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
