I would add to that, use speech-dispatcher version 0.6.4, this has a specific module for espeak, rather than the generic one which I believe occasionally was causing issues. From Michael Whapples On Mon, 2007-09-24 at 11:46 +0100, Alastair Irving wrote: > Yes, its certainly possible. You'll need the speech-dispatcher and > speechd-up packages, which may be provided by your distro, depending > what that is, although they're not too hard to compile from source. > Configure speech-dispatcher to use your chosen synth, (espeak is > probably the easiest and most responsive), and change the speakup synth > to sftsyn. > > HTH (I can give more detailed instructions if you need them) > > > > > Alastair Irving > > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca > [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Daniel Dalton > Sent: 24 September 2007 08:18 > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > Subject: software synths > > > > Is it possible to have speakup speaking through a software synth? Like > espeak or festival? > If so how would I set this up? > > Thanks, >
