Hello, I had the script working but now when I run it at the command line my computer says as the script is running Starting yasr. connect: Connection refused When I manually enter the java and yasr commands it works I don't know what is wrong? Sent from my iPhone On Jul 31, 2009, at 4:40 PM, Michael Whapples <mwhapples at aim.com> wrote: > I hope the script works as well (I am sorry I am not quite keeping > up with messages as quick as I could, I have the list on digest mode > so either have to look on the archives or wait sometime before > recieving the message). > > To exit yasr then just run the command: > exit > > When using my script it should also clean up freetts as well when > you type exit. That is another reason for using a script, it can do > all that automatically for you. To stop freetts manually you will > need to look through the list of processes and killing the correct > one to stop it (or possibly closing the terminal might stop it as > well). > > Michael Whapples > On 31/07/09 21:22, Michael Whapples wrote: >> Here is a script (attached). Before use you may want to alter some >> of the locations I have used. The most important one is the >> location of the FreeTTSEmacspeakServer.jar file. So open the script >> in any text editor and edit the line which says: >> FREETTS_JAR="/freetts/freetts-1.2/bin/FreeTTSEmacspeakServer.jar" >> >> Change the contents of the quoted part of the line to whatever the >> absolute filename is for the FreeTTSEmacspeakServer.jar file. >> >> You may also need to alter the contents of the quoted parts of the >> lines beginning JAVA_CMD and YASR_CMD if you can't just give the >> command java or yasr (probably not needed). >> >> To use this script you will need to run it using something like sh >> (I am making an assumption that sh is the shell on mac), eg. a >> command like: >> sh yasr-freetts >> >> (assumed that the script is in the directory you are currently in). >> >> This script may take a little time to load yasr, that is because it >> waits for a few seconds to ensure freetts has actually started. You >> should be able to reduce this time by editing the line: >> sleep 10 >> >> by giving a lower integer value than 10. >> >> Hope that works. If editing the script seems risky/something you >> would prefer not to do then it probably will work if you unzip >> freetts in a directory /freetts (IE. so that you have the >> FreeTTSEmacspeakServer.jar file in the location /freetts/ >> freetts-1.2/bin/FreeTTSEmacspeakServer.jar). >> >> Michael Whapples >> On -10/01/37 20:59, james collins wrote: >>> That would be great, about the script. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Jul 31, 2009, at 3:32 PM, Michael Whapples <mwhapples at aim.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello James, >>>> Sounds like you got freetts working fine when you swapped into >>>> the freetts-1.2 directory (that was the directory I had actually >>>> meant you to switch to after unpacking the zip file). I wouldn't >>>> expect freetts to actually say anything when you launch it with >>>> the command: >>>> java -jar bin/FreeTTSEmacspeakServer.jar & >>>> >>>> but all the output you mentioned which appears on the terminal is >>>> correct as I would expect. >>>> >>>> To get freetts to talk, you need something to tell it what to >>>> say, that's where yasr comes in, just run the command: >>>> yasr -s "emacspeak server" -p 127.0.0.1:2222 >>>> >>>> (above yasr command should all be on one line and as said by >>>> someone else the quote marks should be used). >>>> >>>> Hopefully after you enter the yasr command you will hear speech, >>>> in which case yasr works! >>>> >>>> If you want I can try and put together a script for you to use >>>> (the script would need editing to match your systems locations of >>>> files (eg. where freetts is)). By having this script you would >>>> only need to run one command and it would be a way of getting >>>> yasr working with freetts regardless of what your yasr.conf file >>>> is (IE. you would have a recovery should you misconfigure your >>>> synth). >>>> >>>> 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
