From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from wb2flw.octothorp.org ([63.224.68.2] ident=root) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AJyMm-0006aM-00 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 12:01:16 -0500 Received: from wb2flw.octothorp.org (wb2flw.octothorp.org [127.0.0.1]) by wb2flw.octothorp.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hACH1EAe010363 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 17:01:14 GMT Received: from localhost (wacker@localhost) by wb2flw.octothorp.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) with ESMTP id hACH1E4t010358 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 10:01:14 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: wb2flw.octothorp.org: wacker owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 10:01:14 -0700 (MST) From: "William F. Acker WB2FLW +1-303-722-7209" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." In-Reply-To: <20031112143212.GA7683@rednote.net> Message-ID: References: <014401c3a923$c4471c50$b40710ac@dkit.ie> <20031112143212.GA7683@rednote.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: Re: important, need to get software synth running X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 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, 12 Nov 2003 17:01:16 -0000 What fun, not! When Janina mentioned the traditionally bad spelling of Apollo in Speakup, I remembered that Kirk had just fixed that in the last few days. So, I thought I'd check to see how it was spelled in the RPMS. It isn't spelled either way because it isn't there! Sorry, Krister and Darragh. I'll investigate and get back to the list. -- Bill in Denver On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Janina Sajka wrote: > Did you rsync? If so, you have the kernels with speakup included and > need to turn on almost with the command you sho, but not quite. > > If you did not rsync, you need to download the kernel from the ftp site > appropriate to your cpu. and install it with rpm. > > Since you're using an Apollo, your command is: > > modprobe speakup_apolo > > and nothing else. Note the bad spelling of "apolo." > > To install the Speakup kernel you need to: > > rpm -Uv [kernel.name] > > Please note that all these examples with brackets/braces [kernel.name], > or {speakup_synth} are tokens. You don't type [speakup_synth], you > substitute the appropriate synth identifier as understood by the code > Speakup inserts in the kernel. Get that wrong, and you certainly will > not have speech. > > So, for the Doubletalk internal it becomes: > > modprobe speakup_dtlk > > And for your Apollo it is as I gave it above, with the bad spelling and > all. > > Darragh writes: > > From: "Darragh" > > > > Hello. I have fedora installed but speakup isn't speaking. I think its > > because of this apolo but am not sure. > > > > I think I'm doomed. when I use the lines > > setserial /dev/ttyS0 uart none > > modprobe speakup_{synth_keyword} > > it tells me that modprobe has failed. > > > > can I stress enough that I'm really anxious to get this working? I think > > the line for speakup is in grub somewhere. can I find out where that is? > > > > Thanks > > > > Darragh > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > > Janina Sajka > Email: janina@rednote.net > Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > Director, Technology Research and Development > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > http://www.afb.org > > Chair, Accessibility Work Group > Free Standards Group > http://accessibility.freestandards.org > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >