-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Well, I cannot promise this will work for anyone else, but for me it works reliably and conveniently. Assumptions: kernel compiled with speakup and its drivers as modules. Subdirectories under /etc/speakup for each synthesizer you wish to use, where files exist to be copied to /proc/speakup when the synth is begun. For instance, /etc/speakup/ltlk with files "rate" and "pitch". The name to be used for the speakup_sftsyn driver is not sftsyn, but softsynth. The speech-dispatcher is loaded in the system startup scripts. Mine is in /etc/rc.d/rc.local, where it is followed gby a "sleep 1". The following script should be made executable and stored in /usr/local/sbin. Mine is called "speakwith" and takes an argument such as these: speakwith ltlk speakwith sftsyn speakwith bns speakwith none speakwith dectlk and so on. To see the official list, make a mistake! "speakwith caution" for instance. - --------- script starts here -------- #!/bin/bash if [ "$1" != "acntsa" ] && [ "$1" != "acntpc" ] && [ "$1" != "apollo" ] && \ [ "$1" != "audptr" ] && [ "$1" != "bns" ] && [ "$1" != "dectlk" ] && \ [ "$1" != "decext" ] && [ "$1" != "decpc" ] && [ "$1" != "dtlk" ] && \ [ "$1" != "keypc" ] && [ "$1" != "ltlk" ] && [ "$1" != "none" ] && \ [ "$1" != "sftsyn" ] && [ "$1" != "spkout" ] && [ "$1" != "txprt" ]; then echo "Unrecognized synthesizer type: \"$1\"" echo "Select one of the following:" echo "acntsa, acntpc, apollo, audptr, bms, dectlk, decext, decpc, dtpc," echo "keypc, ltlk, sftsyn, spkout, txprt, or none." exit 1 fi F1="`cat /proc/speakup/synth_name`" if [ "$F1" != "none" ]; then echo "none" > /proc/speakup/synth_name if [ "$F1" = "softsynth" ]; then kill -9 `cat /var/run/speechd-up.pid` rmmod speakup_sftsyn else rmmod speakup_$F1 fi sleep 1 fi if [ "$1" = "none" ]; then exit fi modprobe speakup_$1 if [ "$1" = "sftsyn" ]; then speechd_up fi cp /etc/speakup/`cat /proc/speakup/synth_name`/* /proc/speakup - ---------- script ends here -------- Any comments or suggestions are appreciated. I have used this thing with good results on my Slackware 9.1 system with kernel 2.4.26 for a while now. I have been unable to eliminate the sleep command it contains, nor move it elsewhere in the script. Standard disclaimer: Your mileage may vary, you get to keep the pieces if it breaks, and so on. Chuck - -- The Moon is Waning Gibbous (87% of Full) My home page is now at http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iQCVAwUBQJvwNDVdG8M9x9tGAQLsWgP/YeipJo2acE2MZ4BOasAD3AZwtDOyCBCu fWB0B2fEE1RKbfeRq/D0TF5Op9zcZZuDWhHnF6bnSc7A9pVRFt4ZX6KmocqrGAWV ZE1ZSr798uRG5rYnQm789mZ5RjiMOgB7fzqVX4oFjNbB+GKyaI2SuEp0FPjOBgm+ Rvzs339q8uA= =wTYX -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
