I don't think speechd-up is available as a debian package through a regular debian archive. But I build a deb file and posted it on my web site at the University of Wisconsin Department of Mathematics. For instructions on installing it, see: http://www.math.wisc.edu/~jheim/debian/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Whapples" <mwhapples@xxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 11:32 AM Subject: Re: software synths >I don't know if you have worked out how to install all you need, but as you > said you are using debian, here is a guide. Use apt to get and install the > stuff for you (use a command such as: > apt-get install speechd-up speech-dispatcher espeak > in fact you probably could miss out speech-dispatcher as it should be a > dependency of speechd-up (not sure, so make sure that speech-dispatcher > gets > installed if you don't specify it). Also the above assumes you wish to use > espeak. I don't know what versions of the software, so you may wish to get > the packages from their original sources and compile them yourself (not > too > hard, just make sure you have everything required installed). It may be > only > a few packages which need compiling, eg. speech-dispatcher may be version > 0.6.4, but if you wish to use espeak with it, then you need above a > certain > version number (to use the espeak specific module), so it might be best to > compile the latest espeak). > > Once the above are installed, you may wish to edit speech-dispatcher's > configuration files to get espeak as the default module. If you installed > speech-dispatcher through apt, the configuration file is probably > /etc/speech-dispatcher/speechd.conf, and if from source it probably is > /usr/local/etc/speech-dispatcher/speechd.conf unless you specified > otherwise > in which case you should know where it is. This file is fairly well > commented, a # symbol indicates a commented out line, some options may > need > un-commenting. to use espeak as default synth, make sure the default synth > line is uncommented and set to espeak and make sure the espeak module line > is uncommented in the add module section (you may wish to comment out > unused > modules). Now save and make sure the espeak module is set as you want. > This > is in the modules/espeak.conf file in the speech-dispatcher configuration > directory (ie. if speech-dispatcher was installed through apt, > /etc/speech-dispatcher/modules/espeak.conf). The main thing I would > suggest > is to make sure that output is set to alsa (you will need to make sure > when > compiling (if you compile speech-dispatcher) to have alsa support). Use > alsa > as this is the current system for audio output, and offers better features > (particularly when using software speech, eg. software sound mixing (have > speech and music at the same time). save this and restart or start if you > previously didn't start speech-dispatcher to load the new settings, and > change speakup output to sftsyn (I would use echo sftsyn > >/proc/speakup/synth_name, but I am not sure how well this works with the > modular structure used in the debian kernel). Now load speechd-up and you > should now have software speech from speakup. You can use scripts on > startup > to load speech-dispatcher, speechd-up and change speakup output to sftsyn, > but I won't list it here, as I am more familiar with slackware start > scripts > than debian ones. > > From > Michael Whapples > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >
