pci or usb synth

pci or usb synth

[Guy Schlosser]

Hey all, I just wanted to write and see if anyone has any good 
recommendations of a USB or PCI synth that works well with 
speakup.  I got a new dell, and was not blessed with having serial 
ports on the motherboard.  I'm gonna install Ubuntu 7.04 tomorrow, so 
if no one can recommend a good synth that will work with speakup, can 
someone point me in the right way of getting it up and running with 
7.04?  There are times when I'd rather work at the command line 
rather than gui.  Thanks in advance for all the help.


Guy
P.S.  I guess I have a couple more questions after downloading and 
burning the ISO.  What is the best way to get firefox 3, and how do 
you go about getting a spoken install with 7.04?  Thanks again for 
all the help.

RE: pci or USB synth

[Chris Schulte]

Does the trippletalk not work with speakup yet?  Now that I think about it,
does the new external dectalk work with speakup?  I know the express does,
but that wasn't a USB synth.  


-----Original Message-----
From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca]
On Behalf Of Guy Schlosser
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 3:12 PM
To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca
Subject: pci or usb synth

Hey all, I just wanted to write and see if anyone has any good 
recommendations of a USB or PCI synth that works well with 
speakup.  I got a new dell, and was not blessed with having serial 
ports on the motherboard.  I'm gonna install Ubuntu 7.04 tomorrow, so 
if no one can recommend a good synth that will work with speakup, can 
someone point me in the right way of getting it up and running with 
7.04?  There are times when I'd rather work at the command line 
rather than gui.  Thanks in advance for all the help.


Guy
P.S.  I guess I have a couple more questions after downloading and 
burning the ISO.  What is the best way to get firefox 3, and how do 
you go about getting a spoken install with 7.04?  Thanks again for 
all the help.



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Re: pci or USB synth

[Zachary Kline]

Hiya,
    I can't say for sure about Trippletalk, but the USB dectalk does NOT 
work.  However, software speech with Espeak, Speechd-up and 
Speech-dispatcher is tolerable.
Thanks,
Zack.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Schulte" <cschul02@baker.edu>
To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" 
<speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 12:17 PM
Subject: RE: pci or USB synth


> Does the trippletalk not work with speakup yet?  Now that I think about 
> it,
> does the new external dectalk work with speakup?  I know the express does,
> but that wasn't a USB synth.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca 
> [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca]
> On Behalf Of Guy Schlosser
> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 3:12 PM
> To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> Subject: pci or usb synth
>
> Hey all, I just wanted to write and see if anyone has any good
> recommendations of a USB or PCI synth that works well with
> speakup.  I got a new dell, and was not blessed with having serial
> ports on the motherboard.  I'm gonna install Ubuntu 7.04 tomorrow, so
> if no one can recommend a good synth that will work with speakup, can
> someone point me in the right way of getting it up and running with
> 7.04?  There are times when I'd rather work at the command line
> rather than gui.  Thanks in advance for all the help.
>
>
> Guy
> P.S.  I guess I have a couple more questions after downloading and
> burning the ISO.  What is the best way to get firefox 3, and how do
> you go about getting a spoken install with 7.04?  Thanks again for
> all the help.
>
>
>
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Re: pci or usb synth

[Brent Harding]

They have Espeak already in there. I'm not sure why it has a British accent 
to it though. It's a lot better than Festival.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Guy Schlosser" <guyster@buckeye-express.com>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 2:11 PM
Subject: pci or usb synth


> Hey all, I just wanted to write and see if anyone has any good
> recommendations of a USB or PCI synth that works well with
> speakup.  I got a new dell, and was not blessed with having serial
> ports on the motherboard.  I'm gonna install Ubuntu 7.04 tomorrow, so
> if no one can recommend a good synth that will work with speakup, can
> someone point me in the right way of getting it up and running with
> 7.04?  There are times when I'd rather work at the command line
> rather than gui.  Thanks in advance for all the help.
>
>
> Guy
> P.S.  I guess I have a couple more questions after downloading and
> burning the ISO.  What is the best way to get firefox 3, and how do
> you go about getting a spoken install with 7.04?  Thanks again for
> all the help.
>
>
>
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> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> 

Re: pci or usb synth

[Steve Holmes]

On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 02:50:23PM -0500, Brent Harding wrote:
> They have Espeak already in there. I'm not sure why it has a British accent 
> to it though. It's a lot better than Festival.

It might be because the guy who develops and supports it is a Brit
himself.:)

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RE: pci or usb synth

[Georgina Joyce]

Hi

Why not have a British voice for a change. <smile>  Software synthetic voices are seen as a more viable option.

Regards

Gena

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-----Original Message-----
From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Brent Harding
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 8:50 PM
To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
Subject: Re: pci or usb synth


They have Espeak already in there. I'm not sure why it has a British accent 
to it though. It's a lot better than Festival.

Re: pci or usb synth

[Nick Gawronski]

Hi, You can always buy a serial card for a very cheap price at any
computer store and just pop it in like a sound card and it should work
fine.On Tue, 24 Apr 2007, Guy Schlosser wrote:

> Hey all, I just wanted to write and see if anyone has any good
> recommendations of a USB or PCI synth that works well with
> speakup.  I got a new dell, and was not blessed with having serial
> ports on the motherboard.  I'm gonna install Ubuntu 7.04 tomorrow, so
> if no one can recommend a good synth that will work with speakup, can
> someone point me in the right way of getting it up and running with
> 7.04?  There are times when I'd rather work at the command line
> rather than gui.  Thanks in advance for all the help.
>
>
> Guy
> P.S.  I guess I have a couple more questions after downloading and
> burning the ISO.  What is the best way to get firefox 3, and how do
> you go about getting a spoken install with 7.04?  Thanks again for
> all the help.
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>

Re: pci or usb synth

[Adam Myrow]

On Tue, 24 Apr 2007, Nick Gawronski wrote:

> Hi, You can always buy a serial card for a very cheap price at any 
> computer store and just pop it in like a sound card and it should work 
> fine.

Not with Speakup it won't.  Speakup probes the hardware directly, and if 
the serial card's IO address and IRQ don't correspond to standard serial 
ports, it won't be recognized.