I got it at: http://www.themuso.com/const.patch.bz2 The message I got it from was sent to this list on 7 August. HTH Regards, Willem On Mon, 15 Nov 2004, Sean McMahon wrote: > You may want to reference where you obtained the patch as well? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <willem at top.health.gov.za> > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
