From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp2.commspeed.net ([216.19.2.41]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Gxz3l-0003Xp-00 for ; Sat, 23 Dec 2006 00:04:37 -0500 Received: (qmail 30468 invoked by uid 1034); 23 Dec 2006 05:04:05 -0000 Received: from mmds-216-19-30-69.mm.az.commspeed.net (HELO YOUR3ADE1B78A3) (216.19.30.69) by smtp2.commspeed.net with SMTP; 23 Dec 2006 05:04:05 -0000 Message-ID: <001001c7264f$c4a68df0$6401a8c0@YOUR3ADE1B78A3> From: "Keith Hinton" To: Subject: Speakup and software speech dying for no particular reason Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 22:04:04 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.9 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 05:04:37 -0000 Hi all. I'm using speakup, with kernel version 2.6.17, using grml Linux = 0.8. Sometimes, with software speech, I will be typing or whatever, and all = of a sudden, (for no particular reason) that I can find, the speech will = suddenly "dye." So, I'll normally have to re-launch speechd-up. Either = that, or sometimes re-launch speech-dispatcher. Any ideas there on that issue? I'm sorry I cannot be more spasific, then this, but that's about all I = know. I will mention this though.. (just inc ase it helps) The PREEMPT_BLK=3D option in the kernel configuration under pereempt is = set to N. (No.) I'm using espeak as the software synthesizer, and I've seriously tweeked = a few lines in spech-dispatcher, so that espeak is as responsive as = ever. And, for the most part it works fine. What interests me is this = speech-loss issue. Are there any good suggestions on swiftly restarting a given synthesizer = in speakup, if it dies, and the blind person is suddenly left without = speech altogether? (I'm asking,) because when I have no speech, I am = almost sertin (nearly 100 percent) of the time to make typos, and such. = :D Thanks a lot! Regards, --Keith website: http://www.KeithNet.DynDNS.org Email: keithint38@CommSpeed.net MSN Messenger: keithint37@hotmail.com Skype contact: skypedude1234