Kenny, I have espeak and festival installed on my ubuntu box and installed both speakup and speechd-up and when switching to a virtual console and typing speakup I get no speech. please explain more. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kenny Hitt" <kenny@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 1:25 AM Subject: Re: running speakup and software synth > Hi. > > The short answer is no. Speakup modified installers use hardware synths. > If you want > to use speakup with software speech, just install speech-dispatcher > speechd-up and your synth of choice. > > Kenny > On Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 02:29:18AM -0700, Cody Hurst wrote: >> Hi, >> >> So I hear speakup will work with a software synth like festival. Is >> there a way I can grab a debian installer and type in a command at the >> boot prompt and have speakup come up running festival or some software >> synth? If so, what should I type and what site should I go to to get the >> debian install disk >> >> Cody >> _______________________________________________ >> 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