Hello, I forgot to add that I've also linked the file this way I can just type spt at the command prompt. The spk-connector is put into /usr/local/bin as recommended by the readme. Best regards Alonzo On Tue, 2008-07-29 at 21:57 -0500, Alonzo wrote: > Hello Janina > > I'm sorry if it seems like I'm completely new. I've done the folowing > and found the binary you put up on tsynth.com. > I've edited the file specified menu.lst and my kernel line now looks > like this > > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.25.10-86.spk.fc9.i686 ro > root=UUID=f78d3f62-f05a-4dab-a0f6-299adf756710 rhgb quiet > initrd /initrd-2.6.25.10-86.spk.fc9.i686.img > speakup.synth=soft > I'm not sure if hte last part concerning speakup is correct since I'm > not sure what version of speakup I have. I've downloaded the latest > speakup from a mirror using git. I'm jsut not sure if I should follow > the commands specified to rebuild for my kernel or how i go about > patchign my kernel since speakup is already installed. > I understand that i need speech-dispatcher and speachd-up in order to > hear software speech when using speakup. However, on that part, I can't > install speechd-up since I'm not successful in getting speech-dispatcher > to work on Fedora. I can install it from source and install the > necessary libraries, but when trying to test by envoking spd-say hello > the following error occurs: > spd-say hello > I get the following > spd-say error while loading shared libraries libspeechd.so.2 can not > open shared object file > no such file or directory > > So I can't continue with speechd-up if speech-dispatcher is not working. > I'm sorry if I seem to be sending amounts of high traffic to the list. > > Thank you for everyones time > Alonzo > > Please feel free to call at > 361-219-9399 > or email privately to the address > mariachiac at aim.com > > > > On Tue, 2008-07-29 at 14:50 -0400, Janina Sajka wrote: > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
