Yes, I agree about aumix. It's the only part of OSS that I like. Tom and Esther Ward writes: > From: "Tom and Esther Ward" <tward1978 at earthlink.net> > > Hi, the speech rate is very easy to set. > Simply do a numpad-0 and the letter 8 which should put you in layer 8. > Pressing the numpad-4 and numpad-6 keys will slow down and speed up the > speech rate. > Also the numpad-1 and numpad-3 keys will lower and increase the volume of > the speech. > Note, becareful to check the state of your numlock key as this all depends > if your numlock is on or off. > As far as setting volume gnome has a very speech friendly volume controle > located in the Gnome 2.4 main panel menu. It's location is a little > different in different Linux distros, but it is in the multimedia group with > the cd players etc... > If you are more interressted in setting volume from the command line there > is a nice program called aumix which will set your volume. For example: > > aumix -v 100 100 -w 75 75 -m 0 0 > > Personally, I like the gnome volume controle better, but aumix is a pretty > nice commandline tool as well. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Juan Hernandez" <juan at labradorable.net> > To: "speakup" <Speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 12:06 AM > Subject: gnopernicus too fast > > > Hello, I got gnome and gnopernicus running. Now my problem is that the rate > of speech is way to fast, also how do I turn up the volume of my sound card > in console and in x? Thanks > _______________________________________________ > 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 Email: janina at rednote.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Director, Technology Research and Development American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) http://www.afb.org Chair, Accessibility Work Group Free Standards Group http://accessibility.freestandards.org
