Don't forget to edit your yasr.conf file to reflect your use of the doubletalk as opposed to the freetts software. On Sun, 9 Aug 2009, james collins wrote: > I just got back my doubletalk speech synthesizer. If I have the configuration > correct, should I be able to start yasr with a command > > yasr > > I can't get the doubletalk to talk, I had shipped to rc systems and they told > me it was working. I am able to get yasr working with freetts but not with > the double talk, when I type yasr at the command line I get a prompt and my > doubletalk doesen't speak, I also am not able to type when yasr is running. I > have none of these issues when using yasr with freetts. I have tried using a > different serial port, using a null modem cable. Switching into the directory > where the executable yasr file is and trying to run yasr from there, all > attempts have failed, any help would be appreciated. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Aug 4, 2009, at 12:41 PM, Michael Whapples <mwhapples at aim.com> wrote: > >> I don't think it matters whether there is quote marks around the >> 127.0.0.1:2222. The script worked on my system. >> >> What I guess is happening is that freetts is not started. Either the time >> it waits before launching YASR is too short (I wouldn't imagine 10 seconds >> being too short, so think this option is unlikely) or there is something >> wrong in starting freetts (the more likely option). The one obvious >> difference between my system and yours which may be causing this is the >> location of the FreeTTSEmacspeakServer.jar file. Did you edit the line >> beginning FREETTS_JAR to point to the correct file? Please note: when I say >> it should point to the FreeTTSEmacspeakServer.jar file I mean this must be >> the complete absolute path, not a relative path (IE. it should be the way >> you could refer to the file from any directory, on windows this would be >> things like c:\somedir\freetts-1.2\bin\FreeTTSEmacspeakServer.jar or on my >> linux machine it is /freetts/freetts-1.2/bin/FreeTTSEmacspeakServer.jar). >> >> Michael Whapples >> >> >> On -10/01/37 20:59, james collins wrote: >>> I was looking at the script, should there be quotes around the last line >>> where it >>> >>> says "127.0.0.1:2222" >>> >>> I thought I had the script working but now it won't connect to yasr. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Jul 31, 2009, at 4:22 PM, Michael Whapples <mwhapples at aim.com> 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 >>>>> >>>> >>>> <yasr-freetts> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
