From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix, from userid 65534) id 513A71C2C6C; Fri, 7 Feb 2020 21:15:28 -0500 (EST) Received: from covici.com (debian-2.covici.com [IPv6:2600:3c03:e000:39d::1]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0FC3E1C0148 for ; Fri, 7 Feb 2020 21:15:05 -0500 (EST) Received: from ccs.covici.com (ccs.covici.com [70.109.53.110]) (authenticated bits=0) by covici.com (8.15.2/8.15.2/Debian-14~deb10u1) with ESMTPSA id 0182EWT6031768 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Fri, 7 Feb 2020 21:14:49 -0500 Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id 0182EKMp2658715 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Fri, 7 Feb 2020 21:14:20 -0500 Received: (from covici@localhost) by ccs.covici.com (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id 0182EJU02658713; Fri, 7 Feb 2020 21:14:19 -0500 Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 21:14:19 -0500 Message-ID: From: John Covici To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: driving a serial synthesizer through speech-dispatcher In-Reply-To: <20200207230258.GB5375@gregn.net> References: <20200207000127.GA6319@gregn.net> <20200207081024.o7e7hm7k7ddi7cj2@function> <20200207230258.GB5375@gregn.net> User-Agent: Wanderlust/2.15.9 (Almost Unreal) SEMI-EPG/1.14.7 (Harue) FLIM/1.14.9 (=?ISO-8859-4?Q?Goj=F2?=) APEL/10.8 EasyPG/1.0.0 Emacs/26 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) MULE/6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Reply-To: covici@ccs.covici.com Organization: Covici Computer Systems MIME-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI-EPG 1.14.7 - "Harue") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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: Sat, 08 Feb 2020 02:15:37 -0000 The reason I got interested in speechd-up is that the espeak module does not let you use the equivalent of indexing, as far as I know, to test in a document try speakup-r and see if it works. On Fri, 07 Feb 2020 18:02:58 -0500, Gregory Nowak wrote: > > I forgot to add one more thing. The idea of using speechd-up to let > both speakup and gnome-speech use speech-dispatcher is not a bad > one. However, speechd-up was written as a proof of concept, and > doesn't implement full functionality like espeakup does. I suppose I > could look at that code too, and polish it to the level of espeakup, > but I frankly don't feel like it. A different module to drive a > different synth would still be required if speakup didn't do the heavy > lifting, instead of writing just one module. > > Greg > > > On Fri, Feb 07, 2020 at 09:10:24AM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > > An even better approach is to use > > > /sys/accessibility/speakup/synth_direct for the speech output. This > > > would use speakup settings in use for the synthesizer. The problem > > > with this is the same as with the cat command; no way to interrupt > > > speech, > > > > Indeed. But there is another approach, which was made for this: using > > /dev/synth. For now that file only supports writing to it to get > > text emitted, but ioctls can be defined to drive it, such as setting > > pitch etc. in a portable way across synthesizers (speakup will handle > > these details), but also interrupting. That all happens in speakup's > > devsynth.c and can be a relatively easy task for kernel hacking > > beginners. > > > > Samuel > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > web site: http://www.gregn.net > gpg public key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc > skype: gregn1 > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > If we haven't been in touch before, e-mail me before adding me to your contacts. > > -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici wb2una covici@ccs.covici.com