Hello! Brltty has support for the festival text to speech synthesizer. It used to have support for ibm viavoice, but since it doesn't work any longer I don't know if dave has removed that support. /kristoffer -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Från: blinux-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:blinux-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]För vasile radu Skickat: den 7 april 2005 15:03 Till: Linux for blind general discussion Ämne: Re: help with fun stuff at boot up does brltty use a software sinthetizer? a happy new year ///////// Radu Vasile Technic 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, April 06, 2005 4:35 PM Subject: Re: help with fun stuff at boot up > I'll tell you how I do something very like what you specify. > > /etc/rc.local is your friend. > > In my case, I also use ~/.bashrc > > I find the audio files I want to use and stick them in /boot. I have > names like /boot/boot.wav, /boot/login.wav, etc. That way, I can change > sounds without editing anything. All I need do is copy the new sound to > the existing filename. > > Now, in rc.local: > > aplay /boot/boot.wav > > This is also where you can launch any global apps you want to launch. > > In ~/.bashrc: > > aplay /boot/login.wav > > Why? Because sometimes I boot without speech, especially on my laptop, > and I want to know without additional action on my part that I've > successfully logged in. > > Put any additional per console login apps you want in ~/.bashrc or > ~/.bash_profile. > > Gustafsson Kristoffer (elev) writes: >> Hello! >> I need some help with getting some fun when booting linux. >> Firstly I want to have a nice startup and shutdown sound, and secondly I >> want to have brltty automatically loaded, and third I want to have linux >> save the sound settings I have made when I shut down. >> I'm using fedora core 2. >> how shall I do? >> /kristoffer > >> _______________________________________________ >> >> 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