speakup questions

speakup questions

[Kristoffer Gustafsson]

Hello!
i have some questions about speakup.
1. when will there be any suport for the infovox speech synthesizer?
i know that i have asked the question before but i ask it again because i
shall go a course next year wich contains for example installing linux.
2. is there a way to get an infovox speaking right now.
thank  in advance
Kristoffer

Re: speakup questions

[Buddy Brannan]

On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 05:15:03PM +0200, Kristoffer Gustafsson wrote:
> 1. when will there be any suport for the infovox speech synthesizer?

Soon as someone writes a driver. ... I an' help--sorry--but if you
have specification for how to communicate with the thing and the
know-how, you might start by modifying one of the drivers (say, for
the Doubletalk LT or the Accent SA) and stick in the relevant codes to
communicate with the Infovox. Assuming external, of course. You might
could send docs to Kirk, but no guarantees when he might get round to
doing anything with them.
> 2. is there a way to get an infovox speaking right now.

Someone might correct me, but you might try BRASS at
http://www.butenuth.onlinehome.de/blinux

At least, that the lst place I knew of where it was. I haven't tried
it though, so can't speak to its usability. 

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Re: speakup questions

[Kirk Reiser]

Hi Kris:  I still don't have the infovox driver written.  I've been
kind of busy doing other stuff.  I'll try to find some time to through
something together.

  Kirk

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Re: Speakup questions

[John]

That is untrue. glibc for i686 will not run on Pentiums or less. Nor will i686 
kernels - it will not boot.

The compatibility is on only one direction.


On Saturday 17 August 2002 05:33, David Csercsics wrote:
> It doesn't matter anyway since i386 i486 i586 and i686 architectures are all
> from the same family so kernels or packages for any of those architectures
> should work on all of the modern amd or intel chips that you woudl usually
> find in a PC's if I understand it correctly.




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Re: Speakup questions

[David Csercsics]

It doesn't matter anyway since i386 i486 i586 and i686 architectures are all
from the same family so kernels or packages for any of those architectures
should work on all of the modern amd or intel chips that you woudl usually
find in a PC's if I understand it correctly.



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> My dell p3 was detected as an i686 if that's any help.
>
>
> On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Janina Sajka wrote:
>
> > Your Pentium 3 is probably i686, but John's advice is correct. The
others
> > will also work.
> >
> > On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, John wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > i686 though any of the others will work too.
> > >
> > > On Thursday 15 August 2002 09:57, ADFM wrote:
> > > > >  ... appropriate to your cpu, i686, i586, i386,
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > What would be a Pentium 3? I thought the Pentium was a i 586 and the
Pentium
> > > Pro was a i686.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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Re: Speakup questions

[Jude DaShiell]

My dell p3 was detected as an i686 if that's any help.


On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Janina Sajka wrote:

> Your Pentium 3 is probably i686, but John's advice is correct. The others
> will also work.
>
> On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, John wrote:
>
> >
> > i686 though any of the others will work too.
> >
> > On Thursday 15 August 2002 09:57, ADFM wrote:
> > > >  ... appropriate to your cpu, i686, i586, i386,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > What would be a Pentium 3? I thought the Pentium was a i 586 and the Pentium
> > Pro was a i686.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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Re: Speakup questions

[John]

On Thursday 15 August 2002 21:16, Janina Sajka wrote:
> Your Pentium 3 is probably i686

Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III and Pentium IV are _all_ i686 in this 
context.

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Re: Speakup questions

[Janina Sajka]

Hmmm, don't know about an automated scripting, but would expect something 
is workable as Speakup's control parms are all in /proc/speakup.

The PrintScreen is used as an on/off toggle.


