Using Viavoice on a 486 would be a mistake. You need at leasta pentium 166,and I found it only really starts working good on 266 and above. With 32 MB of ram then you would need a large swop, but it is always better to have more physical ram then swop. I have 64 MB of ram, and a AMD K6-2 500 MHZ processor and Viavoiceworks fine under those conditions. ----- Original Message ----- From: Holmes, Steve <SAHolmes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 8:29 AM Subject: RE: Speakup Sans Synth? > Just curious, can ViaVoice be used with a 486 with 32 meg? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Ward [mailto:tward at bright.net] > Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2000 11:11 PM > To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca > Subject: Re: Speakup Sans Synth? > > > I also think that Viavoice would be a good addition to Speakup if it can be > done. > I know that Emacspeak does supportit, and I use it on my laptop for that > purpose. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Terry D. Cudney <terry at wasagacottage.com> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2000 7:54 AM > Subject: Re: Speakup Sans Synth? > > > > 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. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
