Re: running speakup and software synth

Re: running speakup and software synth

[Littlefield, Tyler]

you can use an installer, but you'll have to debootstrap.
just get speechd-up and speechd-dispatcher I think. and read some docs and 
configure, and you're good to go.
Thanks,
Tyler Littlefield.
Vertigo head coder
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cody Hurst" <churst35@verizon.net>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 3:29 AM
Subject: running speakup and software synth


> Hi,
>
>  So I hear speakup will work with a software synth like festival. Is there 
> a way I can grab a debian installer and type in a command at the boot 
> prompt and have speakup come up running festival or some software synth? 
> If so, what should I type and what site should I go to to get the debian 
> install disk
>
> Cody
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup 

Re: running speakup and software synth

[Gregory Nowak]

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Ty's answer to your question was fairly decent I think. The short
answer is that no, the debian install disk doesn't have software
speech, you will need a hardware synth to install. The long answer is
that you can install debian via debootstrap, install the software
speech components, and hope it all works when you reboot into the new
system. I've mentioned some of the pitfalls involved here in the past.

Greg


On Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 02:53:09AM -0700, Cody Hurst wrote:
> That's vague. If I boot my debian disk I won't have speechd-up nor will I 
> have speech dispatcher, so again, does a debian bootable isntall disk have 
> software speech already on the disk or will I have to get a hardware synth 
> to install.
> 

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Re: running speakup and software synth

[Willem van der Walt]

debootstrap is a command that you run on an existing talking machine.
Do a google search for that.


On Sat, 11 Aug 2007, Cody Hurst wrote:

> Hi,
> 
>   So I hear speakup will work with a software synth like festival. Is there a way I can grab a debian installer and type in a command at the boot prompt and have speakup come up running festival or some software synth? If so, what should I type and what site should I go to to get the debian install disk
> 
> Cody
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> 

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Re: running speakup and software synth

[Kenny Hitt]

Hi.

The short answer is no.  Speakup modified installers use hardware synths.  If you want
to use speakup with software speech, just install speech-dispatcher speechd-up and your synth of choice.

          Kenny
On Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 02:29:18AM -0700, Cody Hurst wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>   So I hear speakup will work with a software synth like festival. Is there a way I can grab a debian installer and type in a command at the boot prompt and have speakup come up running festival or some software synth? If so, what should I type and what site should I go to to get the debian install disk
> 
> Cody
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

Re: running speakup and software synth

[John Heim]

Well, getting back to your original question, can you give the debian 
installer disk parms to boot into software speech? No.  You'll need a 
hardware synth to install from the debian installation CD.

It is possible to install debian linux via software speech. What you need to 
do is:
1. Boot a live distro with speech like grml or knoppix or oralux (or maybe 
ubuntu)
2.  Manually partition your disk. You'd probably use fdisk for this although 
different live distros might have different partitioners.
3.  Transfer the base system to your hard drive via  debootstrap
4. chroot to the new system
5. Install a kernel
6. Reboot

Obviously,  each step above is  quite a bit more detailed than that. But you 
can find documentation on manually installing debian  via google, If you 
google for terms like debootstrap, chroot, ffdisk, you will probably find 
them.

If you don't have a hardware synth, another thing you can do is install via 
a serial console. You'll need a special cable for that but it costs only a 
few bucks.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cody Hurst" <churst35@verizon.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 4:53 AM
Subject: Re: running speakup and software synth


> That's vague. If I boot my debian disk I won't have speechd-up nor will I
> have speech dispatcher, so again, does a debian bootable isntall disk have
> software speech already on the disk or will I have to get a hardware synth
> to install.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Littlefield, Tyler" <compgeek13@gmail.com>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." 
> <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 11:33 PM
> Subject: Re: running speakup and software synth
>
>
>> you can use an installer, but you'll have to debootstrap.
>> just get speechd-up and speechd-dispatcher I think. and read some docs 
>> and
>> configure, and you're good to go.
>> Thanks,
>> Tyler Littlefield.
>> Vertigo head coder
>> "My programs don't have bugs, just randomly added features."
>> msn: compgeek134@hotmail.com
>> email: compgeek13@gmail.com
>> aim: st8amnd2005
>> skype: st8amnd127
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Cody Hurst" <churst35@verizon.net>
>> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
>> Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 3:29 AM
>> Subject: running speakup and software synth
>>
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>  So I hear speakup will work with a software synth like festival. Is
>>> there
>>> a way I can grab a debian installer and type in a command at the boot
>>> prompt and have speakup come up running festival or some software synth?
>>> If so, what should I type and what site should I go to to get the debian
>>> install disk
>>>
>>> Cody
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> 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
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>
> 

