Are you typing cat /proc/speakup/voice If not, that may be your problem. ----- Original Message ----- From: "EPYD Productions" <epyd2@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 12:07 AM Subject: Re: changing voice in speakup > hello sir > i'm sorry you aare miss-construdding the title of tech as a know it all of > some sorts. i am not. i am just a tech who deals more with networking and > hardware than with the speakup and things. i'm vary new to speakup and new > to its vast array of options and ways to tweak it. i apologize if i can't > make it much clearer but this is what the system tells me when i am logged > in as root > when i type /proc/speakup/voice it tells me "permission denied". > when i view it in a vi session i do see the zero. what do i do within this > file to change the "voice output of the doubletalk lite"? i'm coming to this > list hunbbly sir, seeking assistance and i tell you the title tech doesn't > always mean i have the answer to questions and sometimes i ask them my self. > Blind Tech > website: http://www.users.qwest.net/~drjann/epyd/ > contact info can be found on website > email list: EPYD Radio-subscribe at yahoogroups.com > EPYD the only place to be! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kenny Hitt" <kenny at hittsjunk.net> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 8:42 PM > Subject: Re: changing voice in speakup > > > | Hi. > | > | I'm confused. You say "you can't access the file" and then access the > | file in an editor. > | I'm just a user, not a tech guy, but if you can look at the file in an > | editor, then you can access it. > | > | I remember telling you the contents of /proc/speakup/voice was an int. > | Last I heard, 0 is an int. My version of vi uses tilde to show empty > | lines. So, if I open a file in vi that contains just an int (0), I will > | see exactly what you describe. > | > | Please explain to someone who is just a user what you mean. After all, > you are > | the "tech". > | > | Kenny > | > | On Tue, May 03, 2005 at 07:46:16PM -0700, EPYD Productions wrote: > | > this was logged in as root. and even tried opening it with vi and it was > | > emty but a zero and tildes. > | > Blind Tech > | > website: http://www.users.qwest.net/~drjann/epyd/ > | > contact info can be found on website > | > email list: EPYD Radio-subscribe at yahoogroups.com > | > EPYD the only place to be! > | > ----- Original Message ----- > | > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net> > | > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > | > Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 6:44 PM > | > Subject: Re: changing voice in speakup > | > > | > > | > | EPYD Productions writes: > | > | > tried accessing /proc/speakup/voice and "permission denied" > | > | > | > | > | > | Oh dear. Here we go with Unix 101 again ... > | > | > | > | So, who accessed /proc/speakup/voice > | > | > | > | To find out the answer, type: > | > | > | > | whoami > | > | > | > | or > | > | > | > | who am i > | > | > | > | > | > | _______________________________________________ > | > | 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 > | > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