On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Geetha Shamanna wrote:

> >I don't do it this way, so I'm likely not the best to answer, but why not 
> >just kill Speakup in your emacspeak console with the PrintScreen key?
> And how does one reinvoke Speakup when one exits Emacspeak? 
> 
> Is it possible to configure things in such a way that Speakup is
> automatically killed when one runs Emacspeak, and reinvoked when one exits
> Emacspeak? Just curious. 
> 
> Geetha
> At 10:10 AM 15/08/02 -0400, you wrote:
> >
> >I don't do it this way, so I'm likely not the best to answer, but why not 
> >just kill Speakup in your emacspeak console with the PrintScreen key?
> >
> >Also, you have the option of software speech with emacspeak using 
> >eflite--see:
> >
> >	http://eflite.sf.net
> >
> >On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Dave Hunt < wrote:
> >
> >> If you wish to use the same synth for both, it will have to be one or
> >> You can use the same synthesizer for both, but not simultaniously.  If
> >> you wish to run emacspeak, boot a kernel without speakup or its
> >> default keymap.  
> >> 
> >> -Dave
> >> 
> >> Geetha Shamanna writes:
> >>  > I plan to use the same internal synthesizer for both Speakup and
> Emacspeak
> >>  > (DoubleTalk PC internal). Is that likely to cause problems? 
> >> 
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Re: Speakup questions

[Geetha Shamanna]

>I don't do it this way, so I'm likely not the best to answer, but why not 
>just kill Speakup in your emacspeak console with the PrintScreen key?
And how does one reinvoke Speakup when one exits Emacspeak? 

Is it possible to configure things in such a way that Speakup is
automatically killed when one runs Emacspeak, and reinvoked when one exits
Emacspeak? Just curious. 

Geetha
At 10:10 AM 15/08/02 -0400, you wrote:
>
>I don't do it this way, so I'm likely not the best to answer, but why not 
>just kill Speakup in your emacspeak console with the PrintScreen key?
>
>Also, you have the option of software speech with emacspeak using 
>eflite--see:
>
>	http://eflite.sf.net
>
>On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Dave Hunt < wrote:
>
>> If you wish to use the same synth for both, it will have to be one or
>> You can use the same synthesizer for both, but not simultaniously.  If
>> you wish to run emacspeak, boot a kernel without speakup or its
>> default keymap.  
>> 
>> -Dave
>> 
>> Geetha Shamanna writes:
>>  > I plan to use the same internal synthesizer for both Speakup and
Emacspeak
>>  > (DoubleTalk PC internal). Is that likely to cause problems? 
>> 
>> 
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Re: Speakup questions

[Janina Sajka]

I don't do it this way, so I'm likely not the best to answer, but why not 
just kill Speakup in your emacspeak console with the PrintScreen key?

Also, you have the option of software speech with emacspeak using 
eflite--see:

	http://eflite.sf.net

On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Dave Hunt < wrote:

> If you wish to use the same synth for both, it will have to be one or
> You can use the same synthesizer for both, but not simultaniously.  If
> you wish to run emacspeak, boot a kernel without speakup or its
> default keymap.  
> 
> -Dave
> 
> Geetha Shamanna writes:
>  > I plan to use the same internal synthesizer for both Speakup and Emacspeak
>  > (DoubleTalk PC internal). Is that likely to cause problems? 
> 
> 
> 
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Re: Speakup questions

[Dave Hunt <]

If you wish to use the same synth for both, it will have to be one or
You can use the same synthesizer for both, but not simultaniously.  If
you wish to run emacspeak, boot a kernel without speakup or its
default keymap.  

-Dave

Geetha Shamanna writes:
 > I plan to use the same internal synthesizer for both Speakup and Emacspeak
 > (DoubleTalk PC internal). Is that likely to cause problems? 

Re: Speakup questions

[Janina Sajka]

Your Pentium 3 is probably i686, but John's advice is correct. The others 
will also work.

On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, John wrote:

> 
> i686 though any of the others will work too.
> 
> On Thursday 15 August 2002 09:57, ADFM wrote:
> > >  ... appropriate to your cpu, i686, i586, i386, 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > What would be a Pentium 3? I thought the Pentium was a i 586 and the Pentium 
> Pro was a i686.
> > 
> > 
> 
> 

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Re: Speakup questions

[Pawel (Paul) Loba]

Good day:
uname -m
should help and it'd be advisable to have a look at 
man uname

Hope it helps,
Pawel.

