My CPU is slightly faster but I do not have the problem you have. Here are some lines from the script I use to start speech on my fastest system--note the use of the 'nice' command (you might have to play with the parameter for the 'nice' command a little to get it working just right on your system): #unload and reload the elements of the software speech synthesizer /bin/killall speech-dispatcher 2> /dev/null sleep 2 #Speech Dispatcher should be more agressive with system scheduling than Speechd-Up, so we force the issue with 'nice'. /usr/bin/nice --adjustment=-1 /usr/bin/speech-dispatcher echo sftsyn > /proc/speakup/synth_name /bin/killall speechd-up 2> /dev/null /usr/bin/speechd-up & The above is running under Slackware 12.0 and some somewhat dated versions of Speech Dispatcher and Speechd-up. See the man page for the 'nice' command for its use. HTH, and have a great weekend. On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 08:26:52PM -0700, Katie Durden wrote: > I think my computer is too fast... > > I'm still having the issue where when using software speech with > speakup, auto-spoken output gets hacked apart. > > a line of text might be read like this > t, his is a, r, eal, ly bad ,l ine of t, xt > > really annoying. does it with every software synth i try. > > I think that speakup isn't outputting text to /dev/softsynth fast > enough, speechd-up is reading it faster. or at least that's my guess, > I really don't know enough about how that all works to be sure... > > I think this because when I first boot up the computer, and when > nothing is running, the problem is extremely bad. a single line will > be split up 4 or five times, and its almost every line that does it. > once i start up gnome, boot up windows in vmware, and in general just > have lots of programs open, it ... doesn't go away completely, but > lessens. it might split a line once or twice and its only every four > or five lines. so the more memory I use, the more processing power is > in use, the less noticeable > it is. > > Also I have speakup/speechd-up/speech-dispatcher installed on an old > computer, 400mhz with 128mb ram, and the problem is non-existent. > > My main box is amd64 dual-core 2.0 ghz with 2gb of ram and the root > device is a 10000 rpm drive. > > So could this be the case? is my computer just too fast for speakup? lol. > > Katie D -- Ralph. N6BNO. Wisdom comes from central processing, not from I/O. rreid at sunset.net http://personalweb.sunset.net/~rreid ...passing through The City of Internet at the speed of light... COSEC (x) / SEC (x) = (COTAN (x) / TAN (x)) ^ 2
