Ann, You shouldn't be calling them "sound cards." He may think you really mean a synth is one which most aren't. Greg On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 07:53:00AM -0400, Ann Parsons wrote: > In-Reply-To: <000701c11f2b$606e9840$4100a8c0 at pandora> > References: <004f01c11eac$97149040$4100a8c0 at pandora> > <20010806190121.A156 at Snoopy.megsinet.net> > <000701c11f2b$606e9840$4100a8c0 at pandora> > X-Mailer: VM 6.92 under Emacs 20.7.2 > Bcc: akp at eznet.net > > Hi all, > > Um, excuse me. I think we've got a real newbie here. Jack, perhaps > you can tell us a bit more about who you are and why you want to > access speakup. > > A synthesizer is a dedicated sound card that is especially designed > for speech output. You can have internal and external speech > synthesizers. No, they are not sold in regular computer stores. > > Do I take it that you are a sighted linuxer who wants to adapt a > computer for a friend or relative who is blind? In that case, you > need info on synthesizers and where to get them, etc. > > If you are a competent linuxer, then, I will tell you that emacspeak > does work with the Via Voice Outloud from IBM, its software answer to > speech synthesis. You can download that package off the net. If > your friend/relative wants speech access from boot-up to shutdown, > then he/she will need speakup and a hardware synthesizer. > > Ann P. > > -- > Ann K. Parsons > email: akp at eznet.net ICQ Number: 33006854 > WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp > "All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
