From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail806.megamailservers.com (mail806.carrierinternetsolutions.com [69.49.106.16]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AAAC10976 for ; Wed, 14 May 2008 22:46:38 -0400 (EDT) X-POP-User: gaijin.clearwire.net Received: from gnuked.clearwire.net (69-44-252-62.mrc.clearwire-dns.net [69.44.252.62]) by mail806.megamailservers.com (8.13.6.20060614/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m4F2kaMM009997 for ; Wed, 14 May 2008 22:46:37 -0400 Received: from gnuked.clearwire.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gnuked.clearwire.net (8.14.2/8.14.2/Debian-4) with ESMTP id m4F2kYQt023046 for ; Wed, 14 May 2008 19:46:35 -0700 Received: (from gaijin@localhost) by gnuked.clearwire.net (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m4F2kTww023045 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Wed, 14 May 2008 19:46:29 -0700 From: Gaijin Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 19:46:29 -0700 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: synthasizers Message-ID: <20080515024629.GA22988@clearwire.net> References: <000001c8b5ce$cbae5730$378f9643@hoff9cuf06jek6> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000001c8b5ce$cbae5730$378f9643@hoff9cuf06jek6> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17+20080114 (2008-01-14) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.10 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: Thu, 15 May 2008 02:46:38 -0000 On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 07:28:18AM -0700, David Hoff Jr wrote: > I am new to Linux & Speakup. I'm confused about synthasizers. I do not > have an external synthasizer but I have purchased and installed Speakup > Modified Fedora 7 i386, but without specifying a speach synthasizer. Hi David, The latest kernel/SpeakUP releases support software synthesizers with the appropriate services installed, but you won't get the full benefits of SpeakUP and a hardware synthesizer. SpeakUP is essentially designed to begin speaking as soon as the kernel is loaded, giving full startup to shutdown access to what is going on. Software synthesizers need to be loaded later in the boot process, and if something happens prior to speech startup, you're essentially S.O.L., unless you can telnet or ssh into your system remotely. Examine the docs on the installation CD for instructions on booting SpeakUP with a software synthesizer. You seem to have an earlier release, and I'm not sure software synthesis with SpeakUP is supported. Check in at" http://speakupmodified.org/ I'm really surprised you haven't received an answer on this yet from the Fedora folks I'm running Debian, myself, and know little about Fedora. HTH, Michael