One thing: you should probably do: echo none >/proc/speakup/synth_name Whenver I tried to load the sftsyn module, it totally screwed my kernel with 2.4/2.6, but if you do it this way it works fine. On Wed, 28 Apr 2004, Stephen Clower wrote: > Hello Jacob, > Although horrendous, this command worked so I know Speech-Dispatcher is running. > > > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > > On 4/28/2004 at 6:54 PM Jacob Schmude wrote: > > >Hi > >Interesting. Does your sound card work for other things? Can you play a > >sound file through it? The default module that will be used is flite, > >which usually always works. Does speech dispatcher work? Try this: > >spd-say "Hello, this is a test" > >after speech dispatcher is started. If this works, we know speech > >dispatcher is set up properly. NOte that older versions of speech > >dispatcher simply called the command "say". > >Something else I've noticed occasionally: If you're using a hardware synth > >with speakup and try to switch to softsynth, it can behave strangely, > >often the software synthesizer device isn't recognized when this happens. > >Best thing to do in this case is remove all speakup modules and then do a > >modprobe speakup_sftsyn--this ensures that the softsynth driver is the > >only one loaded at the time. > >HTH > >On Wed, 28 Apr 2004, Stephen Clower wrote: > > > >> Hi Jacob, > >> For now, I'm just using the defaults specified in the .conf file. If I > >can get it working, then I'll try and use the Dectalk RT. > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > Stephen Clower, that guy from the south. > You can reach me by any of the following: > E-Mail: steve at steve-audio.net > MSN: steve at steve-audio.net > AIM: AudioRabbit03 > > You can also check out my little home on the web by visiting http://www.steve-audio.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
