Hi Janina, This sounds very interesting, especially for a laptop/portable w/ builtin sound support. Care to share with us what was involved in getting it running with alsa? You wrote: -=> Hmmm, what would it take to wire up ViaVoice TTS? Believe it or not, I -=> have ViaVoice working under ALSA, though I understand it's not supposed -=> to. At least the kernel I'm now running has no OSS compiled in though -=> there are some OSS modules in /lib/modules/2.2.17. -=> -=> -=> On 10 Dec 2000, Kirk Reiser wrote: -=> -=> > Hi Janina: With the cvs code you certainly can boot with the synth -=> > either turned off or not connected. There isn't much if any -=> > performance hit as you call it. -=> > -=> > I was planning on not releasing a new version of speakup until I had -=> > the synth modules stuff written, but a number of folks have been -=> > lobbying for a new release before then. I'd be interrested in hearing -=> > folks opinion on this subject. -=> > -=> > Kirk -=> > -=> > -=> -=> -- -=> -=> Janina Sajka, Director -=> Technology Research and Development -=> Governmental Relations Group -=> American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) -=> -=> janina at afb.net -=> (202) 408-8175 -=> http://www.afb.org/gov.html -=> -=> -=> The invention of the printing press has been named the crowning -=> achievement of the past millennium. Yet, electronic publishing will soon -=> eclipse it. Read our White Paper: "Surpassing Gutenberg" available at: -=> -=> http://www.afb.org/ebook.html -=> -=> Are you developing software? Make it accessible to blind computer users. -=> Read http://www.afb.org/technology/accessapp.html to learn how. -=> -=> -=> -=> _______________________________________________ -=> Speakup mailing list -=> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca -=> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -=> --terry Name: Terry D. Cudney Phone: (905)735-6127 E-mail: terry at wasagacottage.com WWW: www.wasagacottage.com Q: How many college football players does it take to screw in a lightbulb? A: Only one, but he gets three credits for it.
