Re: Fedora 12 and speakup

Re: Fedora 12 and speakup

[Janina Sajka]

Gina and All:

The files included in the Speakup Modified Fedora are now individually
accessible via http, ftp, and rsync. So, try something like:

http://SpeakupModified.Org and follow the links for 64-bit or 32-bit
files.

ftp://ftp.speakupmodified.org/speakupmodified/fedora/current/Fedora/

rsync -l speakupmodified.org::speakupmodified/current/Fedora/

After selecting your architecture, select the Packages directory. You'll
find all the Fedora files there, including the Speakup Modified kernels.

So, it's not quite as good as a yum repository--but we're getting there!
And, you can certainly install these kernels with a command like:

yum localinstall [kernel-name]

And, that will give you Fedora 12 with Speakup.

Enjoy!

Janina

Re: Fedora 12 and speakup

[Georgina Joyce]

Hi Janina

Many thanks for your hard work.  I'll grab the files later.  I'm still
trying to work out why I can't get speakup working with software speech
as I want to put F12 on my notebook.  But on my test machine having
commenting out line 9 as advised on your website.  I'm not getting any
errors or speech.  as I've run mkinitrd and included the ltlk speakup
driver, the talkwith script appears to load things OK but I'm not
getting any speech.  Even though, I can play sound files nice and
loudly.

I wondered whether you considered republishing your previous howto's?  I
had to use google's cache to find them.  The first boot stuff and other
useful comments are still relevent.

Gena
On Fri, 2010-03-05 at 14:08 -0500, Janina Sajka wrote:
> Gina and All:
> 
> The files included in the Speakup Modified Fedora are now individually
> accessible via http, ftp, and rsync. So, try something like:
> 
> http://SpeakupModified.Org and follow the links for 64-bit or 32-bit
> files.
> 
> ftp://ftp.speakupmodified.org/speakupmodified/fedora/current/Fedora/
> 
> rsync -l speakupmodified.org::speakupmodified/current/Fedora/
> 
> After selecting your architecture, select the Packages directory. You'll
> find all the Fedora files there, including the Speakup Modified kernels.
> 
> So, it's not quite as good as a yum repository--but we're getting there!
> And, you can certainly install these kernels with a command like:
> 
> yum localinstall [kernel-name]
> 
> And, that will give you Fedora 12 with Speakup.
> 
> Enjoy!
> 
> Janina
> 
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> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
-- 
Gena


four kinds of freedom, for the users of the software:

    * The freedom to run the program, for any purpose (freedom 0).
    * The freedom to study how the program works, and adapt it to your
needs (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a precondition for this.
    * The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor
(freedom 2).
    * The freedom to improve the program, and release your improvements
to the public, so that the whole community benefits (freedom 3). Access
to the source code is a precondition for this.

Richard Matthew Stallman

Re: Fedora 12 and speakup

[Janina Sajka]

Hi, Gina:

To answer your second question first, yes, someday, I hope! At least,
I've not given up on it. But, there are so many changes now, and some of
them I'm still grappling with--like the possibility to use Orca with the
Live image for installation.

I can pretty much promise it won't be before summer. I have a major
deliverable due late May which will take all my writing time.

As to getting software speech working ...

Are you referring to espeak, perhaps? Have you installaed and strated
espeakup? It runs as a service like this:

service espeakup start

And, you make it permanent with:

chkconfig espeakup on


Oh, and if you don't have it, look for it on the Speakup Modified! It's
there.

Janina

Re: Fedora 12 and speakup

[Janina Sajka]

This is a trivial edit that we've recommended on the Speakup Modified
home page for some time.

Simply open /etc/asound.conf in your favorite text editor and comment
line 9. This is the line that loads pluseaudio, so if you place a hash
symbol, aka pound sign, aka octothorp, there--namely the '#'
symobl--you'll prevent pulseaudio
Simply open /etc/asound.conf in your favorite text editor and comment
line 9. This is the line that loads pluseaudio, so if you place a hash
symbol, aka pound sign, aka octothorp, there--namely the '#'
symbol--you'll prevent pulseaudio from loading.

Make this edit, save and exit, and your changes will shortly take
effect.

Janina


Michael Whapples writes:
> Hello,
> I don't know whether it does prevent things in the standard
> configuration but on the orca list Halim suggested editing the
> /etc/asound.conf file so that pulseaudio goes through a dmix and so
> won't block the actual hardware device. Sorry I don't have the exact
> link to hand but I am sure if you look back through the orca list
> archives you will find the configuration posted.
> 
> Michael Whapples
> On 01/-10/-28163 08:59 PM, Georgina Joyce wrote:
> >Hi
> >
> >I wondered if pulse audio or something else prevents speakup from using
> >software speech on a Fedora 12 system installed from the Live cD?
> >
> >Thanks.
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

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Re: Fedora 12 and speakup

[Michael Whapples]

Hello,
I don't know whether it does prevent things in the standard 
configuration but on the orca list Halim suggested editing the 
/etc/asound.conf file so that pulseaudio goes through a dmix and so 
won't block the actual hardware device. Sorry I don't have the exact 
link to hand but I am sure if you look back through the orca list 
archives you will find the configuration posted.

Michael Whapples
On 01/-10/-28163 08:59 PM, Georgina Joyce wrote:
> Hi
>
> I wondered if pulse audio or something else prevents speakup from using
> software speech on a Fedora 12 system installed from the Live cD?
>
> Thanks.
>    

Fedora 12 and speakup

[Georgina Joyce]

Hi

I wondered if pulse audio or something else prevents speakup from using
software speech on a Fedora 12 system installed from the Live cD?

Thanks.
-- 
Gena


four kinds of freedom, for the users of the software:

    * The freedom to run the program, for any purpose (freedom 0).
    * The freedom to study how the program works, and adapt it to your
needs (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a precondition for this.
    * The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor
(freedom 2).
    * The freedom to improve the program, and release your improvements
to the public, so that the whole community benefits (freedom 3). Access
to the source code is a precondition for this.

Richard Matthew Stallman