Re: running speakup and software synth

[Willem van der Walt]

Hi,
Codi, do you not already run Ubuntu with orca?
If so, Just make sure that you have speech-dispatcher installed from a 
gnom terminal.
For speakup to work you need speech-dispatcher, a synth like espeak, 
speech_dup and the speakup stuff which is already in the kernel.
To activate speakup when you use software speech, you do not run speakup, 
but speechd_up.
You can run speechd_up once you know that speech-dispatcher is running.  
You can do all of this from a gnome terminal except running speechd_up 
which you do from the console.
HTH, Willem


On Fri, 10 Aug 2007, John Heim wrote:

> Well, getting back to your original question, can you give the debian 
> installer disk parms to boot into software speech? No.  You'll need a 
> hardware synth to install from the debian installation CD.
> 
> It is possible to install debian linux via software speech. What you need to 
> do is:
> 1. Boot a live distro with speech like grml or knoppix or oralux (or maybe 
> ubuntu)
> 2.  Manually partition your disk. You'd probably use fdisk for this although 
> different live distros might have different partitioners.
> 3.  Transfer the base system to your hard drive via  debootstrap
> 4. chroot to the new system
> 5. Install a kernel
> 6. Reboot
> 
> Obviously,  each step above is  quite a bit more detailed than that. But you 
> can find documentation on manually installing debian  via google, If you 
> google for terms like debootstrap, chroot, ffdisk, you will probably find 
> them.
> 
> If you don't have a hardware synth, another thing you can do is install via 
> a serial console. You'll need a special cable for that but it costs only a 
> few bucks.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Cody Hurst" <churst35@verizon.net>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 4:53 AM
> Subject: Re: running speakup and software synth
> 
> 
> > That's vague. If I boot my debian disk I won't have speechd-up nor will I
> > have speech dispatcher, so again, does a debian bootable isntall disk have
> > software speech already on the disk or will I have to get a hardware synth
> > to install.
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Littlefield, Tyler" <compgeek13@gmail.com>
> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." 
> > <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 11:33 PM
> > Subject: Re: running speakup and software synth
> >
> >
> >> you can use an installer, but you'll have to debootstrap.
> >> just get speechd-up and speechd-dispatcher I think. and read some docs 
> >> and
> >> configure, and you're good to go.
> >> Thanks,
> >> Tyler Littlefield.
> >> Vertigo head coder
> >> "My programs don't have bugs, just randomly added features."
> >> msn: compgeek134@hotmail.com
> >> email: compgeek13@gmail.com
> >> aim: st8amnd2005
> >> skype: st8amnd127
> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> From: "Cody Hurst" <churst35@verizon.net>
> >> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> >> Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 3:29 AM
> >> Subject: running speakup and software synth
> >>
> >>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>>  So I hear speakup will work with a software synth like festival. Is
> >>> there
> >>> a way I can grab a debian installer and type in a command at the boot
> >>> prompt and have speakup come up running festival or some software synth?
> >>> If so, what should I type and what site should I go to to get the debian
> >>> install disk
> >>>
> >>> Cody
> >>> _______________________________________________
> >>> 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
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> >
> > 
> 
> 
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Re: running speakup and software synth

[Kenny Hitt]

Hi.

As far as I know, debootstrap is only useful for installing Debian based systems.  The kernel won't be installed 
by default.  Also, as Greg mentioned, you will have to create disk partitions and several files needed in /etc by hand to get a working system.

          Kenny

Re: running speakup and software synth

[Christopher Moore]

We also need to remember that you need a speakup enabled kernel on the 
target machine.  
Chris

Re: running speakup and software synth

[Kenny Hitt]

Hi.

Do you get speech when you type

spd-say "hello world"

If so, then speech-dispatcher is working.  If not, edit speech-dispatcher's config files until the spd-say command works.
Once you have speech-dispatcher working, just 
sudo modprobe speakup_sftsyn

Speakup will start talking.  
If you want speakup to load autimatically on boot, add the line
speakup_sftsyn

to /etc/modules.

Be aware, you will have to press print screen everytime you boot and log into Gnome since speakup will try to read
your X console.  Since the print screen gets passed to Gnome, you will have to cancel the dialog.

