Hi I wondered if someone could suggest the workable configuration for speech-dispatcher with espeak? I got a bit lost in the archives in finding what I need to do to get them working together. Here's what I've done: I followed a CD remastering HOWTO from the LFS community. Which enabled me to mount the iso file and modify it as I wished. I replaced the 2.6.22 kernel with a 2.6.21.5 kernel that had been patched with speakup. I installed port-audio, espeak, speechd-up, speech-dispatcher and other bits and bobs. I built a initramfs file including the speakup modules and kernel alsa drivers and reconstructed the iso image. I was surprised that it boots but here's my problems: I put a script in /etc/rc.d/init.d/software_speakup which isn't being read at boot. I'll check this with the lfs-livecd list. But in this script I call, speech-dispatcher, echo sftsyn to speakup's proc entries, then call speechd-up. I then play a cw "can" through the PC speaker, so I know if the script has been run. With sighted support I found that: All alsa controls were muted. So my script may have been run. The espeak command worked as expected when text was typed on the console. The speed-say -t male1 command complained and I was confused about these settings. The speech-dispatcher package was checked out of it's cvs repository and espeak is the 1.28 tar against the port-audio18. So what file do I need to edit for speech-dispatcher, my software_speakup script or the /etc/speech-dispatcher/speech-dispatcher.conf? What params would be a good starting point? Volume, rate etc? Any help would be most appreciated. If I succeed I'll make the iso available to the community as it makes a useful disk to have about. http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/livecd Thanks. Gena Amateur Call: M 0 E B P VOIP / IM: gena1959uk
