From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lakermmtao07.cox.net ([68.230.240.32]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1D99J0-0000e5-00 for ; Wed, 09 Mar 2005 17:05:26 -0500 Received: from kasil ([68.0.221.166]) by lakermmtao07.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.04.00 201-2131-118-20041027) with ESMTP id <20050309220454.VLGM19214.lakermmtao07.cox.net@kasil> for ; Wed, 9 Mar 2005 17:04:54 -0500 Received: from 127.0.0.1 (AVG SMTP 7.0.308 [266.6.2]); Wed, 09 Mar 2005 17:04:49 -0500 Message-ID: <035301c524f4$03543e80$0601a8c0@kasil> From: "Kyrath. \(AKA Rob\)" To: "Speakup" Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 17:04:49 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: pthreads X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: Wed, 09 Mar 2005 22:05:27 -0000 Hi, I'm trying to install software speech and noticed that one of the = requirements for speech dispatcher is "pthreads". What is this exactly? I'm unable to verify whether my system has it. Also, does gnome come with a software synth by default? If so, which? -- Rob