          Kenny

Re: running speakup and software synth

[Gregory Nowak]

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Kenny, or anyone else in the know, do you know of a reliable way to
test the whole speech-dispatcher/speechd-up setup before booting into
the new system? When playing with installing debian via
grml-debootstrap, I found the biggest uncertainty was if the software
speech in the new system works or not. As I found out after rebooting,
software speech didn't work, there was no data in the logs, and nobody
to read the screen for me, so that was the end of that
experiment. Yes, I did have a speakup-patched kernel installed, and
the system did boot, according to the other logs in /var/log of the
new system. 

So, if one does an install of debian via debootstrap, is there a way
to test software speech in the chrooted system, before you actually
boot into it?

Greg



On Fri, Aug 10, 2007 at 11:29:16AM -0500, Kenny Hitt wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> Do you get speech when you type
> 
> spd-say "hello world"
> 
> If so, then speech-dispatcher is working.  If not, edit speech-dispatcher's config files until the spd-say command works.
> Once you have speech-dispatcher working, just 
> sudo modprobe speakup_sftsyn
> 
> Speakup will start talking.  
> If you want speakup to load autimatically on boot, add the line
> speakup_sftsyn
> 
> to /etc/modules.
> 
> Be aware, you will have to press print screen everytime you boot and log into Gnome since speakup will try to read
> your X console.  Since the print screen gets passed to Gnome, you will have to cancel the dialog.
> 
>           Kenny
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
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> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

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Re: running speakup and software synth

[Littlefield, Tyler]

excuse me for not answering your exact question; There is a distro, don't 
remember the name off hand, that you can use that has software speech.
Thanks,
Tyler Littlefield.
Vertigo head coder
"My programs don't have bugs, just randomly added features."
msn: compgeek134@hotmail.com
email: compgeek13@gmail.com
aim: st8amnd2005
skype: st8amnd127
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cody Hurst" <churst35@verizon.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 3:53 AM
Subject: Re: running speakup and software synth


> That's vague. If I boot my debian disk I won't have speechd-up nor will I
> have speech dispatcher, so again, does a debian bootable isntall disk have
> software speech already on the disk or will I have to get a hardware synth
> to install.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Littlefield, Tyler" <compgeek13@gmail.com>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." 
> <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 11:33 PM
> Subject: Re: running speakup and software synth
>
>
>> you can use an installer, but you'll have to debootstrap.
>> just get speechd-up and speechd-dispatcher I think. and read some docs 
>> and
>> configure, and you're good to go.
>> Thanks,
>> Tyler Littlefield.
>> Vertigo head coder
>> "My programs don't have bugs, just randomly added features."
>> msn: compgeek134@hotmail.com
>> email: compgeek13@gmail.com
>> aim: st8amnd2005
>> skype: st8amnd127
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Cody Hurst" <churst35@verizon.net>
>> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
>> Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 3:29 AM
>> Subject: running speakup and software synth
>>
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>  So I hear speakup will work with a software synth like festival. Is
>>> there
>>> a way I can grab a debian installer and type in a command at the boot
>>> prompt and have speakup come up running festival or some software synth?
>>> If so, what should I type and what site should I go to to get the debian
>>> install disk
>>>
>>> Cody
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> 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
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup 

Re: running speakup and software synth

[Littlefield, Tyler]

debootstrap is on a software cd, well, a cd with a software synth.
It's mainly a run-from-cd type thing, (sorry, I'm under two pain pills, and 
more meds), so I'm half out of it, and my terminology won't work.
I believe that it's a speakup kernel.
Thanks,
Tyler Littlefield.
Vertigo head coder
"My programs don't have bugs, just randomly added features."
msn: compgeek134@hotmail.com
email: compgeek13@gmail.com
aim: st8amnd2005
skype: st8amnd127
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cody Hurst" <churst35@verizon.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 8:38 AM
Subject: Re: running speakup and software synth


> could debootstrap work for other distros or only the ones with a speakup
> modified kernel. Sorry for the simple questions but I feel I get more out 
> of
> this list then i do online
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg@romuald.net.eu.org>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." 
> <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 12:59 AM
> Subject: Re: running speakup and software synth
>
>
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>> Ty's answer to your question was fairly decent I think. The short
>> answer is that no, the debian install disk doesn't have software
>> speech, you will need a hardware synth to install. The long answer is
>> that you can install debian via debootstrap, install the software
>> speech components, and hope it all works when you reboot into the new
>> system. I've mentioned some of the pitfalls involved here in the past.
>>
>> Greg
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 02:53:09AM -0700, Cody Hurst wrote:
>>> That's vague. If I boot my debian disk I won't have speechd-up nor will 
>>> I
>>> have speech dispatcher, so again, does a debian bootable isntall disk
>>> have
>>> software speech already on the disk or will I have to get a hardware
>>> synth
>>> to install.
>>>
>>
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running speakup and software synth

