> What version of speechd-up have you made into a debian package? Hopefully > the latest. I can be more specific now and say that speech-dispatcher in > debian is 0.6.4 (or at least there is a version available on the debian > server). Looks like for debian users no need to go to compiling software > to get software speech for speakup (thanks to John for doing that > speechd-up package). I don't know if espeak is a later enough version (is > 1.26 high enough), but if it isn't then it isn't hard to install espeak > from source. I nearly forgot, to use espeak with the espeak specific > module, you will need to install libespeak as well (in my mind possibly > easier to install it manually by getting the binaries or source from > http://espeak.sf.net, but may be that's why I am a slackware user). > > From > Michael Whapples > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Heim" <jheim at math.wisc.edu> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 8:01 PM > Subject: Re: software synths > > >>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 at aim.com> >> 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 >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >
