synth_direct usage question

synth_direct usage question

[Willem van der Walt]

Good day,
I were under the impression that I can echo a 1 to the synth_direct ebntry 
in the /sys/accessibility/speakup directory to tell speakup to just pass 
the punct/special chars directly to the synthesizer.
When I did that, it spoke the one and I also saw that the "file" has -w- 
-w- -w- permitions, 
, write-only.
This with openttsd and ospeakup running, not that that should be relevant.
I obviously got the use of synth_direct wrong, could someone please 
correct me in how I should go about in doing what I want?
I am working on northern sotho for espeak, a language that has quite a 
number of 
chars above decimal code 128 and I need to get them spoken in speakup.
This can also be terminal settings, but sometimes, I get <C5> when the 
char is dec 197, so its the hex code for the character and not the symbol 
that I here.
Any ideas?
TIA, Willem


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Re: synth_direct usage question

[Gregory Nowak]

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On Fri, Jul 02, 2010 at 10:29:15AM +0200, Willem van der Walt wrote:
> I were under the impression that I can echo a 1 to the synth_direct ebntry 
> in the /sys/accessibility/speakup directory to tell speakup to just pass 
> the punct/special chars directly to the synthesizer.
> When I did that, it spoke the one and I also saw that the "file" has -w- 
> -w- -w- permitions, 
> , write-only.

You did remember to use the > char (I.E. echo 1 >synth_direct), right?

Greg


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Re: synth_direct usage question

[William Hubbs]

Hi Willem,

On Fri, Jul 02, 2010 at 10:29:15AM +0200, Willem van der Walt wrote:
> Good day,
> I were under the impression that I can echo a 1 to the synth_direct ebntry 
> in the /sys/accessibility/speakup directory to tell speakup to just pass 
> the punct/special chars directly to the synthesizer.

Actually the sys file you should be using is
/sys/accessibility/speakup/[synthname]/direct for example,
/sys/accessibility/speakup/soft/direct.

The one you are using is for sending text or commands directly to the
synthesizer.

William

Re: synth_direct usage question

[Willem van der Walt]

Thanks.


On Fri, 2 Jul 2010, William Hubbs wrote:

> Hi Willem,
> 
> On Fri, Jul 02, 2010 at 10:29:15AM +0200, Willem van der Walt wrote:
> > Good day,
> > I were under the impression that I can echo a 1 to the synth_direct ebntry 
> > in the /sys/accessibility/speakup directory to tell speakup to just pass 
> > the punct/special chars directly to the synthesizer.
> 
> Actually the sys file you should be using is
> /sys/accessibility/speakup/[synthname]/direct for example,
> /sys/accessibility/speakup/soft/direct.
> 
> The one you are using is for sending text or commands directly to the
> synthesizer.
> 
> William
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> 

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