On Thu, 11 Nov 2004, David Bruzos wrote: > Hello Everyone: > This message is kind of long, so you might not want to include the entire > thing when you respond! > I have some questions about software speech and distributions other than > Fedora. I started writing some stuff down and retesting some of the > things I did before (to make sure they work again) and I plan to have a > draft of the software howto written soon. However, I like to include > whatever I can about other distributions like Debian and Slackware... > Below, I will write the basic steps that I perform to get it configured on > Fedora. Can users of other distros send me their distro-specific details? > > 1. I use the "mkinitrd" command to put the "sftsyn" module into the kernel > at boot time. The command was: > "mkinitrd -v /boot/initrd-2.6.x.img 2.6.x --with=speakup_sftsyn > --with=pcspkr" > > A. Can this be applied to other distros? > B. Does "mkinitrd" act different (how) in other distros? > C. Should I use another (more portable) approach? > D. Do other distros have the PC speaker (pcspkr) compiled as a module? > > 2. I created a /dev/softsynth device using the "mknod" command. The > command was: > "mknod /dev/softsynth c 10 26". > > A. Is this ok for other distros? > B. Is the syntax the same? > > 3. Festival was already instaled and working in Fedora. > A. Any problems getting Festival for other distros? > > 4. Flite was not installed in Fedora. I had to download RPMS, because it > would not compile properly... I got flite compiled on fc2 by applying a patch from I think Luke Yellovitch. The patch file is called const.patch.bz2. I had to compile flite as the rpm I could find at the time did not seem to have the required shared libraries for speech dispatcher to compile. > > 5. I downloaded speech-dispatcher, compiled it, and installed it without > any problems. > A. Anyone have problems doing this? Not once the shared libraries issue discribed above was solved. > > 6. speechd_up compiled and installed without problems also... > A. ...? > > 7. Just ran: > A. # speech-dispatcher > B. # speechd_up > I had software speech working at this point... No I did not, but I did not put sftsyn into my initrd.img as I am mainly using dectlk. That might be the reason why I first have to echo sftsyn to /proc/speakup/synth_name. > > I have repeated these steps on three different machines and they have all > worked without a problem. I have used the Fedora core 2 speakup modified fedora kernel. The only thing I have not been able to do is > compile flite from source. However, the flite RPMS work very well... An rpm is always easyer, so I am glad you found the right one. At the mmoment, I some times succeed in crashing my kernel when switching back and forth between the soft and hardware synths. > > Thanx IA! > > David Bruzos > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
