I am happy enough recompiling the kernel, but I have just checked the slackware 12.1 configuration and it appears this is already done, cryptoloop is a module and aes options seem to be compiled in. I think my next step is to contact voxin and get a copy. Michael Whapples On Mon, 2008-06-02 at 11:39 -0400, Alex Snow wrote: > Voxin requires a kernel recompile to build the cryptoloop and aes > modules. > On Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 01:42:05PM +0100, Michael Whapples > wrote: > > Good to hear that it is possible. Can I ask why you say voxin will be > > more of a problem? Considering the significant difference in price I > > would prefer to get voxin if possible. Its the high price of TTSynth > > which had made me question so much whether it would be worth the money, > > the question wasn't so high for voxin until you said that it might be > > more difficult on slackware. Might it be less painful if I were to use > > GRML for certain parts of voxin's install? > > > > I may discuss things with the voxin people to see if I could get them to > > help me sort out a slackware version of voxin. > > > > Michael Whapples > > On Sun, 2008-06-01 at 18:01 -0400, Nick Stockton wrote: > > > I know it's doable because I helped a friend set up their copy of ttsynth on > > > their slackware box a while back. > > > I forget if it was slackware version 11 or 12 but I think the process would > > > be the same for eather one. > > > I've not ever seen any instructions on the speakup list on how to do it so > > > I'll write down what I did here. > > > Lucky for you I saved the commands I enterd to a text file so I'd know how > > > it was done although I'm using voxin which I got for $5 and am running it > > > under debian. > > > Note: this is for ttsynth under slackware. Voxin would be quite alot harder > > > to get working under slackware so you better get ttsynth. > > > I've also prepended the commands with '$ ' in case my email client tries to > > > wrap commands to the next line. So you'll be able to see where each line > > > begins. > > > You will need to run all the commands as root. You also need to have alien > > > installed. > > > If you don't want to find, download, compile and install alien and all the > > > dependencies from source to your copy of slackware then you might want to > > > download GRML and use it only to run the alien commands. > > > -------------------- > > > $ wget > > > http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/gcc-2.95/libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2_2.95.4-27_i386.deb > > > $ alien -t -c -k libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2_2.95.4-27_i386.deb > > > $ installpkg libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2-2.95.4.tgz > > > $ ldconfig > > > $ alien -t -c -k ttsynthcore-1.0-i386.deb > > > $ installpkg ttsynthcore-1.0.tgz > > > $ ln -s /opt/IBM/ibmtts/lib/enu50.so /usr/lib/enu50.so > > > $ ln -s /opt/IBM/ibmtts/lib/enumfilt.so /usr/lib/enumfilt.so > > > $ ln -s /opt/IBM/ibmtts/lib/ssmlfilter.so /usr/lib/ssmlfilter.so > > > $ cp /opt/IBM/ibmtts/inc/* /usr/include/ > > > $ ldconfig > > > $ I know it's doable because I helped a friend set up their copy of ttsynth > > > on their slackware box. > > > I forget if it was slackware version 11 or 12 but I think the process would > > > be the same for eather one. > > > I've not ever seen any instructions on the speakup list on how to do it so > > > I'll write down what I did here. > > > Lucky for you I saved the commands I enterd to a text file so I'd know how > > > it was done although I'm using voxin which I got for $5 and am running it > > > under debian. > > > Note: this is for ttsynth under slackware. Voxin would be quite alot harder > > > to get working under slackware so you better get ttsynth. > > > I've also prepended the commands with '$ ' in case my email client tries to > > > wrap commands to the next line. So you'll be able to see where each line > > > begins. > > > You will need to run all the commands as root. You also need to have alien > > > installed. > > > If you don't want to find, download, compile and install alien and all the > > > dependencies from source to your copy of slackware then you might want to > > > download GRML and use it to run the alien commands. > > > -------------------- > > > $ wget > > > http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/gcc-2.95/libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2_2.95.4-27_i386.deb > > > $ alien -t -c -k libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2_2.95.4-27_i386.deb > > > $ installpkg libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2-2.95.4.tgz > > > $ ldconfig > > > $ alien -t -c -k ttsynthcore-1.0-i386.deb > > > $ installpkg ttsynthcore-1.0.tgz > > > $ ln -s /opt/IBM/ibmtts/lib/enu50.so /usr/lib/enu50.so > > > $ ln -s /opt/IBM/ibmtts/lib/enumfilt.so /usr/lib/enumfilt.so > > > $ ln -s /opt/IBM/ibmtts/lib/ssmlfilter.so /usr/lib/ssmlfilter.so > > > $ cp /opt/IBM/ibmtts/inc/* /usr/include/ > > > $ ldconfig > > > $ mknod /dev/softsynth c 10 26 > > > -------------------- > > > Hope this helps. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Michael Whapples" <mwhapples at aim.com> > > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > > Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2008 3:33 PM > > > Subject: IBMTTS on slackware > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > I know this has come up before, but I can't remember any actual final > > > > conclusion. > > > > > > > > Whilst I thought espeak was fast enough, I found I had to use a windows > > > > machine last week, and it reminded me how I do actually use eloquence in > > > > windows faster than I have espeak. This has got me thinking whether I > > > > should get IBMTTS for linux, but I have a few questions. > > > > > > > > I know that IBMTTS requires an old compatibility library, which I am > > > > unsure is provided in slackware. So how could I go about trying to get > > > > this library? Does anyone know of a suitable slackware package for it? > > > > If not how might I go about providing this myself from source (I had a > > > > look around for the source code I might need, but all libstdc++ seems to > > > > have numbers such as 6.0.x etc much highrt than what the TTSynth site > > > > suggests, 2.9.6 or 2.9.5). Could it be possible to use a package from a > > > > different distribution, eg. I remember back in the days when I used > > > > trplayer, I could use rpm2tgz to convert the realplayer 8 package into a > > > > slackware package and it worked fine, but I suspect that for libstdc++ > > > > compatibility libraries things may not be so simple. > > > > > > > > This brings me on to another question, whether to use voxin or ttsynth? > > > > The ttsynth website says there won't be any support provided, so I guess > > > > this means if I buy ttsynth and can't get it working then I am on my own > > > > and may have wasted money on it. Might things be better with voxin, > > > > their website says that voxin includes the libstdc++ compatibility > > > > library (I guess for debian or ubuntu as those are the distros > > > > mentioned). > > > > > > > > Alternatively I am wondering whether it would be best save the money and > > > > stick with espeak as it is good and works, where as ibmtts sounds like I > > > > may hit all sorts of compatibility issues and potentially have no > > > > support from the seller. > > > > > > > > Michael Whapples > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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 >
