emacspeak

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As I said in my message, it's software. Read the provided url to
learn more.

On Wed, 8 May 2002, Alex Snow wrote:

> Hi All,
> What is eflite?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at afb.net>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 7:17 PM
> Subject: Re: emacspeak
> 
> 
> > Hi, Igor:
> >
> > The eflite package provides screen review for yasr, and a speech
> > server for emacspeak using the flite speech synthesizer. So, it's
> > all software, except for your sound card's chips. The order is:
> >
> > 1.) Compile and install flite
> > 2.) Compile and install eflite
> > 3.) compile and install yasr -- and/or wire the eflite
> > server for emacspeak.
> >
> > Look at http://eflite.sf.net
> >
> > I used yasr and eflite all the way fromWashington to Honolulu
> > last Friday--until my batteries gave out. It isn't Speakup, but
> > it's pretty good, and was sure useful when I couldn't use
> > hardware speech.
> >
> > On Tue, 7 May 2002, Igor Gueths wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Janina. Are eflite and yasr packages which will echo commands to the
> serial port? I'll have to see if I find them somewhere. Or, I could pass
> speakup_synth=none reboot and see if emacspeak will work.
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Janina Sajka <janina at afb.net>
> > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 4:47 PM
> > > Subject: Re: emacspeak
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi, Igor:
> > > >
> > > > If you're getting errors in tcl, then you should expect emacspeak
> > > > will break, as indeed you've discovered.
> > > >
> > > > By all means, try ViaVoice, and also try the second synth
> > > > approach. I suspect you'll prefer the latter approach because
> > > > ViaVoice tends to prevent other audio from playing.
> > > >
> > > > Another way to get at the issue of whether it's a conflict with
> > > > Speakup is to try your tcl commands without Speakup loaded. You
> > > > should be able to do this even without sighted assistance if you
> > > > get eflite and yasr.
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, 7 May 2002, Igor Gueths wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi Janina. Well what happens is that first, I hit pint screen to
> so-called kill Speakup. Next, I type emacspeak. When I get Speakup up again
> to see why I got a \a (bell character), I see that at the bottom it says
> process speaker not running. I believe that this has to do with the i/o
> errors I was getting while trying to test the speech server with tcl. Also,
> I might be getting another dectalk express sometime in the future. If I plug
> that into my other serial port /dev/ttyS1, and re-export the dtk_port
> variable, could this possibly fix the problem? Or possibly using viavoice
> instead? Thanks!
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: Janina Sajka <janina at afb.net>
> > > > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > > > > Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 11:43 PM
> > > > > Subject: Re: emacspeak
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > Igor:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > What happens when you launch emacspeak?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I presume you boot with Speakup. So, what happens when you
> > > > > > launch Emacspeak?
> > > > > > On Mon, 6 May 2002, Igor Gueths wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hi all. Where can I find the resolution to this issue? What
> keywords
> > > > > > > should I search for in the vassar archives? Thanks!
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Mon, 6 May 2002, Janina Sajka wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Speakup and emacspeak can share the same hardware synth.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > This issue was resolved some time ago.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On Mon, 6 May 2002, Igor Gueths wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Hi Janina and Hi all. Janina, I understand you are on the
> Emacspeak list
> > > > > > > > > as well as the Speakup list, as I have subscribed to it. Do
> you or anyone
> > > > > > > > > else, for that matter, know if Speakup interferes with i/o
> even after you
> > > > > > > > > hit print-screen and Speakup is killed so I can start
> Emacspeak? Because I
> > > > > > > > > have been getting basically I/o errors when testing the
> dtk-exp speech
> > > > > > > > > server with tcl. Does anyone know if this is the case?
> Because I was
> > > > > > > > > mainly going to use it for possibly Emacs itself (I've been
> digging around
> > > > > > > > > Emacs docs for quite a while), and possibly running
> something like Tnt.
> > > > > > > > > Can Tnt run under a Bash console, since it runs under a sort
> of shell
> > > > > > > > > anyway? The only difference is that it is inside of Emacs
> not at a regular
> > > > > > > > > Tcsh/Bash prompt? Any insite on this would be appreciated.
> Thanks!
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > > > > > > Speakup mailing list
> > > > > > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> > > > > > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Janina Sajka, Director
> > > > > > > > Technology Research and Development
> > > > > > > > Governmental Relations Group
> > > > > > > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Chair, Accessibility SIG
> > > > > > > > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF)
> > > > > > > > http://www.openebook.org
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > > > > > 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
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Janina Sajka, Director
> > > > > > Technology Research and Development
> > > > > > Governmental Relations Group
> > > > > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Chair, Accessibility SIG
> > > > > > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF)
> > > > > > http://www.openebook.org
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > > > 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
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > > Janina Sajka, Director
> > > > Technology Research and Development
> > > > Governmental Relations Group
> > > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
> > > >
> > > > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175
> > > >
> > > > Chair, Accessibility SIG
> > > > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF)
> > > > http://www.openebook.org
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > 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
> > >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Janina Sajka, Director
> > Technology Research and Development
> > Governmental Relations Group
> > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
> >
> > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175
> >
> > Chair, Accessibility SIG
> > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF)
> > http://www.openebook.org
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > 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
> 

-- 
	
				Janina Sajka, Director
				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

Email: janina at afb.net		Phone: (202) 408-8175

Chair, Accessibility SIG
Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF)
http://www.openebook.org





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