From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mtao03.charter.net ([209.225.8.188]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HeCM3-0002YL-00 for ; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:45:59 -0400 Received: from aa02.charter.net ([10.20.200.154]) by mtao03.charter.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.00 201-2186-121-20061213) with ESMTP id <20070418154529.CDPE1407.mtao03.charter.net@aa02.charter.net> for ; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:45:29 -0400 Received: from h14me.homelinux.net ([24.151.83.102]) by aa02.charter.net with ESMTP id <20070418154528.UUPF11130.aa02.charter.net@h14me.homelinux.net> for ; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:45:28 -0400 Received: from h14me.homelinux.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.13.4/8.12.11) with ESMTP id l3IFjSgu006560 for ; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:45:28 -0400 Received: (from alex_snow@localhost) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.13.4/8.12.10/Submit) id l3IFjSY4006559 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:45:28 -0400 Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:45:28 -0400 From: Alex Snow To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: VmWare Message-ID: <20070418154528.GA6551@gmx.net> References: <4625baba.6e525a32.027e.41b5@mx.google.com> <004001c781c1$689adfc0$224a5c46@brent827e59cc1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <004001c781c1$689adfc0$224a5c46@brent827e59cc1> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.88, clamav-milter version 0.87 on h14me.homelinux.net X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Chzlrs: 0 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 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, 18 Apr 2007 15:45:59 -0000 The 6.10 iso uses flite (or festival, I forget which) as its tts. THis has issues with vmware for some reason...give 7.04 a try, it switched to espeak which fixes the static problem. On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 08:56:48AM -0500, Brent Harding wrote: > I tried this with VMWare Player. I was going to load up the Ubuntu 6.10 iso > and install it on a virtual machine this way. I used easyvmx.com to generate > the proper files and chose the ES whatever sound card it would use by > default. Everything seemed to go OK until Orca loaded, and I got odd > static-like noises instead of speech. I think sound is definitely broken > some how in VMWare Player. I might uninstall that and try server instead. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeremy" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 2:27 AM > Subject: Re: VmWare > > > > Late reply to one of the earlier posts on this subject. I had asked a > > question about how to get a installation of linux running in a vm, > > and, I have to say that I did get it working. It Turned out to be > > very easy, but, I was wondering about sound support in the vm as I > > was just using speakup through my serial port. It was kind of cool > > when I got it working as I was on skype on the windows host and it > > never gave me any trouble, but, I am guessing that getting some sort > > of software synth working would not work unless I had another > > soundcard to rout it through? I am not even sure if I can find > > drivers for my soundcard that is built into this laptop, but, that is > > a question for another time I suppose. If someone can tell me more > > about how this kind of thing works, that would be wonderful. I > > noticed that someone did get software speech going with a vm, so, > > figured I would ask. > > Thanks bunches. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Ok, I'm just uploading the new version of the kernel, v1.3.33, also known as "the buggiest kernel ever". -- Linus Torvalds