excuse me for not answering your exact question; There is a distro, don't remember the name off hand, that you can use that has software speech. Thanks, Tyler Littlefield. Vertigo head coder "My programs don't have bugs, just randomly added features." msn: compgeek134 at hotmail.com email: compgeek13 at gmail.com aim: st8amnd2005 skype: st8amnd127 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cody Hurst" <churst35@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 3:53 AM Subject: Re: running speakup and software synth > That's vague. If I boot my debian disk I won't have speechd-up nor will I > have speech dispatcher, so again, does a debian bootable isntall disk have > software speech already on the disk or will I have to get a hardware synth > to install. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Littlefield, Tyler" <compgeek13 at gmail.com> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 11:33 PM > Subject: Re: running speakup and software synth > > >> you can use an installer, but you'll have to debootstrap. >> just get speechd-up and speechd-dispatcher I think. and read some docs >> and >> configure, and you're good to go. >> Thanks, >> Tyler Littlefield. >> Vertigo head coder >> "My programs don't have bugs, just randomly added features." >> msn: compgeek134 at hotmail.com >> email: compgeek13 at gmail.com >> aim: st8amnd2005 >> skype: st8amnd127 >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Cody Hurst" <churst35 at verizon.net> >> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> >> Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 3:29 AM >> Subject: running speakup and software synth >> >> >>> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup