soft synth not working at all

soft synth not working at all

[John covici]

Hi.  I am using a git pull of speakup from April 13 and kernel
2.6.24-gentoo-r5 and the software speech is not working at all.  I
have speakout builtin and soft as a module, but either echoing soft to
/sys/module/speakup/parameters/synth or modprobing the module
speakup_soft loads the module, but mothing else happens.  Also,
speechd-up says its trying to open the device in the old way and it
then says it can't find /dev/softsynth .

Am I doing something wrong here?

Thanks.

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Re: soft synth not working at all

[William Hubbs]

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Hi John,


> Hi.  I am using a git pull of speakup from April 13 and kernel
> 2.6.24-gentoo-r5 and the software speech is not working at all.  I
> have speakout builtin and soft as a module, but either echoing soft to
> /sys/module/speakup/parameters/synth or modprobing the module
> speakup_soft loads the module, but mothing else happens.  Also,
> speechd-up says its trying to open the device in the old way and it
> then says it can't find /dev/softsynth .

Are you passing the start parameter to the module when you load it?  If
you are using /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 to load the soft synth
module, the line should look like:

speakup_soft start=1

Or, if you are loading it manually,

modprobe speakup_soft start=1

Then go ahead and run speechd-up.


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William Hubbs
gentoo accessibility team lead
williamh@gentoo.org
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Re: soft synth not working at all

[John covici]

What about echoing soft to  /sys/module/speakup/parameters/synth ?  Is
that supposed to work -- I gathered from the logs that it was supposed
to work now.

on Friday 05/02/2008 William Hubbs(williamh@gentoo.org) wrote
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 > Hi John,
 > 
 > 
 > > Hi.  I am using a git pull of speakup from April 13 and kernel
 > > 2.6.24-gentoo-r5 and the software speech is not working at all.  I
 > > have speakout builtin and soft as a module, but either echoing soft to
 > > /sys/module/speakup/parameters/synth or modprobing the module
 > > speakup_soft loads the module, but mothing else happens.  Also,
 > > speechd-up says its trying to open the device in the old way and it
 > > then says it can't find /dev/softsynth .
 > 
 > Are you passing the start parameter to the module when you load it?  If
 > you are using /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 to load the soft synth
 > module, the line should look like:
 > 
 > speakup_soft start=1
 > 
 > Or, if you are loading it manually,
 > 
 > modprobe speakup_soft start=1
 > 
 > Then go ahead and run speechd-up.
 > 
 > 
 > - -- 
 > William Hubbs
 > gentoo accessibility team lead
 > williamh@gentoo.org
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 > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

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Re: soft synth not working at all

[William Hubbs]

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Hi John,

This will switch between synths that are already loaded or built in, but
it will not load a synth module.  You still need to either have the
module built in or use modprobe to load it first.

On Fri, May 02, 2008 at 10:20:21PM -0400, John covici wrote:
> What about echoing soft to  /sys/module/speakup/parameters/synth ?  Is
> that supposed to work -- I gathered from the logs that it was supposed
> to work now.
> 
> on Friday 05/02/2008 William Hubbs(williamh@gentoo.org) wrote
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>  > Hi John,
>  > 
>  > 
>  > > Hi.  I am using a git pull of speakup from April 13 and kernel
>  > > 2.6.24-gentoo-r5 and the software speech is not working at all.  I
>  > > have speakout builtin and soft as a module, but either echoing soft to
>  > > /sys/module/speakup/parameters/synth or modprobing the module
>  > > speakup_soft loads the module, but mothing else happens.  Also,
>  > > speechd-up says its trying to open the device in the old way and it
>  > > then says it can't find /dev/softsynth .
>  > 
>  > Are you passing the start parameter to the module when you load it?  If
>  > you are using /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 to load the soft synth
>  > module, the line should look like:
>  > 
>  > speakup_soft start=1
>  > 
>  > Or, if you are loading it manually,
>  > 
>  > modprobe speakup_soft start=1
>  > 
>  > Then go ahead and run speechd-up.
>  > 
>  > 
>  > - -- 
>  > William Hubbs
>  > gentoo accessibility team lead
>  > williamh@gentoo.org
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>  > _______________________________________________
>  > Speakup mailing list
>  > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
>  > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> 
> -- 
> Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
> How do
> you spend it?
> 
>          John Covici
>          covici@ccs.covici.com
> 
> _______________________________________________
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William Hubbs
gentoo accessibility team lead
williamh@gentoo.org
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Re: soft synth not working at all

[John covici]

OK, that did it -- thanks.

on Friday 05/02/2008 William Hubbs(williamh@gentoo.org) wrote
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 > Hi John,
 > 
 > This will switch between synths that are already loaded or built in, but
 > it will not load a synth module.  You still need to either have the
 > module built in or use modprobe to load it first.
 > 
 > On Fri, May 02, 2008 at 10:20:21PM -0400, John covici wrote:
 > > What about echoing soft to  /sys/module/speakup/parameters/synth ?  Is
 > > that supposed to work -- I gathered from the logs that it was supposed
 > > to work now.
 > > 
 > > on Friday 05/02/2008 William Hubbs(williamh@gentoo.org) wrote
 > >  > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
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 > >  > 
 > >  > Hi John,
 > >  > 
 > >  > 
 > >  > > Hi.  I am using a git pull of speakup from April 13 and kernel
 > >  > > 2.6.24-gentoo-r5 and the software speech is not working at all.  I
 > >  > > have speakout builtin and soft as a module, but either echoing soft to
 > >  > > /sys/module/speakup/parameters/synth or modprobing the module
 > >  > > speakup_soft loads the module, but mothing else happens.  Also,
 > >  > > speechd-up says its trying to open the device in the old way and it
 > >  > > then says it can't find /dev/softsynth .
 > >  > 
 > >  > Are you passing the start parameter to the module when you load it?  If
 > >  > you are using /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 to load the soft synth
 > >  > module, the line should look like:
 > >  > 
 > >  > speakup_soft start=1
 > >  > 
 > >  > Or, if you are loading it manually,
 > >  > 
 > >  > modprobe speakup_soft start=1
 > >  > 
 > >  > Then go ahead and run speechd-up.
 > >  > 
 > >  > 
 > >  > - -- 
 > >  > William Hubbs
 > >  > gentoo accessibility team lead
 > >  > williamh@gentoo.org
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 > >  > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
 > >  > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
 > > 
 > > -- 
 > > Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
 > > How do
 > > you spend it?
 > > 
 > >          John Covici
 > >          covici@ccs.covici.com
 > > 
 > > _______________________________________________
 > > Speakup mailing list
 > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
 > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
 > 
 > - -- 
 > William Hubbs
 > gentoo accessibility team lead
 > williamh@gentoo.org
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How do
you spend it?

         John Covici
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