From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail1.wpi.edu ([130.215.36.102]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 190ZbY-0007ST-00 for ; Tue, 01 Apr 2003 23:12:04 -0500 Received: from mcafee.wpi.edu (mcafee.WPI.EDU [130.215.36.86]) by mail1.WPI.EDU (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id h324C0mn004705 for ; Tue, 1 Apr 2003 23:12:00 -0500 Received: from smtp.wpi.edu(130.215.36.186) by mcafee.wpi.edu via csmap id 28251; Tue, 01 Apr 2003 23:12:57 -0500 (EST) Received: from wpi.WPI.EDU (root@wpi.WPI.EDU [130.215.24.6]) by smtp.WPI.EDU (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h324Bx19014935; Tue, 1 Apr 2003 23:11:59 -0500 Received: from wpi.WPI.EDU (ender3rd@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wpi.WPI.EDU (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h324BxP3027686; Tue, 1 Apr 2003 23:11:59 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (ender3rd@localhost) by wpi.WPI.EDU (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h324Bw0G002008; Tue, 1 Apr 2003 23:11:58 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: wpi.WPI.EDU: ender3rd owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 23:11:58 -0500 (EST) From: Owen Patrick Smith To: "speakup@braille.uwo.ca" Subject: Re: A Second Festival Module for Speakup In-Reply-To: <200304012244640.SM03884@beavis> 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: 2.0.11 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: We thought that we'd fixed that problem, that was one of the main difficulties that slowed development over the past couple of weeks. The delay I'm not sure about can you send me your system specs privately? The pitch_string bit is a known bug. Thanks for your support, Owen Smith ender3rd@wpi.edu On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, Jacob Schmude wrote: > Hi I've actually got this module working. Compiled and ran just fine. > Just one problem though: I can't shut it up! Is silencing speech one of > the things that wasn't implemented yet? Because if it is that should be > the first thing to get working, only thing worse than a computer that > won't talk is one that talks too much. Also, I've noticed a long delay, > probably about 1 second, between each word spoken and am hearing things > like "pitch_string" in between keystrokes, and before reading starts. Is > this normal for the current state of the module, or have I missed a step > in installation? Hey, it talks, that's more than what it did before. > Progress, right? I'll still use yasr with eflite until the speakup > module can learn to shut up, though the voice quality is nowhere what I > get when I link festival and mbrola together. Keep working on it, guys. >