Hi Well I've just got my apollo out and tried it out. I'm using a new 2.6 kernel patched with cvs speakup. However, it occurred to me that the name had been changed thus I wonder if you've tried apollo with one 'l' and two 'll', this version needs "apollo" echoing to the /proc/speakup/synth_name file. HTH Gena On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 02:38:28PM +0100, Darren Paskell wrote: > Georgina Joyce kindly suggested the following: > > > OK, try holding the ctrl key and pressing the letter 'u' to clear the > > line, then type "linux speakup_synth=apolo" if your apollo is not on com 1 > > or /dev/ttyS0 then add the port to the command line but I've usually got > > away with it. > > > > HTH > > Good point, I forgot about that. Unfortunately, still no go. I did however > try to activate Speakup's Braille/n/Speak support with the > "speakup_synth=bns" parameter and no serial device designation, and got it > talking. So, Speakup is indeed compiled into the Kernel of the CD and floppy > I have, but the Apollo support seems to be malfunctioning. Is there anyway I > might be able to debug this? I have a copy of the Apollo II command set > manual in ASCII around somewhere with the synth codes for speech parameters > for rate, pitch and the like if it would be of use. In the meantime, I might > just go ahead with the bns option until I can get it installed. > > Thanks for your help. > > Darren > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > ---end quoted text--- -- 2E0AXU Blindness Advocacy Self Help (BASH Online) bashonline-subscribe at yahoogroups.com Freedom & Power provided by debian GNU Linux
