OK, that did it -- thanks. on Friday 05/02/2008 William Hubbs(williamh at gentoo.org) wrote > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi John, > > This will switch between synths that are already loaded or built in, but > it will not load a synth module. You still need to either have the > module built in or use modprobe to load it first. > > On Fri, May 02, 2008 at 10:20:21PM -0400, John covici wrote: > > What about echoing soft to /sys/module/speakup/parameters/synth ? Is > > that supposed to work -- I gathered from the logs that it was supposed > > to work now. > > > > on Friday 05/02/2008 William Hubbs(williamh at gentoo.org) wrote > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > Hi John, > > > > > > > > > > Hi. I am using a git pull of speakup from April 13 and kernel > > > > 2.6.24-gentoo-r5 and the software speech is not working at all. I > > > > have speakout builtin and soft as a module, but either echoing soft to > > > > /sys/module/speakup/parameters/synth or modprobing the module > > > > speakup_soft loads the module, but mothing else happens. Also, > > > > speechd-up says its trying to open the device in the old way and it > > > > then says it can't find /dev/softsynth . > > > > > > Are you passing the start parameter to the module when you load it? If > > > you are using /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 to load the soft synth > > > module, the line should look like: > > > > > > speakup_soft start=1 > > > > > > Or, if you are loading it manually, > > > > > > modprobe speakup_soft start=1 > > > > > > Then go ahead and run speechd-up. > > > > > > > > > - -- > > > William Hubbs > > > gentoo accessibility team lead > > > williamh at gentoo.org > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) > > > > > > iEYEARECAAYFAkgbr2wACgkQblQW9DDEZTh6HgCaAptWF7YB8190BDOfRz9Z5/S2 > > > qbkAnjhKqjxu/UnGIOx9t8lig+tikKq0 > > > =1ymU > > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: > > How do > > you spend it? > > > > John Covici > > covici at ccs.covici.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > - -- > William Hubbs > gentoo accessibility team lead > williamh at gentoo.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAkgb0NgACgkQblQW9DDEZTi2mgCfQfkU/DH54g+t9tT6/wODpLnE > vwYAn3UUFP5LxqOQnQtTjtncaBJfj59c > =aruz > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici at ccs.covici.com
