From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from sccrmhc01.attbi.com ([204.127.202.61]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17Axrs-0003so-00 for ; Thu, 23 May 2002 15:03:20 -0400 Received: from h0040f4322028.ne.client2.attbi.com ([24.62.38.156]) by sccrmhc01.attbi.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with ESMTP id <20020523190247.CQET7675.sccrmhc01.attbi.com@h0040f4322028.ne.client2.attbi.com> for ; Thu, 23 May 2002 19:02:47 +0000 Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 15:02:10 -0400 (EDT) From: Igor Gueths X-X-Sender: igueths@igueths To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: interesting experiment. In-Reply-To: <028501c2020b$4889c740$6761e9d5@microsoft.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 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: Another problem is that sound modules don't load until the filesystems are mounted. And viavoice isn't a kernel level synth, besides the fact that it can't be anyway. This I would think is why Speakup doesn't support software synths as of yet. Gates go to hell, your OS is waiting for you there! On Thu, 23 May 2002, Octavian Rasnita wrote: > But could I use it with Speakup, to hear the voice only after the system > boots? > Or is not supported at all? no drivers, etc. > > Teddy, > orasnita@home.ro > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shaun Oliver" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 2:24 PM > Subject: Re: interesting experiment. > > > > Hi teddy. > > viavoice won't be supported by speakup as I understand it because it's a > > nonfree package and the source code isn't freely available. > > as for the problem with the dec-talk pc, the issue is, needing dictionary > > files to be loaded into the synth at boot time. > > You can't do this until the file systems are properly mounted. So, if one > > gets a kernel panic, you wouldn't know about it because you wouldn't have > > speech from kernel load. > > hth > > > > > > -- > > Shaun Oliver > > > > Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spacecraft ... and the > > > > only one that can be mass produced with unskilled labor. > > > > -- Wernher von Braun. > > > > email: shaun_oliver@optusnet.com.au > > > > icq:76958435 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >