From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from server1.sidns.com ([69.93.35.66]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DDtON-0004Qi-00 for ; Tue, 22 Mar 2005 19:06:35 -0500 Received: from dsl-202-173-132-131.nsw.westnet.com.au ([202.173.132.131] helo=luke-laptop.yelavich.home) by server1.sidns.com with smtp (Exim 4.50) id 1DDtOL-0006aE-U8 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Wed, 23 Mar 2005 00:06:34 +0000 Received: (nullmailer pid 21076 invoked by uid 1000); Wed, 23 Mar 2005 00:06:17 -0000 Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 11:06:06 +1100 From: Luke Yelavich To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Message-ID: <20050323000606.GA16731@luke-laptop.yelavich.home> References: <001f01c52f20$ef7bbcd0$77ac7682@azwaterDOM.wr.usgs.gov> <20050322215513.GE8184@rednote.net> <20050322220228.GA13869@luke-laptop.yelavich.home> <20050322221500.GF8184@rednote.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - server1.sidns.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - braille.uwo.ca X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - themuso.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Subject: Re: Making flite more responsive and improving its pronounciation 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, 23 Mar 2005 00:06:35 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Mar 23, 2005 at 10:45:18AM EST, Kirk Reiser wrote: > I have noticed with the newer kernels 2.6.10 and 2.6.11 software > speech is very disjointed almost like you only get a few letters or a > portion of a word at a time. This is do to a newly instituted kernel > configuration option called something like Big Kernel Lock > Preempting. Hmmm, let me go look it up exactly: CONFIG_PREEMPT_BKL > should be set to no. The menu choice which is under processor > features looks like: Preempt The Big Kernel Lock. You would only set > this to no if you are using software speech because in most cases it > is wise to have it on. I am running a speakup modified Ubuntu 2.6.10 kernel here, and according to my kernel config, that option doesn't even exist. Hoewver I still experience what you have described with DecTalk. Sometimes when displaying a fresh page of an email for example, only a couple of letters are read out at a time. However, it is not hard to work around, and doesn't really bother me. I am running a development version of the distro as it is. :) - -- Luke Get my public GPG key here: http://www.themuso.com/themuso-gpg-key.txt -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCQLLujVefwtBjIM4RAh4gAKCA31mRkJ5HXBbB6flsxqXeo7TkwgCfU//A +8iJVRAkiS0aXOxEYdTmdLY= =4pJ7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----