On Wed, 14 Aug 2002, 
ADFM wrote:

> Janina or anyone else
> 
> >  ... appropriate to your cpu, i686, i586, i386, 
> 
> What would be a Pentium 3? I thought the Pentium was a i 586 and the Pentium Pro was a i686.
> 
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> Adaptive Computer Educator, ACE
> Web page: http://members.shaw.ca/dabneyadfm
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Re: Speakup questions

[Geetha Shamanna]

Hi Janina,

Thanks for all your suggestions and detailed instructions. I am constantly
amazed at the amount of assistance offered to new users here.

As you have rightly guessed, a 10MB download is not practical with my
Internet connection. The shortcut you suggest is however an excellent
alternative and should work out just fine for me. I will try it out today
and will inform you of the outcome.

Thanks again.
Geetha
At 04:13 PM 14/08/02 -0400, you wrote:
>
>Geetha:
>
>One more suggestion, and I'm sorry if I overwhelm you with ideas!
>
>If downloading 10 mB is unworkable from your side of the planet, here's 
>yet another very good shortcut to a talking Linux.
>
>Be sure you've installed the kernel source rpm. Look at 
>/usr/src/linux-2.4. if you see files, you've got it. If not, it's on one 
>of your CD ROMs in the RedHat/RPMS directory. Install with a similar rpm 
>command:
>
>rpm -iv kernel-source*
>
>Next, cd to /usr/src and create one more symbolic link which the Speakup 
>patch will look for:
>
>ln -sf linux-2.4 linux
>
>Now, you can cd to linux/configs. In there you'll find the Red Hat kernel 
>configuration for each supported cpu. Find the one for your cpu and copy 
>it to ../.config, so that it is in /usr/src/linux/.config.
>
>Now, after patching the source files with Speakup, you can simply issue 
>this command:
>
>make oldconfig
>
>And you'll only be prompted about Speakup specific things.
>
>This should help insure you don't make a mistake in the dozens of 
>configuration choices and end up with a kernel that won't boot. We know 
>that your installation boots. It's highly advisable to add Speakup before 
>trying out other configuration changes--if any. This way, Speakup is the 
>only change you'll make.
>
>The rest of the process remains the same:
>
>make deps; clean; bzImage; modules; modules_install; install
>
>And, you still need to edit /etc/lilo.conf and rerun lilo as before.
>
>
>
>
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Re: Speakup questions

[John]

i686 though any of the others will work too.

On Thursday 15 August 2002 09:57, ADFM wrote:
> >  ... appropriate to your cpu, i686, i586, i386, 
> 
> 
> 
> What would be a Pentium 3? I thought the Pentium was a i 586 and the Pentium 
Pro was a i686.
> 
> 

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Re: Speakup questions

[ADFM]

Janina or anyone else

>  ... appropriate to your cpu, i686, i586, i386, 

What would be a Pentium 3? I thought the Pentium was a i 586 and the Pentium Pro was a i686.

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Re: Speakup questions

[Janina Sajka]

Geetha:

One more suggestion, and I'm sorry if I overwhelm you with ideas!

If downloading 10 mB is unworkable from your side of the planet, here's 
yet another very good shortcut to a talking Linux.

Be sure you've installed the kernel source rpm. Look at 
/usr/src/linux-2.4. if you see files, you've got it. If not, it's on one 
of your CD ROMs in the RedHat/RPMS directory. Install with a similar rpm 
command:

rpm -iv kernel-source*

Next, cd to /usr/src and create one more symbolic link which the Speakup 
patch will look for:

ln -sf linux-2.4 linux

Now, you can cd to linux/configs. In there you'll find the Red Hat kernel 
configuration for each supported cpu. Find the one for your cpu and copy 
it to ../.config, so that it is in /usr/src/linux/.config.

