I also am very interested in the Viavoice (AKA IBM-TTS) package. Does anyone know for sure if Cap. Accessability is selling/is going to sell it? Is there any form of a release schedule? Espeak is awesome, but it would be awesome to have more voices to choose from at your disposal. Thanks much in advance, Guy At 07:05 PM 12/2/2006, you wrote: >No, it is a commercial application. I managed to get it about 12 months >ago. > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Marcel Oats" <moats at orcon.net.nz> >To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> >Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 9:00 AM >Subject: Re: speakup and ubuntu > > > > Hi there, the correct command is > > speechd-up > > Incidentally, what's the story with viavoice? I remember it was > > free, but I can't find it anywhere. I guess the correct name is IBM > > tts, but at any rate, would a debian package exist? > > > > Marcel > > At 10:34 Ay M 3/12/2006, you wrote: > >>Hi Scott. > >> > >>Steps to get software synths to work are: > >> > >>1. Modify the speech-dispatcher configuration file found in the > >>/etc/speech-dispatcher directory. You have to modify this file to support > >>the software synth you want to use. The configuraiton file already has > >>some > >>defualt free and non-free synths. EG: espeech, flight, Dectalk Software > >>and Viavoice. Make sure you restart speech-dispatcher via the > >>'/etc/init.d/speech-dispatcher restart' command before trying to get > >>software to work with Speakup. I don't know If this is really required, > >>but > >>I do it to make sure. > >> > >>2. Once you have done that, load the speakup moduel for software speech > >>by: > >> > >>modprobe speakup_sftsyn > >> > >>3. Then run dispatcher: > >> > >>speech-dispatcher > >> > >>4. Then run: > >> > >>speakd-up (I hope I hav this command correct, I am working from memory). > >> > >>Assumming your sound is correctly configured on your machine. Then it all > >>should work. > >> > >>I have this in a script to do for myself. > >> > >>Sean > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: "Scott Ford" <scott at adaptiveit.us> > >>To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" > >><speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > >>Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 1:15 AM > >>Subject: RE: speakup and ubuntu > >> > >> > >> > Hi, > >> > Would you know how to get speakup working with the software synth? > >> > I cannot seem to figure it out. Thank you in advanced. > >> > Scott > >> > > >> > > >> > -----Original Message----- > >> > From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca > >> > [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] > >> > On Behalf Of Lorenzo Taylor > >> > Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 8:30 PM > >> > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > >> > Subject: Re: speakup and ubuntu > >> > > >> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >> > Hash: SHA1 > >> > > >> > While you're still in graphical mode, press the kill speakup key next > >> > to > >> > the > >> > scroll lock to the right of f12. All other consoles will work > >> > correctly > >> > at > >> > that point. > >> > > >> > Lorenzo > >> > - -- > >> > I've always found anomalies to be very relaxing. It's a curse. > >> > - --Jadzia Dax: Star Trek Deep Space Nine (The Assignment) -----BEGIN > >> > PGP > >> > SIGNATURE----- > >> > Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) > >> > > >> > iD8DBQFFcNcxG9IpekrhBfIRApFXAKCcvdYYHR05v9yKHPCMR90QgNLFmQCdGCRy > >> > m+Wbzs5pZ/LoQg4Kcthi/S4= > >> > =EyFK > >> > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Speakup mailing list > >> > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > No virus found in this incoming message. > >> > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > >> > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.3/562 - Release Date: > >> > 12/1/2006 > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > 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
