I can get this to work well in windows with the following line in the jfw.ini file Synth1Port=C-Media Wave Device Could the same be done in Gnome to resolve the gnopernicus and player problems? Darragh ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenn Ervin@Home" <GlennErvin at cableone.net> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 12:34 AM Subject: Re: Software synths > I wonder if it would help if the programmers of the software speech would > allow the speech to come through a soundcard of its own. > I have used 2 sound cards in a computer at the same time before without any > problems. > Glenn. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Whitley CTR Cecil H" <WhitleyCH.ctr at cherrypoint.usmc.mil> > To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" > <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 8:21 AM > Subject: RE: Software synths > > > Hi Janina, > I agree that there is an issue with keeping the speech stream out of the > music stream. I actually had a thought on that when I read your message. I > have 5.1 surround sound, it would be possible to put the voice stream to the > rear speakers and therefore keep it separate from the music stream coming > through the front speakers. I don't know if any of the software synth > developers would be interested in enabling this as an option, but it is one > possible solution. A "separate" sound device like "voice" in the mixer > might also be an option, but i'm not sure if that would address all issues. > It would allow recording software to supress that device for it's incoming > data stream. > > Don't get me wrong, I have no bias against hardware synths and I do wish > development on them would continue. It would be so nice to have a firewire > or usb connected hw synth! Especially one that the manufacturer would > publish enough documentation for to enable a speakup/yasr/emacs speak driver > to be written. I guess even a PCI hw synth would be helpfull, but PCI like > ISA before it will eventually go away. > > Regards, > > Cecil > _______________________________________________ > 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