Hi mate, you want to install speech-dispatcher and speechd-up (both available from apt sources), and then espeak or festival or whatever you want to use. You want to use: modprobe speakup_sftsyn to get software speech. HTH, Chris Norman <!-- cnorman at rnibncw.ac.uk --> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony Creapeau" <creapeaa@xxxxxxxx> To: <Speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 5:50 AM Subject: Software synths > I'm running into a problem. I've upgraded computers and none of them have > a > serial port to which I can attach my Dectalk express. I'm using Kubuntu > edgy > and would like to know how to get the software synths working? At this > point > I've used the "modprobe speakup_synth=spkout" and no luck. I'm trying to > get > this running for class and Any help would be appreciated! Thanks! > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
