From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from bay103-dav5.bay103.hotmail.com ([65.54.174.77] helo=hotmail.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1FgOxI-0007A8-00 for ; Wed, 17 May 2006 12:33:00 -0400 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 17 May 2006 09:32:59 -0700 Message-ID: Received: from 128.243.220.21 by BAY103-DAV5.phx.gbl with DAV; Wed, 17 May 2006 16:32:55 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [128.243.220.21] X-Originating-Email: [mikster4@msn.com] X-Sender: mikster4@msn.com From: "Michael Whapples" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <000001c6795e$99439e30$a7c4d3d2@nag><1147848710.4781.74.camel@chopin> <20060517073516.GA10069@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> Subject: Re: Trouble with speech dispatcher. Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 17:32:42 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 17 May 2006 16:32:59.0602 (UTC) FILETIME=[8F4D0B20:01C679CF] X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8rc1 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: Wed, 17 May 2006 16:33:00 -0000 I know this may seem obvious, but have you changed speakup to sftsyn before trying to start speechd-up? (I have tried to get my email client to try and connect to hotwayd, but forgotten to start it, and then it suddenly dawned on me). I found that it doesn't always start unless that is done. Don't know if that would give the error you are saying about in the log, but worth a try. From Michael Whapples ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Holmes" To: Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 8:35 AM Subject: Re: Trouble with speech dispatcher. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > More specificly, I'm having trouble with speechd-up. It says it cannot > find /dev/softsynth. Well, I have had that device all along and I just > now rebuilt it in case there was something wrong and I still have the > problem. I'm now using Speakup from latest CVS with kernel 2.6.16.12, > Speech-dispatcher 0.6 and speechd-up 0.3. I should point out that I was > using this stuff a month or so ago with Dectalk speech and no problems > at that time. I will now include the log from /var/log/speechd-up.log > - ----- Beginning of log ----- > [Wed May 17 00:19:57 2006] speechd: Speechd-speakup starts! > [Wed May 17 00:19:57 2006] speechd: Error while openning the device in > read/write mode 19,No such device > [Wed May 17 00:19:57 2006] speechd: Trying to open the device in the old > way. > [Wed May 17 00:19:57 2006] speechd: Error while openning the device in > read mode 19,No such device > [Wed May 17 00:19:57 2006] speechd: ERROR! Unable to open soft synth > device (/dev/softsynth) > - ----- End of log ----- > Yes, if I do a ls -l on /dev/softsynth, I get the following: > crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 10, 26 2006-05-17 00:18 softsynth > This is inside the /dev directory. > > I get same errors whether I try using Dectalk, flite or now espeak. In > fact, I manually tested espeak through the spd-say command and that part > does work. So it is the soft synth problem that I can't figure out. > > - -- > HolmesGrown Solutions > The best solutions for the best price! > http://ld.net/?holmesgrown > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.7 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFEatI0WSjv55S0LfERA2w2AJ4kTUO40dtscRE5bnYFpp/Oe6wCogCfY7Fd > KV344ueqi1HXvxSpWVhz6qk= > =OkwR > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > >