A question on speakup

A question on speakup

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Hi all,


I use to know how to store and then restore my speakup settings, 
however, to my utter shame, I forgot how to do this.


I also read somewhere that there is a software Dectalk synthesizer 
available. If anyone knows how to install and configure this to work 
with speakup, it would really be appreciated.

-- 
Warm regards,

Brandt Steenkamp

Sent using Thunderbird from Slint

A question on speakup

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On Thu, 22 Jul 2021, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:

> I use to know how to store and then restore my speakup settings, however, to 
> my utter shame, I forgot how to do this.

YOu can either manage the meta-files in /sys/accessibility/speakup 
yourself or use speakupconf.  In Debian at least, this is in the 
speakup-tools package.

HTH,
Geoff.

A question on speakup

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Hi Brandt,

for Slint:

https://slint.fr/doc/HandBook.html#_configure_a_console_screen_reader

I don't know a specific software synthesizer for Dectalk, but just type 
as root:
speak-with

To know more:
https://slint.fr/doc/HandBook.html#_choose_a_console_screen_reader

Cheers,
Didier
--
Didier Spaier

Le 22/07/2021 ? 12:09, Linux for blind general discussion a ?crit?:
> Hi all,
> 
> 
> I use to know how to store and then restore my speakup settings, 
> however, to my utter shame, I forgot how to do this.
> 
> 
> I also read somewhere that there is a software Dectalk synthesizer 
> available. If anyone knows how to install and configure this to work 
> with speakup, it would really be appreciated.
> 

A question on speakup

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Hi again,


For some reason espeakup comes up talking with a rather bad US accent. 
Is there a way to change the "language" without killing espeakup? Every 
time I do so, Speakup will restore my previous settings, which, 
unfortunately includes the bad US voice.


Warm regards,

Brandt Steenkamp

Sent using Thunderbird from Slint

On 7/22/21 12:30 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> Hi Brandt,
>
> for Slint:
>
> https://slint.fr/doc/HandBook.html#_configure_a_console_screen_reader
>
> I don't know a specific software synthesizer for Dectalk, but just 
> type as root:
> speak-with
>
> To know more:
> https://slint.fr/doc/HandBook.html#_choose_a_console_screen_reader
>
> Cheers,
> Didier
> -- 
> Didier Spaier
>
> Le 22/07/2021 ? 12:09, Linux for blind general discussion a ?crit?:
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>> I use to know how to store and then restore my speakup settings, 
>> however, to my utter shame, I forgot how to do this.
>>
>>
>> I also read somewhere that there is a software Dectalk synthesizer 
>> available. If anyone knows how to install and configure this to work 
>> with speakup, it would really be appreciated.
>>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Blinux-list mailing list
> Blinux-list at redhat.com
> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list

A question on speakup

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Hi,

the voice is set in /etc/espeakup.conf

To list the available ones (for espeak-ng):
list-espeak-ng-voices

Cheers,
Didier

Le 22/07/2021 ? 14:40, Linux for blind general discussion a ?crit?:
> Hi again,
> 
> 
> For some reason espeakup comes up talking with a rather bad US accent. 
> Is there a way to change the "language" without killing espeakup? Every 
> time I do so, Speakup will restore my previous settings, which, 
> unfortunately includes the bad US voice.
> 
> 
> Warm regards,
> 
> Brandt Steenkamp
> 
> Sent using Thunderbird from Slint
> 
> On 7/22/21 12:30 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>> Hi Brandt,
>>
>> for Slint:
>>
>> https://slint.fr/doc/HandBook.html#_configure_a_console_screen_reader
>>
>> I don't know a specific software synthesizer for Dectalk, but just 
>> type as root:
>> speak-with
>>
>> To know more:
>> https://slint.fr/doc/HandBook.html#_choose_a_console_screen_reader
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Didier
>> -- 
>> Didier Spaier
>>
>> Le 22/07/2021 ? 12:09, Linux for blind general discussion a ?crit?:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>>
>>> I use to know how to store and then restore my speakup settings, 
>>> however, to my utter shame, I forgot how to do this.
>>>
>>>
>>> I also read somewhere that there is a software Dectalk synthesizer 
>>> available. If anyone knows how to install and configure this to work 
>>> with speakup, it would really be appreciated.
>>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Blinux-list mailing list
>> Blinux-list at redhat.com
>> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
> 
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A question on speakup

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Hi,


Thanks, got it sorted.


