I also think this software speech stuff is good to think about. I also like the idea of dev/synth because it would meen less work for developers. Rather than having each program make drivers, all programs could use a unified standerd. Another feature to having dev/synth is that programs such as speakup would be able to switch with no problems. This idea would also eliminate the idea of bloating the kernel. Speakup would not have to compile such software synths as viavoice into the kernel. It would be the users responsibility to add drivers to the kernel, and speakups responsibilities are lessened for the better. I am not hinting that speakup developers should implement this idea, just that the idea should be developed. I will say that I enjoy having messages from startup, but once my kernel works, I usualley shut speakup up. ----- Original Message ----- From: Thomas Ward <tward@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 10:35 AM Subject: Re: Speakup and ViaVoice. > Hello, Bryan and others. Certainly points are well made that Viavoice is > memory, processor, and system entensive. However, long term is proving to > double and triple in CPU output. > Naturally, I use a Dectalk Express, and love using it under Linux. However, > while taking my laptop out carying around a $1200 synth is a bit crazy, and > always takes time setting up. > How I see this is that someone would use a hardware synth to setup there > Linux Distro, enable the sound card, and then compile software speech > support. > I am not suggesting that this should be something that needs to be done > right away. Merely something to think about. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Brian Borowski <brianb at braille.uwo.ca> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 7:46 AM > Subject: Speakup and ViaVoice. > > > > There's been a thread about speakup and ViaVoice and writing the code to > > make this work. I wanted to point out a few things about this idea, that > > are going to have to be worked out. > > > > * ViaVoice is a software synthesizer and the kernel has to be running, > > and most of the other parts of linux have to be operational before > > anything can be done with a software synthesizer, unless it gets totally > > built into the kernel; that could make a kernel huge, and would also > > require that sound card stuff (there are very many sound cards out there), > > be loaded into the kernel as well. > > > > * You would miss the real-time boot-up stuff from the kernel, a very > > important feature, in my opinion, especially when trying to figure out > > what is going on when something is not working as it should be, or when > > you're trying to build a kernel and something isn't quite working write. > > You could make use of the kernel message buffer to have the software > > synthesizer speak the startup messages after the fact, but if there was a > > failure during bootup; you would never get the opportunity to hear > > anything at all, because you'd never get the speech started up. > > > > * Then, finally, there's another thing, the kernel is open source, > > speakup is open source, the information is available for the software > > synthesizer API, and perhaps, with some imagination, someone can figure > > out a solution for the above two points. If someone really wants this > > badly enough, why can't they put some effort into coding for this project. > > > > There's more than enough work with the normal speakup development to keep > > a few Kirks busy, without even worrying about ViaVoice, so I suspect, that > > this is one of those projects that someone else will have to do. If > > there's no one else to do it; it probably won't get done for a very long > > time. > > > > Brian Borowski > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
