Hi, I was having this problem too, but Gene Collins pointed out the order in which you need to start things: 1) As you have now, festival and speech-dispatcher have to be running (as daemons). 2) do: "echo >/proc/speakup/synth_name sftsyn" This doesn't start talking yet, but loads the 'speakup_sftsyn' module and tells speakup which synthesizer it's going to use. 3) now, just do: "speechd_up" as root You should now hear speakup talking through your computer's audio system. hth, --terry On Tue, Aug 10, 2004 at 01:47:19PM +0200, Willem van der Walt<willem at top.health.gov.za> wrote: > Hi, > I have flite compiled and speech-dispatcher doing its test and talking. > I seem to have speechd_up compiled and installed correctly, but after > having created > /dev/softsynth with major 10 and minor first 26 and then after deleting > the first one, 36, > After starting speechd_up -L/var/log/speech.log > I get this: > [Tue Aug 10 13:33:48 2004] speechd: Speechd-speakup starts! > [Tue Aug 10 13:33:48 2004] speechd: ERROR! > Unable to open soft synth device (/dev/softsynth) > I have chmod 777 /dev/softsynth although it belongs to root and i was > running everything as root. > What am i doing wrong here? > TIA > Willem > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Name: Terry D. Cudney Phone: (705) 422-0039 E-mail: terry at wasaga.dyns.net Web: wasaga.dyns.net Having a smoking section in a restaurant is like... having a peeing sectionin a swimming pool. Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
