From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix, from userid 65534) id 7785A1F054F; Wed, 12 Apr 2017 17:01:40 -0400 (EDT) Received: from vserver.gregn.net (vserver.gregn.net [174.136.110.154]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F23D11F0501 for ; Wed, 12 Apr 2017 17:01:37 -0400 (EDT) X-Greylist: delayed 698 seconds by postgrey-1.34 at vserver; Wed, 12 Apr 2017 14:01:33 PDT Received-SPF: Permerror (SPF Permanent Error: Use the ip4 mechanism for ip4 addresses: a:66.172.12.120) identity=mailfrom; client-ip=66.172.12.120; helo=server2.shellworld.net; envelope-from=klewellen@shellworld.net; receiver=speakup@linux-speakup.org Received: from server2.shellworld.net (server2.shellworld.net [66.172.12.120]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by vserver.gregn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A77C311D for ; Wed, 12 Apr 2017 14:01:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: by server2.shellworld.net (Postfix, from userid 1005) id 4E7EB8C077A; Wed, 12 Apr 2017 20:46:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server2.shellworld.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DE9F8C0769 for ; Wed, 12 Apr 2017 16:46:59 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2017 16:46:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Karen Lewellen To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: DecTalk External (decext) testers wanted! In-Reply-To: <0e38ff83-ad44-1f85-12df-caca514226ed@barrettpianos.co.uk> Message-ID: References: <20170411065239.GA446@sanghar> <74C77DD7-B2C4-4374-9ACE-EC552FE19A6A@gmail.com> <0e38ff83-ad44-1f85-12df-caca514226ed@barrettpianos.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.99.2 at vserver X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list 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 Apr 2017 21:01:40 -0000 Actually, I have a question. One of the many reasons why I do not use speakup is that there is no driver for my synthesizer. the reading edge utilizes dectalk synthesis, perhaps? the same as the express. the edge does have drivers in other screen reading products, but not in Linux. Any chance of this changing? Thanks, Kare On Wed, 12 Apr 2017, Keith Barrett wrote: > I am going to do a fresh install of debian on a spare drive to test the > patches. > > Are your instructions the same for am64 and i386 kernels? > > Also, the default speech rate is too slow for me so can I set a higher > default rate during the process? If so, how do I do this? > > Thanks. > > On 12/04/17 09:07, Okash Khawaja wrote: >> Also, these steps can be used to test all the synths and not just decext. >> The speakup.tgz archive contains all the patches I last submitted. >> >> So please use these steps to test other synths too! >> >> Thanks, >> Okash >> >> > On 11 Apr 2017, at 19:49, Okash Khawaja wrote: >> > >> > Please be careful at step 4 as it may break your system. Even on >> > Debian based system, the steps I have mentioned are no guarantee that >> > they will not break your system. >> > >> > Also, you can also access the instructions from here: >> > https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bytefire/speakup-decext/master/decext-instructions.txt >> > >> > Cheers! >> > Okash >> > >> > > On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 7:41 PM, Okash Khawaja >> > > wrote: >> > > Hi, >> > > >> > > Here are the steps in detail. Before starting this, please download >> > > following two files that I have shared: >> > > - speakup.tgz: >> > > https://github.com/bytefire/speakup-decext/raw/master/speakup.tgz >> > > - tty-export.patch: >> > > https://github.com/bytefire/speakup-decext/raw/master/tty-export.patch >> > > >> > > 1. Download Linux kernel code: >> > > a. download stable kernel source from >> > > https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-4.10.9.tar.xz >> > > b. extract the archive by running: tar xvfJ linux-4.10.9.tar.xz >> > > >> > > 2. Apply patches: >> > > a. cd into the extracted linux source code: cd linux-4.10.9 >> > > b. remove speakup directory: rm -r drivers/staging/speakup >> > > c. copy the speakup.tgz file into drivers/staging: cp >> > > path/to/speakup.tgz drivers/staging/ >> > > d. cd into staging directory: cd drivers/staging >> > > e. extractspeakup.tgz: tar xvfz speakup.tgz >> > > (now there should be a speakup directory inside drivers/staging) >> > > f. cd back to the root of kernel source (i.e. linux-4.10.9) : cd ../.. >> > > g. apply the tty patch: patch -p1 < path/to/tty-export.patch >> > > (output of above should be following three lines: >> > > patching file drivers/tty/tty_io.c >> > > patching file drivers/tty/tty_port.c >> > > patching file include/linux/tty.h) >> > > (if you don't already have 'patch' program then you can download it >> > > from http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/patch/) >> > > h. now we have the code ready for configuring and compiling! >> > > >> > > 3. Configure: >> > > a. make sure you are inside kernel source root directory, i.e. >> > > linux-4.10.9 >> > > b. make sure that existing kernel config exists: ls >> > > /boot/config-$(uname -r) >> > > (this should return just one file named config-) >> > > c. copy that file into your kernel source root directory: cp >> > > /boot/config-$(uname -r) ./.config >> > > d. update the config: make oldconfig >> > > (this will ask you many questions. just select the default option for >> > > each by pressing enter) >> > > e. check to make sure that speakup is configured the way you wanted >> > > it: cat .config | grep SPEAKUP >> > > e. that's it, kernel configured! >> > > >> > > 4. Compile and install: >> > > (IMPORTANT: for this please check an online guide specific for your >> > > distro. >> > > following instructions that i think should work on Debian based >> > > system. but it may >> > > a. still stayin inside linux-4.10.9, compile by simply running: make >> > > (this will take a while. depending on the hardware specs, it may take >> > > an hour or may be more) >> > > b. after make completes, check it succeeded: echo $? >> > > (this should return zero) >> > > c. now run: sudo make modules_install >> > > (again this may take a little while) >> > > d. now install kernel which should be quick: sudo make install >> > > (NOTE: this means that on next reboot your newly compiled kernel will >> > > load) >> > > (Depending on your distro, it should back up previous kernel) >> > > >> > > 5. Reboot and test decext: >> > > a. now running reboot should boot the compiled kernel >> > > b. if speakup configuration was same as before, then you should be >> > > able to test it with decext the same way as before. >> > > >> > > Thanks! >> > > Okash >> > > >> > > > On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 7:52 AM, Okash Khawaja >> > > > wrote: >> > > > Hi, >> > > > >> > > > As part of recent changes, there are some that affect DecTalk >> > > > External >> > > > which uses speakup_decext.ko. If someone can help in making sure >> > > > those >> > > > changes are okay, do give a shout. >> > > > >> > > > Cheers! >> > > > Okash >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > >