From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from agogare.doit.wisc.edu ([144.92.197.211]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Ha2ry-0004kX-00 for ; Sat, 07 Apr 2007 00:49:46 -0400 Received: from avs-daemon.smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu by smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-8.04 (built Feb 28 2007)) id <0JG4001012QQII00@smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu> for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Fri, 06 Apr 2007 23:49:38 -0500 (CDT) Received: from mcgee (mdsnwi13-vlan437-175.dsl.tds.net [66.222.31.175]) by smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-8.04 (built Feb 28 2007)) with ESMTPSA id <0JG400LSY2QPK720@smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu> for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Fri, 06 Apr 2007 23:49:37 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2007 23:49:40 -0500 From: John Heim Subject: starting software speech automatically at boot To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-id: <006c01c778d0$26fa5860$5501a8c0@mcgee> Organization: University of Wisconsin-Madison MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3028 Content-type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; reply-type=original Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=66.222.31.175 X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-10, Version=5.3.0.289146, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.0.283055, Antispam-Data: 2007.4.6.213934, SenderIP=66.222.31.175 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, 07 Apr 2007 04:49:46 -0000 I put together a document on how to start software speech automatically if no hardware synth is found. I tested this on my laptop with a doubletalk LT external synth. If the hardware synth is connected, it does not load software speech. The speech-dispatcher package for debian already comes with a script to start speech-dispatcher at boot time. I wrote 2 other scripts, one to echo sftsyn to /proc/speakup/synth_name if no hardware synth is configured and the other to start speechd-up. For more info and to download the scripts see: http://www.math.wisc.edu/~jheim/stuff/softsynth.html