Now, after patching the source files with Speakup, you can simply issue 
this command:

make oldconfig

And you'll only be prompted about Speakup specific things.

This should help insure you don't make a mistake in the dozens of 
configuration choices and end up with a kernel that won't boot. We know 
that your installation boots. It's highly advisable to add Speakup before 
trying out other configuration changes--if any. This way, Speakup is the 
only change you'll make.

The rest of the process remains the same:

make deps; clean; bzImage; modules; modules_install; install

And, you still need to edit /etc/lilo.conf and rerun lilo as before.




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Re: Speakup questions

[Geetha Shamanna]

I plan to use the same internal synthesizer for both Speakup and Emacspeak
(DoubleTalk PC internal). Is that likely to cause problems? 

Geetha
At 03:01 PM 14/08/02 -0400, you wrote:
>
>Hello,
>
>I think the default key assignments file is in the "doc" subdirectory
>of the "speakup"speakup" directory that results from unpacking the
>archive.  It's also on the speakup web site.  
>
>
>Speakup and emacspeak can coexist, unless you use the same external
>synthesizer for both.  In general, when I wish to use emacspeak, I
>boot a kernel image that does not start speakup.  I have, however, had
>both running, where emacspeak uses Viavoice Outloud as its synth, and
>speakup is using my doubletalk lt.  
>
>-Dave
>
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Re: Speakup questions

[Janina Sajka]

Geetha:

Please excuse me. You did say what synthesizer you have in your message, 
the Doubletalk PC internal. This is excellent. It's the best card, imho, 
for Speakup. Simply change the lilo.conf to something like:

append "speakup_synth=dtlk"

And, of course, you might want to change the label= and default= as well.


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Re: Speakup questions

[Janina Sajka]

Hi, Geetha:

There's an easier way, provided you can download about 10.3 mB of data.

Use anonymous ftp and go to:

ftp.linux-speakup.org

Once logged in, cd to:

pub/speakup/disks/redhat/7.2/RPMS/

Please note the capital letters in the directory path above.

You need to download two files.

1.)	The kernel-2.4.9 ... appropriate to your cpu, i686, i586, i386, 
etc;

2.)	consoletools-19990829-36.i386.rpm

Be sure to download both of these two .rpm files in binary mode.

It happens that the kernel and the console tools from Red Hat 7.2 work 
just fine with Red Hat 7.1, and these are the latest available for 
you--unless you have a fast Internet connection, which I suspect you don't 
have.

Once you have these two files, you install them as follows:

rpm -iv [filename]

where [filename] is first the kernel file, and then the consoletools file.

HINT: You don't need to type the entire filename. Instead, begin to type 
it, and then press the TAB key. Your Linux shell will fill out the rest of 
the filename for you, which is certainly very helpful with these very long 
filenames. If it beeps, you haven't typed enough to make it unique, so 
just add some more chars and then do TAB again.

After you've successfully installed these files, you have one more step to 
a talking Linux:

Edit your /etc/lilo.conf with information about the new kernel and your 
speakup parameters. Here's an example--edit this example to match your 
situation ...

In the top section, make sure to have a line like the following:

default=litetalk

Then create an entry (set aside by blank lines at the beginning and end of 
the section) something like:

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.9-31
	label=litetalk
alias = l
	initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.9-31.img
	read-only
	root=/dev/hda1
	append="speakup_synth=ltlk"

Make sure that your image= and initrd= actually point to the correct 
filename in /boot. Also, make sure that your label= and default= are the 
same, "litetalk" in my example above.

Save and exit.

Run lilo as root:

/sbin/lilo

When you reboot, you'll hear Speakup chattering away shortly after the OS 
begins booting. 

To learn more about this, read our Installation HOWTO for the Speakup 
Modified Red Hat Distribution at:

	http://www.linux-speakup.org/ftp/disks/redhat/HOWTO_INSTALL.html

We discuss this process, and several other tips you'll find useful.

