From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from vms173017pub.verizon.net (vms173017pub.verizon.net [206.46.173.17]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 371D810A37 for ; Sat, 30 May 2009 20:50:18 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost ([71.243.53.114]) by vms173017.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-7.04 (built Sep 26 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPA id <0KKH004ZGGZ8DK31@vms173017.mailsrvcs.net> for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sat, 30 May 2009 19:49:58 -0500 (CDT) Received: by localhost (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 30 May 2009 20:48:58 -0400 Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 20:48:58 -0400 From: Christopher Moore To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: changing synths Message-id: <20090531004858.GA6316@arch> References: <20090530000444.GA5987@arch> <20090530004216.GA12847@localhost.localdomain> <20090530083503.GA25793@rx.localhost> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-disposition: inline In-reply-to: <20090530083503.GA25793@rx.localhost> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 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: Sun, 31 May 2009 00:50:18 -0000 Hello, I was all set to run Chuck's talkwith script but it wasn't necessary. I had speakup running with espeakup. Next I loaded the dectlk module and specified a serial port lite this: sudo modprobe speakup_dectlk ser=1 Speakup read out some dectalk commands and finished with dectalk expressed detected. Next I unloaded espeakup like this: sudo /etc/rc.d/espeakup stop And speakup automatically switched to the dectalk with having to do anything else. I also verified that the synth parameter contains dectlk. I guess I have two questions for Chuck. First, why two scripts? Do they do different things? And, second, now that speakup seems to be smart enough to switch to the hardware synth when the soft connector is killed, when are these scripts necessary? You may want to include a README file in the tarball to explain some of this stuff. FYI, I'm running arch linux with sudo installed. I expect we'd get similar behavior on a debian based system. Chris