From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ms-smtp-01.texas.rr.com ([24.93.47.40] helo=ms-smtp-01-eri0.texas.rr.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AP2ah-0000Pc-00 for ; Wed, 26 Nov 2003 11:32:35 -0500 Received: from tomass (cs666898-149.austin.rr.com [66.68.98.149]) by ms-smtp-01-eri0.texas.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.7) with ESMTP id hAQGWViK025006 for ; Wed, 26 Nov 2003 10:32:31 -0600 (CST) Received: from stivers_t by tomass with local (Exim 4.24) id 1AP2ad-0002zb-5m for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Wed, 26 Nov 2003 10:32:31 -0600 Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 10:32:31 -0600 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20031126163230.GA8580@tomass.dyndns.org> Mail-Followup-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Request-PGP: http://tomass.dyndns.org/~stivers_t/pubkey.asc X-Uptime: 2 weeks 3 days 8 hours 21 minutes 45 seconds User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i From: Thomas Stivers X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Subject: Re: how to speed up Speakup X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 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, 26 Nov 2003 16:32:36 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 11/26/03 2:44 PM +0000, Scott Berry wrote: > Hi there, > > I am wondering how can I get Speakup to talk faster it is too slow. Just > in case I am using kernel 2.4.22 with Speakup built in. It is a bit different for different synthesizers, but you "echo" values to /proc/speakup/rate. For example for my doubletalk I use the following. echo 9 >/proc/speakup/rate That gives me the fastest speed for the doubletalk, but other synths have different ranges of speeds, if you try to put incorect values in there I think it will give you an informative error message. Make sure not to for get the greater than symbol. - -- Unix is a user friendly operating system. It just picks its friends more carefully than others. Thomas Stivers e-mail: stivers_t@tomass.dyndns.org gpg: 45CBBABD -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/xNWe5JK61UXLur0RAqkdAJ4xzy4n2KCNMPugAVcS3BFKndkTiQCeN7YO vwV+avwbFkICjV6cvF4+334= =m2l6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----