1.95beta
> and follow the steps in instalation guide but nothing!!!
> a happy new year
> /////////
> Radu Vasile
> Techinc Consultant in computers
> "better light a candle than curse the darkness"
> 
> "follow the white rabbit"
> e-mail:
> vradu at constanta.astral.ro
> matematicianu at home.ro
> matematicianu2003 at yahoo.co.uk
> rvasile at gmail.com
> antropofagul2003 at yahoo.fr
> and soon others
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net>
> To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 5:34 PM
> Subject: Re: Fw: new to linux.....
> 
> 
> >Yes, you can expect to use emacspeak. You cannot expect it will work
> >just because you installed Linux, unfortunately.
> >
> >If we're going to help you, we need more information.
> >
> >What have you installed? Explain about your computer's Linux
> >installation.
> >
> >vasile radu writes:
> >>ok!
> >>I on't want only gnome accessibility
> >>I've tried to make emacspeak to work and no result.
> >>Are these screen reader come with a voice them selves?
> >>Don't they use something like festival or viavoice?
> >>If tjhey don't I'm interested how to make with one of them my distro to
> >>speak!!!
> >>
> >>a happy new year
> >>/////////
> >>Radu Vasile
> >>Techinc Consultant in computers
> >>"better light a candle than curse the darkness"
> >>"follow the white rabbit"
> >>e-mail:
> >>vradu at constanta.astral.ro
> >>matematicianu at home.ro
> >>matematicianu2003 at yahoo.co.uk
> >>rvasile at gmail.com
> >>antropofagul2003 at yahoo.fr
> >>and soon others
> >>----- Original Message ----- 
> >>From: "Kenny Hitt" <kenny at hittsjunk.net>
> >>To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> >>Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 10:28 PM
> >>Subject: Re: Fw: new to linux.....
> >>
> >>
> >>>Hi.
> >>>
> >>>I use Debian as my Linux distro and (mostly) speakup as my screen
> >>>reader.  Speakup gives me access to the text console.
> >>>
> >>>>From the libs you mention, it sounds like you are trying to access a
> >>>Linux system using only Gnome.  At this time, I don't think you will
> >>>have much success using Linux with only Gnome accessibility.  For now,
> >>>the best access to Linux is using a screen reader like speakup, brltty,
> >>>or yasr to give you access to the text console.
> >>>
> >>>Hope this helps.
> >>>         Kenny
> >>>
> >>>On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 09:33:51PM +0300, vasile radu wrote:
> >>>>then, what ar you (all) using and how get you your distro speaking?
> >>>>I've got a fedora core 3 and I have seen that this distro has the
> >>>>packages
> >>>>necessary on it
> >>>>But mandrake (less in 10.1 version) give this packages in a 
> >>>>distribution
> >>>>named power pack wich cost less 60 $
> >>>>So in the free distribution of 3 cds they don't put this packages.
> >>>>I mean:
> >>>>at-spi
> >>>>gnome-speech
> >>>>atk
> >>>>and lib packages afferent
> >>>>So the work get harder on drake to get it speak.
> >>>>I have it installed for a mounth and I can not get it speak to me!!!
> >>>>It's verry desapointing and even if i want to get on linux, I am forced
> >>>>to
> >>>>use windows for the moment until I'll understand and get a procedure to
> >>>>get
> >>>>it speak even if I will format my partitions!!!
> >>>>So the problem is:
> >>>>What are you using and how get you it speak!!!
> >>>>
> >>>>a happy new year
> >>>>/////////
> >>>>Radu Vasile
> >>>>Techinc Consultant in computers
> >>>>"better light a candle than curse the darkness"
> >>>>"follow the white rabbit"
> >>>>e-mail:
> >>>>vradu at constanta.astral.ro
> >>>>matematicianu at home.ro
> >>>>matematicianu2003 at yahoo.co.uk
> >>>>rvasile at gmail.com
> >>>>antropofagul2003 at yahoo.fr
> >>>>and soon others
> >>>>----- Original Message ----- 
> >>>>From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net>
> >>>>To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> >>>>Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 6:02 AM
> >>>>Subject: Re: Fw: new to linux.....
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>We're not ignoring you. I think the silence to your question only 
> >>>>>means
> >>>>>that there aren't very many of us using Mandrake.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>The only time I have personally met blind users on Mondrake was in
> >>>>>Denmark. The web address is:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>http://www.sslug.dk/~chlor/brltty-logtext/mandrake91.html
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>vasile radu writes:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Helo! I am new to linux and I am visual impaired.
> >>>>>>I tried to follow even one how to guide, but no one give a result.
> >>>>>>My question is direct and I want a answer on steps:
> >>>>>>Have any one mandrake 10.x and made it speak? If yes how!
> >>>>>>In hope that I'll finaly will hear something from my linux I wait 
> >>>>>>your
> >>>>>>answers.
> >>>>>>I am using mandrake 10.1 free version of 3 cds
> >>>>>>THANKS A LOT
> >>>>>>a happy new year
> >>>>>>/////////
> >>>>>>Radu Vasile
> >>>>>>Techinc Consultant in computers
> >>>>>>"better light a candle than curse the darkness"
> >>>>>>"follow the white rabbit"
> >>>>>>e-mail:
> >>>>>>vradu at constanta.astral.ro
> >>>>>>matematicianu at home.ro
> >>>>>>matematicianu2003 at yahoo.co.uk
> >>>>>>rvasile at gmail.com
> >>>>>>antropofagul2003 at yahoo.fr
> >>>>>>and soon others
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> >>>>>
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> >>>>>Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG)
> >>>>>janina at freestandards.org http://a11y.org
> >>>>>
> >>>>>If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a different
> >>>>>problem.
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Janina Sajka				Phone: +1.202.494.7040
Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC	http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com

Chair, Accessibility Workgroup		Free Standards Group (FSG)
janina at freestandards.org		http://a11y.org

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