Please give me more information about how I might install yasr and speakup on a Debian system to work without a hardware synthesizer. Thanks. -- Hugh At 01:13 PM 7/20/03 -0400, you wrote: >Hi, Jared. >If you are looking for a software speech solution your best bet is to pass >up speakup, and use a screen reader called yasr with the flite software >speech system. >A friend of mine is working on rpms for RH 9 for yasr, eflite, and flite, >and hopefully in a few days we will have a solution which you can just >install the three rpms and have speech up and running. >I use yasr on my laptop rather than speakup for the reason it has software >speech and it is a good alternative to speakup when you need software >speech. > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Jared <jared-stofflett at twmi.rr.com> >To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> >Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 10:43 AM >Subject: current status of software speech with speakup > > > > I have a laptop that I want to install redhat Linux, and speakup on. I >don't > > have a hardware synth, or serial ports, so buying a hardware synth is not >an > > option. What is the current status of software speech under Linux, I've > > scene a web page but it hasn't been updated for a while. Also I know there > > are two different versions of software speech, and don't know which one to > > chose? Appreciate any info.