Warm regards,

Brandt Steenkamp

Sent using Thunderbird from Slint

On 7/22/21 3:22 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> Hi,
>
> the voice is set in /etc/espeakup.conf
>
> To list the available ones (for espeak-ng):
> list-espeak-ng-voices
>
> Cheers,
> Didier
>
> Le 22/07/2021 ? 14:40, Linux for blind general discussion a ?crit?:
>> Hi again,
>>
>>
>> For some reason espeakup comes up talking with a rather bad US 
>> accent. Is there a way to change the "language" without killing 
>> espeakup? Every time I do so, Speakup will restore my previous 
>> settings, which, unfortunately includes the bad US voice.
>>
>>
>> Warm regards,
>>
>> Brandt Steenkamp
>>
>> Sent using Thunderbird from Slint
>>
>> On 7/22/21 12:30 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>>> Hi Brandt,
>>>
>>> for Slint:
>>>
>>> https://slint.fr/doc/HandBook.html#_configure_a_console_screen_reader
>>>
>>> I don't know a specific software synthesizer for Dectalk, but just 
>>> type as root:
>>> speak-with
>>>
>>> To know more:
>>> https://slint.fr/doc/HandBook.html#_choose_a_console_screen_reader
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Didier
>>> -- 
>>> Didier Spaier
>>>
>>> Le 22/07/2021 ? 12:09, Linux for blind general discussion a ?crit?:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I use to know how to store and then restore my speakup settings, 
>>>> however, to my utter shame, I forgot how to do this.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I also read somewhere that there is a software Dectalk synthesizer 
>>>> available. If anyone knows how to install and configure this to 
>>>> work with speakup, it would really be appreciated.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Blinux-list mailing list
>>> Blinux-list at redhat.com
>>> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
>>
>> _______________________________________________
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>> Blinux-list at redhat.com
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A question on speakup

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Just a suggestion, for whomever wrote this documentation?
Providing the actual name of the hardware synthesizer supported might be 
wise.  some of those listed could mean more than one thing.



On Thu, 22 Jul 2021, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:

> Hi Brandt,
> for Slint:
>
> https://slint.fr/doc/HandBook.html#_configure_a_console_screen_reader
>
> I don't know a specific software synthesizer for Dectalk, but just type as 
> root:
> speak-with
>
> To know more:
> https://slint.fr/doc/HandBook.html#_choose_a_console_screen_reader
>
> Cheers,
> Didier
> --
> Didier Spaier
>
> Le 22/07/2021 ? 12:09, Linux for blind general discussion a ?crit?:
>>  Hi all,
>>
>>
>>  I use to know how to store and then restore my speakup settings, however,
>>  to my utter shame, I forgot how to do this.
>>
>>
>>  I also read somewhere that there is a software Dectalk synthesizer
>>  available. If anyone knows how to install and configure this to work with
>>  speakup, it would really be appreciated.
>> 
>
>
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Hi Brandt,

in this case whomever is also named Didier, and also grand-father (only 
by Lucas
so far).

Providing the actual name of the synthesizer is not easy as I am not 
aware of
any up to date and complete  list of synthesizers that can use a given 
driver.
This document:
http://www.linux-speakup.org/speakup.html
just provides a generic description for each driver, not all models 
supported,
and it is very outdated as is in your Slint the file:
/usr/src/linux-5.12.11/Documentation/admin-guide/spkguide.txt

Also the brand and model name are not exposed in the sysfs ABI:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-driver-speakup

So all I could do is display for each driver its description.
For instance this command typed as root:
modinfo speakup_dectlk|sed -n  "/^description/s/.*: *//p"
gives this output:
Speakup support for DECtalk Express synthesizers

Would this be useful?

