From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pop-sarus.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([207.69.195.72]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1De1Tc-0005QZ-00 for ; Thu, 02 Jun 2005 22:00:00 -0400 Received: from h-68-166-89-140.chcgilgm.covad.net ([68.166.89.140] helo=linserver.romuald.net.eu.org) by pop-sarus.atl.sa.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #10) id 1De1TR-0004tj-00 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Thu, 02 Jun 2005 21:59:49 -0400 Received: (qmail 1102 invoked by uid 1023); 3 Jun 2005 01:59:50 -0000 Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 20:59:50 -0500 From: Gregory Nowak To: Sean McMahon , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20050603015950.GA1094@romuald.net.eu.org> References: <001b01c567d5$0dde13c0$77ac7682@azwaterDOM.wr.usgs.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; x-action=pgp-signed; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <001b01c567d5$0dde13c0$77ac7682@azwaterDOM.wr.usgs.gov> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i X-PGP-Key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc Subject: Re: What is the purpose of the optional /dev/synth device? 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: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 02:00:35 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 /dev/synth is used if you want to have a user space program talk directly to the synth, thus bypassing speakup. Greg On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 05:41:39PM -0700, Sean McMahon wrote: > The speakup users guide recommends creating this if you are building software > speech, but It can't be registered in a 2.6 kernel. Furthermore, It isn't > necessary to hear software speech with speakup so what is the purpose of > creating /dev/synth? > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > !DSPAM:429fab939771323311879! > > - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCn7mW7s9z/XlyUyARAp3TAKDJXqkopELwhwxNYwNQJXCcbiLTnQCgwKH5 l3IhjmpZL7Op24jx+gGKxSg= =7gDT -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----