You may want to reference where you obtained the patch as well? ----- Original Message ----- From: <willem@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "David Bruzos" <david at bruzos.org> Cc: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 12:13 AM Subject: Re: software speech on Slackware, Debian, and others? > > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