Cheers,
Didier
--
Didier Spaier

Le 22/07/2021 ? 19:44, Linux for blind general discussion a ?crit?:
> Just a suggestion, for whomever wrote this documentation?
> Providing the actual name of the hardware synthesizer supported might be 
> wise.? some of those listed could mean more than one thing.
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, 22 Jul 2021, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> 
>> Hi Brandt,
>> for Slint:
>>
>> https://slint.fr/doc/HandBook.html#_configure_a_console_screen_reader
>>
>> I don't know a specific software synthesizer for Dectalk, but just 
>> type as root:
>> speak-with
>>
>> To know more:
>> https://slint.fr/doc/HandBook.html#_choose_a_console_screen_reader
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Didier
>> -- 
>> Didier Spaier
>>
>> Le 22/07/2021 ? 12:09, Linux for blind general discussion a ?crit?:
>>> ?Hi all,
>>>
>>>
>>> ?I use to know how to store and then restore my speakup settings, 
>>> however,
>>> ?to my utter shame, I forgot how to do this.
>>>
>>>
>>> ?I also read somewhere that there is a software Dectalk synthesizer
>>> ?available. If anyone knows how to install and configure this to work 
>>> with
>>> ?speakup, it would really be appreciated.
>>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
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>> Blinux-list at redhat.com
>> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
>>
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A question on speakup

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My thought, was that more than simple  abbreviations would be enough.
Not so much greater details, but if possible indicating   what to what 
those abbreviations refer.
There are more than  one dectalk hardware option for example, still hoping 
someone answers the question about  software dectalk, as I believe it 
existed with windoweyes, dectalk 32 perhaps?, so learning it may be a 
Linux option  in this case might help many.



On Thu, 22 Jul 2021, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:

> Hi Brandt,
> in this case whomever is also named Didier, and also grand-father (only by 
> Lucas
> so far).
>
> Providing the actual name of the synthesizer is not easy as I am not aware of
> any up to date and complete  list of synthesizers that can use a given 
> driver.
> This document:
> http://www.linux-speakup.org/speakup.html
> just provides a generic description for each driver, not all models 
> supported,
> and it is very outdated as is in your Slint the file:
> /usr/src/linux-5.12.11/Documentation/admin-guide/spkguide.txt
>
> Also the brand and model name are not exposed in the sysfs ABI:
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-driver-speakup
>
> So all I could do is display for each driver its description.
> For instance this command typed as root:
> modinfo speakup_dectlk|sed -n  "/^description/s/.*: *//p"
> gives this output:
> Speakup support for DECtalk Express synthesizers
>
> Would this be useful?
>
> Cheers,
> Didier
> --
> Didier Spaier
>
> Le 22/07/2021 ? 19:44, Linux for blind general discussion a ?crit?:
>> Just a suggestion, for whomever wrote this documentation?
>>  Providing the actual name of the hardware synthesizer supported might be
>>  wise.? some of those listed could mean more than one thing.
>>
>>
>>
>>  On Thu, 22 Jul 2021, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>> 
>> >  Hi Brandt,
>> >  for Slint:
>> > 
>> >  https://slint.fr/doc/HandBook.html#_configure_a_console_screen_reader
>> > 
>> >  I don't know a specific software synthesizer for Dectalk, but just type 
>> >  as root:
>> >  speak-with
>> > 
>> >  To know more:
>> >  https://slint.fr/doc/HandBook.html#_choose_a_console_screen_reader
>> > 
>> >  Cheers,
>> >  Didier
>> >  -- 
>> >  Didier Spaier
>> > 
>> >  Le 22/07/2021 ? 12:09, Linux for blind general discussion a ?crit?:
>> > >  ?Hi all,
>> > > 
>> > > 
>> > >  ?I use to know how to store and then restore my speakup settings, 
>> > >  however,
>> > >  ?to my utter shame, I forgot how to do this.
>> > > 
>> > > 
>> > >  ?I also read somewhere that there is a software Dectalk synthesizer
>> > >  ?available. If anyone knows how to install and configure this to work 
>> > >  with
>> > >  ?speakup, it would really be appreciated.
>> > > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> >  _______________________________________________
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>> >  Blinux-list at redhat.com
>> >  https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
>> >
>>
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>
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A question on speakup

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Many years ago Phonix sold a DecTalk software which was around $50. At that 
time I used it with an Oralux Live CD, but while I don't have that software 
around, there are DecTalk discussion lists where they keep track of every 
conceivable version of DecTalk.I think the list is hosted on freelists.
Chime