It's a .gz file. That means it's compressed. It's also a binary file--no make, or anything of the kind required. 1.) use the gzip command to uncompress the file: gzip spk-connect-ttsynth-1.1.tar.gz 2.) This will give you spk-connect-ttsynth. Copy (or move) that file somewhere where it can be executed from anywhere. /usr/local/bin is the recommended place. 3.) If you've properly loaded Speakup's software speech support, you simply execute the spk-connect-ttsynth binary to get speech. NOTE: How to tell whether you've properly set Speakup up depends on what version you're running. If you're up to date do: cat /sys/module/speakup/parameters/synth You should get one word, 'soft' as output. I don't know how I can make this simpler. I'm sorry. I don't understand what "same results" means. Janina Alonzo writes: > Hello Janina, > > I've looked at hte new files you've posted. The only file I found > regarding ttsynth and speakup was spk-connect-ttsynth-1.1.tar.gz > I downloded the file and found hte same results. I'm unable to go > through the make process. You mention that if hte make process does not > work, for me to build my own binary. I'm not exactly sure how to do > this. So if there is a website explaining how to use .c files then I > would like to take al ook at it to familiarize myself with these types > of files. I get the same erros, make error1. It complains that htere is > no value for pitch, rait, memberHandle, and a hundred other errors. > Sorry for being quite new at this types of things. I used linux a long > time ago, but have forgotten lot's of what has to be done. I enjoy > learning though and using the operating system. I have no windows so I'm > lucky I was able to install linux to use it. > > Alonzo > > > On Mon, 2008-07-28 at 19:20 -0400, Janina Sajka wrote: > > Georgina Joyce writes: > > > > 1. When using the speakup connector, for ttsynth, I just coppy the make > > > > file into /usr/local/bin/ > > > > then creat an alias to start speak up. > > > > > > No, no. > > a. Take the .gz file you downloaded and uncompress it. This will create > > a directory. > > b. cd to that directory and type 'make' and press enter. > > c. If all goes well, this creates a binary called spk-connect-ttsynth. > > Copy or mv that file to /usr/local/bin. This is what you type to start > > the connector talking. > > d. But that's probably more than you want to type every time you start > > speech. That's the reason to create a symbolic link to this file. So > > that you can have something short to type to start speech. > > > > Note that the connector can only be built on a 32-bit system at this > > time. > > > > 2. When I edit the file grub.conf > > It's /boot/grub/grub.conf > > > > > No, in an editor you open /boot/grub/menu.lst with root privillages. > > > > Well, Fedora provides menu.lst as a symbolic link to grub.conf. So, > > consider this an example of the symbolic link in 1d above. > > > > > > > You'll see a line that starts title, then possibly root then one > > > starting with kernel. Something like this: > > > > > Here's an actual Fedora kernel statement. Note there's a horribly long > > UID designator for the root argument. > > > > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25.11-97.spk.fc9.x86_64 ro > > root=UUID=800328ee-c064-4bfb-ad96-d4086c8cc44e vga=0xF07 > > speakup.synth=soft speakup.quiet=1 > > > > > I know that there's been some changes but I thought that the software > > > synth was: > > > > > > speakup.synth=sftsyn > > > > Not any longer. It's now called 'soft' . See the above kernel statement > > from grub.conf. > > > > Janina > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.202.595.7777; sip:janina at a11y.org Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://CapitalAccessibility.Com Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and Canada Learn more at http://ScreenlessPhone.Com Chair, Open Accessibility janina at a11y.org Linux Foundation http://a11y.org
