* A question on speakup @ blinux-list ` blinux-list ` blinux-list 0 siblings, 2 replies; 10+ messages in thread From: blinux-list @ UTC (permalink / raw) 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 10+ messages in thread
* A question on speakup A question on speakup blinux-list @ ` blinux-list ` blinux-list 1 sibling, 0 replies; 10+ messages in thread From: blinux-list @ UTC (permalink / raw) 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. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 10+ messages in thread
* A question on speakup A question on speakup blinux-list ` blinux-list @ ` blinux-list ` blinux-list ` blinux-list 1 sibling, 2 replies; 10+ messages in thread From: blinux-list @ UTC (permalink / raw) 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. > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 10+ messages in thread
* A question on speakup ` blinux-list @ ` blinux-list ` blinux-list ` blinux-list 1 sibling, 1 reply; 10+ messages in thread From: blinux-list @ UTC (permalink / raw) 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 10+ messages in thread
* A question on speakup ` blinux-list @ ` blinux-list ` blinux-list 0 siblings, 1 reply; 10+ messages in thread From: blinux-list @ UTC (permalink / raw) 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list at redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 10+ messages in thread
* A question on speakup ` blinux-list @ ` blinux-list 0 siblings, 0 replies; 10+ messages in thread From: blinux-list @ UTC (permalink / raw) 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Blinux-list mailing list >> Blinux-list at redhat.com >> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list at redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 10+ messages in thread
* A question on speakup ` blinux-list ` blinux-list @ ` blinux-list ` blinux-list 1 sibling, 1 reply; 10+ messages in thread From: blinux-list @ UTC (permalink / raw) 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. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list at redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 10+ messages in thread
* A question on speakup ` blinux-list @ ` blinux-list ` blinux-list 0 siblings, 1 reply; 10+ messages in thread From: blinux-list @ UTC (permalink / raw) 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. >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Blinux-list mailing list >> Blinux-list at redhat.com >> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >> > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list at redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 10+ messages in thread
* A question on speakup ` blinux-list @ ` blinux-list ` blinux-list 0 siblings, 1 reply; 10+ messages in thread From: blinux-list @ UTC (permalink / raw) 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. >> > > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Blinux-list mailing list >> > Blinux-list at redhat.com >> > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Blinux-list mailing list >> Blinux-list at redhat.com >> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list at redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 10+ messages in thread
* A question on speakup ` blinux-list @ ` blinux-list 0 siblings, 0 replies; 10+ messages in thread From: blinux-list @ UTC (permalink / raw) 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 10+ messages in thread
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