From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.knology.net ([24.214.63.101]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DeBUY-0008Vi-00 for ; Fri, 03 Jun 2005 08:41:38 -0400 Received: (qmail 11433 invoked by uid 0); 3 Jun 2005 12:41:27 -0000 Received: from user-24-236-69-150.knology.net (HELO localhost) (24.236.69.150) by smtp1.knology.net with SMTP; 3 Jun 2005 12:41:27 -0000 Received: from kenny by localhost with local (Exim 4.50) id 1DeBUk-0008WM-TC; Fri, 03 Jun 2005 07:41:50 -0500 Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 07:41:50 -0500 To: Sean McMahon , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20050603124150.GA30127@blackbox> Mail-Followup-To: Sean McMahon , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <001b01c567d5$0dde13c0$77ac7682@azwaterDOM.wr.usgs.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <001b01c567d5$0dde13c0$77ac7682@azwaterDOM.wr.usgs.gov> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i From: Kenny Hitt 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 12:42:13 -0000 Hi. If you build speakup as modules, and use udev in a 2.6 kernel, the device will get created for you. It is useful if you have another app that needs to write to the synth. However, the only example I have seen for it's use is an emacspeak server for the doubletalk that was modified to use it so speakup and emacspeak can be run on the same system. Hope this helps. Kenny 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