From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mta2.math.wisc.edu (mta2.math.wisc.edu [144.92.166.24]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F65A1EF088 for ; Thu, 7 Feb 2013 18:22:59 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mta2.math.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id A32BF126005 for ; Thu, 7 Feb 2013 17:22:58 -0600 (CST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mta2.math.wisc.edu Received: from mta2.math.wisc.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mta2.math.wisc.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id n5kXLvGqAud8 for ; Thu, 7 Feb 2013 17:22:58 -0600 (CST) Received: from mta2.math.wisc.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mta2.math.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DA3A126001 for ; Thu, 7 Feb 2013 17:22:58 -0600 (CST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on delta.math.wisc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=6.5 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=disabled version=3.3.1 Received: from mailhost.math.wisc.edu (erdos.math.wisc.edu [144.92.166.25]) by mta2.math.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Thu, 7 Feb 2013 17:22:58 -0600 (CST) Received: from [144.92.166.19] (vv507j.math.wisc.edu [144.92.166.19]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mailhost.math.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1AC28540075 for ; Thu, 7 Feb 2013 17:22:58 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <51143751.4060205@math.wisc.edu> Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:22:57 -0600 From: "John G. Heim" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130107 Thunderbird/17.0.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: creating a speakup cli cd References: <51120F03.10804@baechler.net> <5112722B.8090903@math.wisc.edu> <511359D2.4070908@baechler.net> <4749D7DE-0750-4789-9EBE-BA26F16D8582@math.wisc.edu> <5113FBD2.80609@durango.net> <384f19bf-8f64-4597-aeba-79cbefef2c55@default> <20130207225049.GA29893@gregn.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 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, 07 Feb 2013 23:23:00 -0000 What I do in a situation like this is to make sure sound is working. I usually do that by doing a find for wav files and piping themn to the aplay command: find / -name '*.wav' | xargs aplay PS: You should have changed the subject line. Now I think it's too late. On 2/7/2013 5:05 PM, Don Raikes wrote: > No Iam getting no speech. > > Even if I reboot the system, and run the following commands: > > $ modprobe Speakup_soft > $ invoke-rc.d espeakup start > > I still get the error about jack's not running, but if I press I am returnedto the command-line but no speech. > > System: dell inspiron xxxx laptop I don't remember the exact version. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gregory Nowak [mailto:greg@gregn.net] > Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 3:51 PM > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > Subject: Re: creating a speakup cli cd > > It seems in most cases that espeakup/espeak still works even though it says the jack server couldn't be started. Are you saying you aren't getting speech when you modprobe speakup_soft, and start espeakup by hand? If so, then have you tried doing: > > invoke-rc.d espeakup start > > after modprobe speakup_soft, instead of starting espeakup directly by hand? > > Greg > > > On Thu, Feb 07, 2013 at 11:22:16AM -0800, Don Raikes wrote: >> Vinux is still in production at: >> >> http://www.vinux-project.org >> >> They are working on getting ubuntu precise to work better for the visually impaired. >> >> As for debian, I got squeeze installed and installed espeakup nad Speakup-tools, but can't get Speakup to start. >> >> After boot and login, I run: >> >> Modprobe Speakup_soft >> Espeakup >> >> But I keep being told that the jack server is not started. So far I haven't found any information about how to start it. >> >> Unfortunately, I am discovering that squeeze doesn't include a couple of the packages I need for my livecd like dc3dd and the latest ewf-tools. >> > > > -- > web site: http://www.gregn.net > gpg public key: http://www.gregn.net/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 _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup >