From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from shawmail.shawcable.com ([64.59.128.220] helo=bpd2mo1no.prod.shawcable.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 195VfK-0004ro-00 for ; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 15:00:22 -0400 Received: from bpd2mi1no.prod.shawcable.com (bpd2mi1no-qfe3.prod.shawcable.com [10.0.184.120]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 (built Feb 21 2002)) with ESMTP id <0HDE00EDAFFQXT@l-daemon> for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 12:59:50 -0600 (MDT) Received: from nomad.shawcable.com ([24.70.172.254]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 (built Feb 21 2002)) with ESMTP id <0HDE00A9KFFPM4@l-daemon> for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 12:59:49 -0600 (MDT) Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 14:00:26 +0200 From: Doug Sutherland Subject: Re: using speakup with festival or flite In-reply-to: X-Sender: wearable@mail.shawcable.com To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Message-id: <5.1.0.14.2.20030415135646.029ef148@mail.shawcable.com> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed References: <5.1.0.14.2.20030415115557.00a8e628@mail.shawcable.com> 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: rmann@rmisp.net wrote: > How do you like using Speakup with the Usrdev driver? > I got it working, but after about an hour I decided to > go back to using my Doubletalk synth because I couldn't > get speech to shut up when I wanted it to. I don't have an external speech synthesizer, so I have nothing to compare to ... this is my first experience with speakup. To be honest I have no idea if it is behaving and operating properly yet. It's definitely speaking console output, but I have seen some flaky things happening. I will try the speakup 1.5 with the mods for software synth, and start testing each of the speakup functions to see if they appear to work. Come to think of it, I did have trouble getting it to stop speaking ... anyone else using the software synth? What's your experience been like? Is it not doing the same as an external synth? -- Doug