The old ViaVoice relies on libraries that are no longer available. In other words, that's a mismatch between the new Mandrake and the old ViaVoice. Do you have a hardware speech synthesizer? vasile radu writes: > I am not so bigginer also!!! > I've installed mandrake 10.1 3 cds distro with multimedia and office > workstation packages > I get emacspeak 14 rpm and installed it > then I got viavoice rtk and sdk and tried to install them but (after the > instalation) > when I try to get some speak from them with ./runcmdlinespeak (which is a > sample for viavoice) > I get the error segmentation fault clsdir..... > I left this way because someone on to this list answer me that viavoice is > no longer supported under linux and get the way to festival. > In the begining I get from rpmfind > the rpms neccessary for mandrake 10.1 to instal festival i mean: > > festival-1.4.3-5mdk.i586.rpm > festvox_kallpc16k_1.4.3_1mdk.noarch.rpm > and others like it > festvox-kallpc-common-1.4.3-1mdk.noarch.rpm > festvox-kedlpc16k-1.4.3-1mdk.noarch.rpm > festvox-kedlpc-common-1.4.3-1mdk.noarch.rpm > festlex-CMU-1.4.3-1mdk.noarch.rpm > festlex-POSLEX-1.4.3-1mdk.noarch.rpm > festvox-kallpc8k-1.4.3-1mdk.noarch.rpm > After the documentation I read with this packages instaled festival must > speack on my computer I tried to give to it: > > festival_server > nothing > i tried festival > and I get the prompt festival> > i write: > (SayText "Hello world") > error don't know (hello ) variable > after this > I got the sources of all packages of festival 1.95beta > and follow the steps in instalation guide but nothing!!! > a happy new year > ///////// > Radu Vasile > Techinc Consultant in computers > "better light a candle than curse the darkness" > > "follow the white rabbit" > e-mail: > vradu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > matematicianu@xxxxxxx > matematicianu2003@xxxxxxxxxxx > rvasile@xxxxxxxxx > antropofagul2003@xxxxxxxx > and soon others > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 5:34 PM > Subject: Re: Fw: new to linux..... > > > >Yes, you can expect to use emacspeak. You cannot expect it will work > >just because you installed Linux, unfortunately. > > > >If we're going to help you, we need more information. > > > >What have you installed? Explain about your computer's Linux > >installation. > > > >vasile radu writes: > >>ok! > >>I on't want only gnome accessibility > >>I've tried to make emacspeak to work and no result. > >>Are these screen reader come with a voice them selves? > >>Don't they use something like festival or viavoice? > >>If tjhey don't I'm interested how to make with one of them my distro to > >>speak!!! > >> > >>a happy new year > >>///////// > >>Radu Vasile > >>Techinc Consultant in computers > >>"better light a candle than curse the darkness" > >>"follow the white rabbit" > >>e-mail: > >>vradu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>matematicianu@xxxxxxx > >>matematicianu2003@xxxxxxxxxxx > >>rvasile@xxxxxxxxx > >>antropofagul2003@xxxxxxxx > >>and soon others > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: "Kenny Hitt" <kenny@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >>Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 10:28 PM > >>Subject: Re: Fw: new to linux..... > >> > >> > >>>Hi. > >>> > >>>I use Debian as my Linux distro and (mostly) speakup as my screen > >>>reader. Speakup gives me access to the text console. > >>> > >>>>From the libs you mention, it sounds like you are trying to access a > >>>Linux system using only Gnome. At this time, I don't think you will > >>>have much success using Linux with only Gnome accessibility. For now, > >>>the best access to Linux is using a screen reader like speakup, brltty, > >>>or yasr to give you access to the text console. > >>> > >>>Hope this helps. > >>> Kenny > >>> > >>>On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 09:33:51PM +0300, vasile radu wrote: > >>>>then, what ar you (all) using and how get you your distro speaking? > >>>>I've got a fedora core 3 and I have seen that this distro has the > >>>>packages > >>>>necessary on it > >>>>But mandrake (less in 10.1 version) give this packages in a > >>>>distribution > >>>>named power pack wich cost less 60 $ > >>>>So in the free distribution of 3 cds they don't put this packages. > >>>>I mean: > >>>>at-spi > >>>>gnome-speech > >>>>atk > >>>>and lib packages afferent > >>>>So the work get harder on drake to get it speak. > >>>>I have it installed for a mounth and I can not get it speak to me!!! > >>>>It's verry desapointing and even if i want to get on linux, I am forced > >>>>to > >>>>use windows for the moment until I'll understand and get a procedure to > >>>>get > >>>>it speak even if I will format my partitions!!! > >>>>So the problem is: > >>>>What are you using and how get you it speak!!! > >>>> > >>>>a happy new year > >>>>///////// > >>>>Radu Vasile > >>>>Techinc Consultant in computers > >>>>"better light a candle than curse the darkness" > >>>>"follow the white rabbit" > >>>>e-mail: > >>>>vradu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>>matematicianu@xxxxxxx > >>>>matematicianu2003@xxxxxxxxxxx > >>>>rvasile@xxxxxxxxx > >>>>antropofagul2003@xxxxxxxx > >>>>and soon others > >>>>----- Original Message ----- > >>>>From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@xxxxxxxxxxx> > >>>>To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >>>>Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 6:02 AM > >>>>Subject: Re: Fw: new to linux..... > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>We're not ignoring you. I think the silence to your question only > >>>>>means > >>>>>that there aren't very many of us using Mandrake. > >>>>> > >>>>>The only time I have personally met blind users on Mondrake was in > >>>>>Denmark. The web address is: > >>>>> > >>>>>http://www.sslug.dk/~chlor/brltty-logtext/mandrake91.html > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>vasile radu writes: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Helo! I am new to linux and I am visual impaired. > >>>>>>I tried to follow even one how to guide, but no one give a result. > >>>>>>My question is direct and I want a answer on steps: > >>>>>>Have any one mandrake 10.x and made it speak? If yes how! > >>>>>>In hope that I'll finaly will hear something from my linux I wait > >>>>>>your > >>>>>>answers. > >>>>>>I am using mandrake 10.1 free version of 3 cds > >>>>>>THANKS A LOT > >>>>>>a happy new year > >>>>>>///////// > >>>>>>Radu Vasile > >>>>>>Techinc Consultant in computers > >>>>>>"better light a candle than curse the darkness" > >>>>>>"follow the white rabbit" > >>>>>>e-mail: > >>>>>>vradu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>>>>matematicianu@xxxxxxx > >>>>>>matematicianu2003@xxxxxxxxxxx > >>>>>>rvasile@xxxxxxxxx > >>>>>>antropofagul2003@xxxxxxxx > >>>>>>and soon others > >>>>>>_______________________________________________ > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>>>>>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >>>>> > >>>>>-- > >>>>> > >>>>>Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 > >>>>>Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com > >>>>> > >>>>>Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) > >>>>>janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://a11y.org > >>>>> > >>>>>If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a different > >>>>>problem. > >>>>> > >>>>>_______________________________________________ > >>>>> > >>>>>Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>>>>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>>_______________________________________________ > >>>> > >>>>Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>>>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >>> > >>>_______________________________________________ > >>> > >>>Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >>> > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >> > >>Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > >-- > > > >Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 > >Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com > > > >Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) > >janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://a11y.org > > > >If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem. > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > >Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://a11y.org If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem. _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list