[Cody Hurst]

Hi,

  So I hear speakup will work with a software synth like festival. Is there a way I can grab a debian installer and type in a command at the boot prompt and have speakup come up running festival or some software synth? If so, what should I type and what site should I go to to get the debian install disk

Cody

Re: running speakup and software synth

[Cody Hurst]

That's vague. If I boot my debian disk I won't have speechd-up nor will I 
have speech dispatcher, so again, does a debian bootable isntall disk have 
software speech already on the disk or will I have to get a hardware synth 
to install.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Littlefield, Tyler" <compgeek13@gmail.com>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 11:33 PM
Subject: Re: running speakup and software synth


> you can use an installer, but you'll have to debootstrap.
> just get speechd-up and speechd-dispatcher I think. and read some docs and
> configure, and you're good to go.
> Thanks,
> Tyler Littlefield.
> Vertigo head coder
> "My programs don't have bugs, just randomly added features."
> msn: compgeek134@hotmail.com
> email: compgeek13@gmail.com
> aim: st8amnd2005
> skype: st8amnd127
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Cody Hurst" <churst35@verizon.net>
> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 3:29 AM
> Subject: running speakup and software synth
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>>  So I hear speakup will work with a software synth like festival. Is 
>> there
>> a way I can grab a debian installer and type in a command at the boot
>> prompt and have speakup come up running festival or some software synth?
>> If so, what should I type and what site should I go to to get the debian
>> install disk
>>
>> Cody
>> _______________________________________________
>> Speakup mailing list
>> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup 

Re: running speakup and software synth

[Cody Hurst]

Kenny,

  I have espeak and festival installed on my ubuntu box and installed both 
speakup and speechd-up and when switching to a virtual console and typing 
speakup I get no speech. please explain more.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kenny Hitt" <kenny@hittsjunk.net>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 1:25 AM
Subject: Re: running speakup and software synth


> Hi.
>
> The short answer is no.  Speakup modified installers use hardware synths. 
> If you want
> to use speakup with software speech, just install speech-dispatcher 
> speechd-up and your synth of choice.
>
>          Kenny
> On Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 02:29:18AM -0700, Cody Hurst wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>   So I hear speakup will work with a software synth like festival. Is 
>> there a way I can grab a debian installer and type in a command at the 
>> boot prompt and have speakup come up running festival or some software 
>> synth? If so, what should I type and what site should I go to to get the 
>> debian install disk
>>
>> Cody
>> _______________________________________________
>> Speakup mailing list
>> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>
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Re: running speakup and software synth

[Cody Hurst]

could debootstrap work for other distros or only the ones with a speakup 
modified kernel. Sorry for the simple questions but I feel I get more out of 
this list then i do online
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg@romuald.net.eu.org>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 12:59 AM
Subject: Re: running speakup and software synth


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> Ty's answer to your question was fairly decent I think. The short
> answer is that no, the debian install disk doesn't have software
> speech, you will need a hardware synth to install. The long answer is
> that you can install debian via debootstrap, install the software
> speech components, and hope it all works when you reboot into the new
> system. I've mentioned some of the pitfalls involved here in the past.
>
> Greg
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 02:53:09AM -0700, Cody Hurst wrote:
>> That's vague. If I boot my debian disk I won't have speechd-up nor will I
>> have speech dispatcher, so again, does a debian bootable isntall disk 
>> have
>> software speech already on the disk or will I have to get a hardware 
>> synth
>> to install.
>>
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Re: running speakup and software synth

[Cody Hurst]

after typing spd-say "hello world" I get

client:speech dispatcher failed to open connection refused.

I'll try those other steps and it should work. thanks
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kenny Hitt" <kenny@hittsjunk.net>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 9:29 AM
Subject: Re: running speakup and software synth


> Hi.
>
> Do you get speech when you type
>
> spd-say "hello world"
>
> If so, then speech-dispatcher is working.  If not, edit 
> speech-dispatcher's config files until the spd-say command works.
> Once you have speech-dispatcher working, just
> sudo modprobe speakup_sftsyn
>
> Speakup will start talking.
> If you want speakup to load autimatically on boot, add the line
> speakup_sftsyn
>
> to /etc/modules.
>
> Be aware, you will have to press print screen everytime you boot and log 
> into Gnome since speakup will try to read
> your X console.  Since the print screen gets passed to Gnome, you will 
> have to cancel the dialog.
>
>          Kenny
>
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