Hi. Read the speakup users guide. It explains it very well. You can read it on linux-speakup.org. The author spent a lot of time writing it and it clearly answers your questions. Kenny On Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 02:18:15PM +0200, Willem van der Walt wrote: > Hi, > How does one then select a specific speech device? > When there are modules, one can say: > modprobe speakup_dectlk or modprobe speakup_sftsyn. > Doe you simply echo the correct word to /proc/speakup/synth? > TIA > Willem > > > On Mon, 11 Jul 2005, Kenny Hitt wrote: > > >Hi. > > > >The Debian speakup kernels have speakup built in instead of being > >modules. > > > >Hope this helps. > > Kenny > > > >On Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 08:40:17AM +0200, Willem van der Walt wrote: > >>Hello, > >>Once the laptop was running, I ssh-ed intoo it from my desktop where I > >>have speech. > >>I looked for the speakup kernel modules and could not find them. > >>It does look like the standard 2.6 kernel. > >>Regards, Willem > >> > >> > >>On Fri, 8 Jul 2005, John G. Heim wrote: > >> > >>>One mistake I made the first time I installed speakup is that I installed > >>>the 2.6 kernel instead of the 2.4 speakup-modified kernel. You're given a > >>>choice but if you install the 2.6 kernel, then you don't get speakup. > >>> > >>>One thing that isn't clear in your message is how you know speakup isn't > >>>there. You don't have a synth so obviously, it's not speaking. You say > >>>you > >>>have sighted assistance so I'm guessing your friend installed it for you? > >>>Probably speech wasn't working during the install either, right? > >>> > >>>I have an external synth but I know that if I don't have it connected and > >>>turned on at boot time, I don't get speech. There is probably some way to > >>>get it started but usually, I just reboot. > >>> > >>> > >>>At 10:16 AM 7/8/2005, you wrote: > >>>>Hello, > >>>>I downloaded the Debian modified distribution with speakup built in. > >>>>I want to get software speech going on a laptop for which i do not have > >>>>a > >>>>hw synth. > >>>>I'll have some sighted help. > >>>>I tried and got a linux running, but it does not look as if speakup is > >>>>there. > >>>>I will ssh into the laptop once the linux is running from my desktop. > >>>>I intend to then configure the software speech. Most people here are > >>>>using Debian, but I have only worked with Redhat/Fedora reasently > >>>>and with Slacware long ago. > >>>>Any tips welcome. > >>>>TIA > >>>>Willem > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>-- > >>>>This message has been scanned for viruses and > >>>>dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > >>>>believed to be clean. > >>>>MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. > >>>> > >>>>_______________________________________________ > >>>> > >>>>Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>>>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >>> > >>>-- > >>>John G. Heim > >>>jheim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>3-4189 > >>> > >>>_______________________________________________ > >>> > >>>Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >>> > >> > >>-- > >>This message has been scanned for viruses and > >>dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > >>believed to be clean. > >>MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >> > >>Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >> > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > >Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list