If you want tuxtalk, wich I don't know why you would unless you're a programmer, you got to get it out of CVS with the command: cvs -d:pserver:anonymous at linux-speakup.org:/usr/src/CVS login Password: please cvs -d:pserver:anonymous at linux-speakup.org:/usr/src/CVS checkout tuxtalk It's also on the speakup site.hth Alex Snow ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shaun Oliver" <shauno@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 10:01 PM Subject: Re: support for software synths. > On Fri, 15 Mar 2002, Mirabella, Mathew J wrote: > > > Hi all. > > > > Can anyone tell me if speakup is able to support software synthesisers which > > use the internal sound card yet? > > The short answer to this is no. > the reason behind it is simply at the moment a metter of the fact that > speakup comes up talking very early in the boot process as it is kernel > level. > the reason that software synths ain't supported is for one, sound comes up > after all the filesystems are mounted and if you ever get a kernel panic > you'll never know about it. > also, there isn't a wide variety of good software synths available as open > source. there is a project that's called tuxtalk but it's nothing more > than a text to speech engine that u just play around with for your own > purposes at this stage. > as far as I know, kirk is looking at one day integrating it into speakup > but I could be wrong on this point. > however, if you want a list of synthesisers that are supported, go to > http://www.linux-speakup.org and look there. > that will have all the information you need. > hth > > > -- qShaun Oliver > > Marriage is a three ring circus: > engagement ring, wedding ring, and suffering. > -- Roger Price > > Email: shauno at goanna.net.au > Icq: 76958435 > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