By the way, what speech synth are you using?

PS: You can also access the kernel rpm and the consoletools rpm via web 
browser at:

http://www.linux-speakup.org/ftp/disks/redhat/7.2/RPMS/

Again, be sure to download as binary.


 On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Geetha Shamanna wrote:

> >Remind us what Linux you installed and where you got it, please?
> 
> Redhat 7.1. I installed it from regular Redhat CD's.
> 
> A sighted friend has offered to help me with Speakup installation and the
> kernel compilation. I should however have all the relevant files ready to
> begin with. 
> I will be using Speakup with DoubleTalk PC internal synthesizer. Apart from
> the file speakup-1.00.tar.gz, Which other files would I require? 
> 
> Thanks,
> Geetha
> 
> 
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				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

Email: janina@afb.net		Phone: (202) 408-8175

Chair, Accessibility SIG
Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF)
http://www.openebook.org

Re: Speakup questions

[Geetha Shamanna]

>Remind us what Linux you installed and where you got it, please?

Redhat 7.1. I installed it from regular Redhat CD's.

A sighted friend has offered to help me with Speakup installation and the
kernel compilation. I should however have all the relevant files ready to
begin with. 
I will be using Speakup with DoubleTalk PC internal synthesizer. Apart from
the file speakup-1.00.tar.gz, Which other files would I require? 

Thanks,
Geetha

Speakup questions

[Dave Hunt <]

Hello,

I think the default key assignments file is in the "doc" subdirectory
of the "speakup"speakup" directory that results from unpacking the
archive.  It's also on the speakup web site.  


Speakup and emacspeak can coexist, unless you use the same external
synthesizer for both.  In general, when I wish to use emacspeak, I
boot a kernel image that does not start speakup.  I have, however, had
both running, where emacspeak uses Viavoice Outloud as its synth, and
speakup is using my doubletalk lt.  

-Dave

Speakup questions

[Geetha Shamanna]

Hello all,

First of all, thanks much to everyone who responded to my question about
problems with booting into Linux. I hope to sort out that problem in a day
or two.

Now to my questions:

1. I just downloaded the Speakup file Speakup-1.00.tar.gz. 
Does this zip file contain all the installation files, or do I need to
download any other file as well? I ask this because the readme file talks
about default key assignment, but the corresponding file appears to be
missing. Should I download this file separately?
2. I already have Emacspeak installed on my machine. Will Speakup recognize
and 
co-exist with Emacspeak? Also, should Speakup be unloaded prior to using
Emacspeak?

  Many thanks.

Geetha

Re: Speakup questions

[Janina Sajka]

Speakup is a patch to the Linux kernel. The tar file you downloaded won't 
do anything for you unless you patch it into the kernel, and successfully 
compile it on your system.

While many of us first got our Linux computers talking that way, it is 
generally not the easiest way for a new user to get Linux talking with 
Speakup. 

Remind us what Linux you installed and where you got it, please?

PS: Speakup and emacspeak will coexist nicely.
 On Wed, 
14 Aug 2002, Geetha Shamanna wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> First of all, thanks much to everyone who responded to my question about
> problems with booting into Linux. I hope to sort out that problem in a day
> or two.
> 
> Now to my questions:
> 
> 1. I just downloaded the Speakup file Speakup-1.00.tar.gz. 
> Does this zip file contain all the installation files, or do I need to
> download any other file as well? I ask this because the readme file talks
> about default key assignment, but the corresponding file appears to be
> missing. Should I download this file separately?
> 2. I already have Emacspeak installed on my machine. Will Speakup recognize
> and 
> co-exist with Emacspeak? Also, should Speakup be unloaded prior to using
> Emacspeak?
> 
>   Many thanks.
> 
> Geetha
> 
> 
> 
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				Janina Sajka, Director
				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

Email: janina@afb.net		Phone: (202) 408-8175

Chair, Accessibility SIG
Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF)
http://www.openebook.org