still having trouble with software speech on Grml

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Scott,

You sent the name "flite" to speakup, instead of doing what the 
instructions said, which is:

echo sftsyn >/proc/speakup/synth_name

That should solve the problem

Ch;uck


On Sat, Jan 28, 2006 at 11:47:51AM -0500, Scott Berry wrote:
> Okay Micah,
> 
> I appended to lilo fine.  Everything there went well.  But when I echo 
> the flite synth like this "echo flite >/proc/speakup/synthname" and 
> then doo speechd-up it does not work.  I do have sound varified by 
> soundtest.  And here is what the speakup 2.0 software page says.  I did 
> add the "/dev/softsynth" and also "/dev/synth."
> Here is a part of the manual and the part that is giving me trouble 
> again is the echo command.
> 
> Before you can use a software synthesizer, you must have created the
> /dev/softsynth device.  If you have not already done so, issue the
> following commands as root:
> 
> cd /dev
> mknod softsynth c 10 26
> 
> While we are at it, we might just as well create the /dev/synth device,
> which can be used to let user space programs send information to your
> synthesizer.  To create /dev/synth, change to the /dev directory, and
> issue the following command as root:
> 
> mknod synth c 10 25
> 
> Now you can begin using your software synthesizer.  In order to do so,
> echo the sftsyn keyword to the synth_name proc entry like this:
> 
> echo sftsyn >/proc/speakup/synth_name
> 
> Next run the speechd_up command like this:
> 
> speechd_up &
> 
> Your synth should now start talking, and you should be able to adjust
> the pitch, rate, etc.
> 
> In this section, we have assumed that your copy of Speakup was compiled
> with the speakup_sftsyn component either built into the kernel, or
> compiled as a module.
> 
> -- 
> Scott Berry
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