From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from out1.smtp.messagingengine.com (out1.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.25]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44EB910C71 for ; Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:52:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.internal [10.202.2.42]) by out1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C311215530A for ; Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:52:35 -0400 (EDT) Received: from heartbeat1.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.160]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:52:35 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: DfgPj/3TwmCS1TwurPddXgBaZTljg0MLoQvNIEIKAPTr 1218473554 Received: from localhost (24-105-209-113.cm.mhcable.com [24.105.209.113]) by www.fastmail.fm (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id CA15BA3C6 for ; Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:52:34 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:52:33 -0400 From: Chuck Hallenbeck To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Software Speech Message-ID: <20080811165233.GA31663@cq.ftml.net> Mail-Followup-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <489FA05E.4080200@gmail.com> <20080811022851.GA11437@localhost.localdomain> <48A062B1.7040101@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <48A062B1.7040101@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) 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: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:52:36 -0000 Robert, There is a package containing two scripts, speakwith and talkwith, that permits you to change among supported synthesizers on the fly. They are identical except that when you type speakwith soft you switch to the speech-dispatcher driver, and when you type talkwith soft you switch to the espeakup driver. This last script will do what you want. To switch back again, type talkwith synthname giving it the correct synthname you wish to switch to. The package should be in the contrib section of the git material if you used git-clone, or you can download it from my web page, address below. Chuck On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 12:02:57PM -0400, Robert Spangler wrote: > OK I see it there after issuing this command but espeakup still says > unable to connect to softsynth device. I do have espeak installed. Are > there no more configuration steps to do? This seems a little too > minimal. It seems as though /dev/softsynth is not being referred to as > a device. > > > Gregory Nowak wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> You don't need to create it. Udev creates it for you when you switch >> to the soft synth. If you don't have udev for some reason, then you'd >> create it by hand with: >> mknod /dev/softsynth c 10 26 >> Hth. >> >> Greg >> >> >> On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 10:13:50PM -0400, Robert Spangler wrote: >>> Hello all, >>> >>> I wish to use espeakup. What is the command to create the softsynth >>> device? >>> >>> Robby >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Speakup mailing list >>> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >>> >> >> - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org >> gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc >> skype: gregn1 >> (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) >> >> - -- >> Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) >> >> iEYEARECAAYFAkifo+MACgkQ7s9z/XlyUyDnfgCdGfVBTNfQ7koZDTY/boz0nLwz >> baQAoKFiHAbzZFfftxXr2Rxd7e5X6MN6 >> =QzeQ >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 -- The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (76% of Full) My web site: http://hallenbeck.ftml.net -- my telephone: 1-518-334-9022. -------- A person is just about as big as the things that make them angry.