From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from astound-64-83-210-134.mn.astound.net ([64.83.210.134] helo=the-bofh.com ident=root) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19iIpn-00050i-00 for ; Thu, 31 Jul 2003 15:11:31 -0400 Received: from the-bofh.com (michelle.the-bofh.com [192.168.0.2]) by the-bofh.com (8.12.8/8.12.5) with ESMTP id h6VJBUQj027727 for ; Thu, 31 Jul 2003 14:11:30 -0500 Message-ID: <3F2969AA.BF53455E@the-bofh.com> Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 14:10:35 -0500 From: "Vortek, Eater of Souls!" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.8 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Is it possible to get Via Voice talking on a Debian System with alsa? References: <20030731185138.UMUA12687.mta6.adelphia.net@beavis> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: hey, I'm just wondering where everyone is even getting the via voice rpms. I tried searching for hours and hit nothing but dead ends. If anyone can send them to me, I'd appriciate it. Jim Jacob Schmude wrote: > Hi > You need to generate the eci.ini file. This can be done with the > inigen program included with the ViaVoice RTK. The command would look > something like this: > /usr/lib/ViaVoiceOutlout/bin/inigen /usr/lib/enu50.so > /home/user/eci.ini > where user is the name of the user which will use ViaVoice. Then, in > that user's .bash_profile, put something like: > export ECIINI=/home/user/eci.ini > Note that an absolute path must be used, $HOME will not work for > whatever reason. The reason you want to put the eci.ini file in the > user's home directory is that ViaVoice needs to write to it. That'll > clear up that particular error message. > However, ViaVoice and ALSA don't tend to get along. I've never been > able to make it work, I think it depends on what kind of card you > have, your kernel version and other things depending on your system. > If you're lucky, you'll be one of the few who makes it work with alsa. > If it doesn't, short of using either an OSS/Free or a commercial OSS > driver, there's not much you can do about it. IBM has discontinued it > and no longer updates it, and it's riddled with bugs. One of the main > bugs is that it seems to segfault after using it for around 20 minutes > or so. My advise is either get used to the sound of one of the free > software synths or buy the linux software dectalk, which runs fine > under alsa and is compatible with emacspeak, yasr and gnopernicus. > Only disadvantage of that is, of course, that you have to pay for it. > Speakup developers, any plans to include a software dectalk driver? > On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 17:42:32 +0100, gena-j@ntlworld.com wrote: > > >Hi > > > >Well the subject line says it all. > > > >Is it possible to get Via Voice talking on a Debian System with alsa? > > >